Students will undertake the production of a semester-long animation project, either individually or as collaborative teams. They will carry their concepts and vision through the stages of pre-production, production and post-production, creatively and practically engaging their animation skills and advancing the level of their craft. Students will present regularly on their progress and participate in peer reviews in order to give and receive feedback on production progress, artistic direction, and technical details of their work. Concurrently, students will explore and develop material for their 4th year project, resulting in a proposal to be presented at the end of the semester.
Prerequisites:
ANIM-300 Story + Structure for Animation and 3 credits of 300 level studio
Course outline
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Leslie Bishko’s work is centered on the dynamics of expression through movement in the medium of animation, influenced by abstract experimental animation and contemporary modern dance. Exploration of these themes led her to integrate 3D computer animation with Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), which are the focus of her research and teaching. Recent work includes chapter contributions on LMA and interactive animation for the book Nonverbal Communication in Virtual Worlds: Understanding and Designing Expressive Characters.
Research topics:
Application of LMA as a complete movement language for animation and virtual environments
Movement styles in animation, aesthetics of animated movement
Movement visualization, LMA pedagogy, visualization of LMA theory
Puppeteering and social interaction of realtime interactive avatars in virtual environments
Instructional themes:
Animation form/aesthetics
3D character animation: biomechanics, expression, posture, gesture, acting, dramatic scene dynamics
Animated and cinematic storytelling, cinematography and editing
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