Animation Courses

Program of Study

Concept Development I

Course No. ANIM 201-301 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Anthony Scalmato | Eric Buescher | Lincoln Adams | Suzanne McGinness

A core requirement to learn digital painting in motion, scene design, character development, technical direction, and related animation production pipeline standards for developing animated stories, shorts, films, and animated cinematography. This course examines the media production requirements for animation students in applied professional studios. This course serves to develop the animator's core mechanics and vocabulary in the broad areas of animation integrated workflow (story conception, storyboarding, animatics, motion studies, character flow and design, scene, set, and props (look artists), technical direction, and summary of post-production flow) to meet industry expectations and professional output. Offered spring.