The student will be able to apply their skills to understand the Animation Post Production process. The focus is on development of ideas into concepts, scriptwriting for animation, drawing storyboards to creating animatic, concentrates on the Post Production process in Animation and allows the student to use effectively.
Animation as a story telling (narrative) medium, Animation as an artistic medium. Why Animation? (Instead of live action). The Pipeline: both 2D and 3D animation begins with a development phase. Pre-Production: Story Development (Plan out the Plot).
Scriptwriting for Animation. Character Design & Development for 2D: Shape and Proportion, Head Heights, Model Sheets, Color Models. Concept and Environment Design. Storyboarding and Animatics: Creating the Storyboard, Panning Sequences, Numbering Frames, Creating the Animatic.
2D Animation Production: Exposure Sheet (Dope Sheets), Pencil Tests, Pose Tests, Clean-Up, Ink and Paint, Backgrounds. Voice Recording, Music Track Recording, Dialogue and Lip Sync.
2D Animation: Keys, Inbetweens, and Timing. 3D Animation Production Process: Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Character Animation, Lighting & Rendering.
Post-production: Compositing, Video and Sound Editing, Concepts of Visual Effects, Titles & Credits. Final Output