Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Workshop course outline

Workshop course outline

• Day 01- Introduction with animation, Project design & Drawing basic.
• Day 02- Story Making & Drawing.
• Day 03-Finalize story, understanding perspective & composition.
• Day 04-Concept Art.
• Day 05-Design Character.
• Day 06-Design Environment.
• Day 07-Art of storyboarding & animatics.
• Day 08-Principle of animation, understanding x-sheet and basic use of photoshop & Flash.
• Day 09- Animation exercise bouncing ball.
• Day 10- Animation exercise Flour sack jump.
• Day 11- Animation exercise walk cycle.
• Day 12- Animation exercise run cycle.
• Day 13- Animation exercise Four leg walk cycle.
• Day 14- Animation exercise Dynamic movement.
• Day 15- Animation exercise Acting.
• Day 16- Animation exercise Dialog throwing and lips synchronize.
• Day 17- Animation exercise Effects.
• Day 18- Compositing & Editing.
• Day 19- Workshop Review & Certificate.




Course detail

Introduction with animation, Project design & Drawing basic.
Introduction of participants
History of animation
Understanding line, shape, form & value
Perspective
Gesture

Story Making & Drawing.
Story making
Anatomy
Figure drawing for animation
Dynamic figure drawing

Finalize story, understanding perspective & composition
Finalize story.
Composition.
Color Theory
Light and shade
Mood


Concept Art.
Definition of concept art
Production design
Understanding inspirational sketch
Character analysis and props
Environment and lighting
Sequential illustration
Color scheme



Design Character.
Understanding style.
Character archetype.
Design Character.
Character Gesture.
Facial Expression.
Turn around.
Apply color.


Design Background.
Understanding style.
Background archetype
Background map
Background design
Lighting & color.

Art of storyboarding & animatics.
Why storyboard.
What is 3 C’s!!
Understanding shots
Understanding staging & blocking
Essential rules
Understanding camera angle
Animatics


Principle of animation, understanding x-sheet and basic use of photoshop & Flash.
Layout design for animation
Principle of animation
Basic use of Photoshop
Basic use of Flash


Animation exercise bouncing ball.

Bouncing ball principle
How to animate a ball
Student exercise

Animation exercise Flour sack jump.
How to animate a flour sack jump
Student exercise


Animation exercise Walk cycle.
How to animate walk cycle
Student exercise


Animation exercise Run cycle.
How to animate run cycle
Student exercise


Animation exercise Four leg walk cycle.

How to animate an animal walk cycle
Student exercise


Animation exercise Dynamic movement.
How to animate dynamic movement
Student exercise


Animation exercise Acting/ Body Language.
How to animate a character’s body language
Student exercise


Animation exercise Dialog throwing and lips synchronize.
How to animate a character talking and lips synch
Student exercise


Animation exercise Effects.
How to animate effects like smock, dust, water splash, explosion, etc
Student exercise


Compositing and Editing.
How to composite a scene
Special effects with after effect
Final color correction with after effect
Render
Why rough Editing
How to add voice, music and sound fx
Final Editing

Workshop Review & Certificate.