2D animation

Schedule

	Anim 215 2D Computer Animation	Notes	Anim 315 2D Computer Animation II	Notes
24-Aug	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-Aug	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
31-Aug	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-Sep	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
7-Sep	Labor Day		Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers	Football Animals Fourth Period Swimming Class
9-Sep	The 12 Principles of Animation Squash and stretch Anticipation Staging Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose Assignment 1		Lab: work in class	Droga /The Road (1971) Miroslaw Kijowicz
14-Sep	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-Sep	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		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
21-Sep	Assignment 1 critique		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-Sep	The 12 Principles of Animation Follow Through and Overlapping Action Slow In and Slow Out Arcs Secondary Action Assignment 2		Sound design Creating and editing audio GarageBand: Introduction to sound software Integrating sound to enhance the animation Assignment 2: After Effects
28-Sep	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
30-Sep	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Lab: work in class	Great animations
5-Oct	Fall Break Day		Critique of Assignment 2 Students will analyze their own work and the work of their peers through critiques
7-Oct	Assignment 2 critique		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
12-Oct	The 12 Principles of Animation Timing Exaggeration Solid Drawing Appeal Assignment 3		Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers
14-Oct	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
19-Oct	Lab: work in class Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
21-Oct	Assignment 3 critique		Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers
26-Oct	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
28-Oct	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
2-Nov	Pre-production Idea Generation Scripts (if applicable) intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Assignment 3-3: Animation
4-Nov	Pre-production		Production process Layout Animation Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers
9-Nov	Assignments 4-1 critique		Production process
11-Nov	Production process Layout Animation Active hands-on-learning experiences, intense engagement with the instructor and peers		Production process
16-Nov	Production process		Production process
18-Nov	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
23-Nov	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
25-Nov	Post-production		Post-production
30-Nov	Thanksgiving Break		Due for the final
2-Dec	Assignment 4-2 critique

*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.