2D animation

Schedule

	Anim 215 2D Computer Animation	Notes	Anim 315 2D Computer Animation II	Notes
21-Jan	Course overview Intro to 2D computer animation History of 2D animation 2D computer animation 2D vs 3D animation Where is 2D animation used? Types of 2D animation Animation workflow	2D Animation by students Online tutorials	Course overview
26-Jan	Intro to Adobe Animate Overview Tools Shape option: Smoothen / Straighten* Timeline: Layer, Onionskin, Loop Frame, Keyframe and Blank keyframe Properties Library		Animation fundamentals Animation exercises with Adobe Animate Animating different types of character movement like walk cycles and run cycles	Peti / The Fifth One (1965) Pavao Štalter, Zlatko Grgić
28-Jan	Intro to Adobe Animate Frame-by-frame Motion tweens vs Shape tweens Graph editor: Easy In & Easy out. Refine motion tween Transform Motion Guide		Animation exercises with Adobe Animate Bird flying cycle, horse gallop, feline walk	Balance (1989) Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein
2-Feb	Intro to Adobe Animate Blend modes Filters: drop shadow, blur, glow Anchor Point Parenting Asset Warp Symbol Scene Sound: Importing and editing audio Export		Animation exercises with Adobe Animate Motion blur and smears: techniques for creating the illusion of speed and impact in animation Video transitions Lip sync Assignment 1: Animate	Riblje Oko / Fisheye (1980) Josko Marusic
4-Feb	The 12 Principles of Animation Squash and stretch Anticipation Staging Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose Assignment 1		Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers	Football Animals Fourth Period Swimming Class
9-Feb	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Lab: work in class	Droga /The Road (1971) Miroslaw Kijowicz
11-Feb	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Critique of Assignment 1 Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques	Hedgehog in the Fog (1975) Yuri Norstein
16-Feb	Assignment 1 critique		Animation exercises with Adobe After Effects User Interface and Workflow Layers Creating Shapes Key-framing (position/ scale/ rotation/ opacity) Blend modes	The Tale of Tales (1979) Yuri Norstein
18-Feb	The 12 Principles of Animation Follow Through and Overlapping Action Slow In and Slow Out Arcs Secondary Action Assignment 2		Animation exercises with Adobe After Effects Graph Editor: Keyframe Assistant Motion Paths Importing images (characters) from Illustrator & Building Hierarchies Presets Effects	Ruka (The Hand) (1965 ) Jiří Trnka
23-Feb	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Sound design Creating and editing audio GarageBand: Introduction to sound software Integrating sound to enhance the animation Assignment 2: After Effects
25-Feb	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
2-Mar	Assignment 2 critique		Lab: work in class	Great animations
4-Mar	The 12 Principles of Animation Timing Exaggeration Solid Drawing Appeal Assignment 3		Critique of Assignment 2 Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques
9-Mar	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		What makes an animation good? What makes a good character design, good? Colors in animation Animation festivals Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) Assignment 3-1: Character and background design Assignment 3-2: Storyboarding & project info
11-Mar	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers
16-Mar	Spring break		Spring break
18-Mar	Spring break		Spring break
23-Mar	Assignment 3 critique		Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers
25-Mar	What makes a good character design, good? Storyboard Assignment 4-1: Character & Storyboard Assignment 4-2: Animation		Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers
30-Mar	Animation fundamentals walk cycle, etc		Critique of Assignments 3-1 and 3-2 Critique of final project idea and characters. Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques
1-Apr	Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Assignment 3-3: Animation
6-Apr	Pre-production		Production process Layout Animation Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
8-Apr	Assignments 4-1 critique		Production process
13-Apr	Production process Layout Animation Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Production process
15-Apr	Production process		Production process
20-Apr	In-progress critique Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques		In-progress critique Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques Film Festival Application
22-Apr	Post-production Editing Color correction Sound editing Polishing and finishing touch Final rendering and export		Post-production Editing Color correction Sound editing Polishing and finishing touch Final rendering and export
27-Apr	Post-production		Post-production
29-Apr	Assignment 4-2 critique Present finished work		Due for the final Present finished work

*This is a general schedule which, like most schedule, is subject to change.
*All images and text, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the internet and books.