Animation

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

This course introduces students to the foundational principles of life drawing, focusing on accurately depicting the human form and its movement. Through a combination of classical measurement techniques and expressive drawing methods, students will learn to describe the human form in detail, identify elements of anatomy that can be stylized for animation, and define character movement based on anatomical structures. Emphasis is placed on creating drawings that convey structure, weight, and balance while expressing ideas and emotions convincingly.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

A strong story enriches the narrative in any experience, keeps the audience engaged, emotionally invested in the characters, and provides a foundation for the project. The methods used to visualize the story are unique to the medium and require a special approach. Students will draw on the visual language of film as well as developing characters and their environments. Capturing the essence of a character's movement and emotion within quick sketches is essential to the exploration and evolution of story ideas.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 1
• Credits: 0
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

Storytelling is the foundation and purpose for creating video. Whether it is live-action or animation, digital tools are needed to create the work. This course introduces various software used in the industry to create a show. Cinematic principles in live-action are transferred to the animation pipeline. Everything from camera angles, composition, lighting, directing, sound, are covered in the thorough course designed to help students understand the tools needed to create an animatic film.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
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This course introduces the fundamentals of animation, including basic software interface knowledge. Students will gain a solid foundation of these core skills, which will be applied and integrated throughout subsequent courses.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
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• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: Not available at this time.