Animation Drawing & Design Fundamentals

Overview:

This semester develops creativity & drawing skills for animation through study of design, anatomy, light & shade and perspectives, along with the study of Basic Animation Principles & timing for animation.

Modules:

• Basic shapes & sketching techniques
• Anatomy drawing
• Body language & expressions
• Light, colour & perspectives
• Digital sketching
• Animation concepts
• Process of animation
• Principles of animation
• Timing for animation
• Magic with Photoshop
• Photographic techniques
• Stop motion animation

Software taught

• Alias Sketchbook
• Adobe Photoshop

Animation Design & Pre-Production

Overview:

This semester concentrates on various concepts, techniques & design for animation. Development of ideas into concepts, scriptwriting for animation, character designing, concept art, acting & voice characterization, visual scripting using film grammar, drawing storyboards and creating animatics - are all included. Students prepare an E-project which includes pre-production of an original concept of 30-60 seconds’ duration.

Modules:

• Concept design, development & storytelling techniques
• Scriptwriting for animation
• Character design & development
• Concept art & inspirational sketches
• Acting & voice characterization
• Visual scripting with film language
• Storyboarding for animation
• Storyboard to animatics
• Basics of video editing
• E-Project

Software taught

• Drawing & Adobe Photoshop
• Sound Forge
• Adobe Premier Pro

2D Classical Animation Production

Overview:

In this semester, students apply their knowledge of drawing & concentrate on 2D Classical Animation Production - drawing keyframes, in-betweening, clean-ups, line testing, digital ink & paint to 2D Digital Post-Production by adding dialogues, sound effects, background music & final editing.

Modules:

• Concepts of 2D, Cel & limited animation
• Keyframing, inbetweening & cleanups
• Digital ink & paint
• Animation scene planning
• 2D animation post-production
• Showreel development

Software taught

Toon Boom Studio 4/ Macromedia Flash

3D Animation Production Process

Overview:

This semester concentrates on the process of 3D animation production. Various aspects of 3D animation production are covered - including 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, character animation, lighting & final rendering.

Modules:

• Clay modeling
• Modeling with Maya
• Advanced modeling
• Texturing with Maya
• Rigging with Maya
• Character animation with Maya
• Lighting & rendering with Maya

Software taught

• MAYA Unlimited
• Zbrush

Post-Production & Animation Specialization

Overview:

This semester concentrates on post-production process in animation & allows students to effectively use the knowledge gained in the earlier semesters to develop a professional Show-reel with specialization in 3D Character Animation.

Modules:

• 3D dynamics – hair, fur & cloth
• Concepts of visual effects
• Introduction to Motion Capture for animation
• Post-production for animation
• Show-reel development – 3D Character Animation

Software taught

• MAYA Unlimited
• Motion Builder
• Adobe Premier Pro & Combustion/ Final Cut Pro