Animation: From Pitching To Pipeline To Production

(3 Credits)

This course is an ideal next step for students who have completed Introduction to Animation Techniques, students who are preparing to go into production-level animation courses such as: Stop Motion, Intermediate Animation, Advanced Animation, and is also suitable for students who would like to start a path in motion graphics and visual effects, or students who would like to spend the rest of the semester developing an idea for animation. This course coers a fundamental animation production pipeline (workflow) for producing an animated film from start to finish. The first half of the semester focuses on visual development for pitching a project by creating a set of style frames, mood boards, and storyboards to an animatic. The second half of the semester is devoted to creating a motion test for the developed idea. Software used in the class includes: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. This class can be a development opportunity for future projects in Stop Motion, 3D Animation and Experimental Animation Techniques.