BFA Motion Graphics
Tori Romania
Experiment with different approaches to animation
Sync Dialogue: Due March 27th 2023 (each exercise is a week)
Scripting Dialogue/Dope Sheet
Thumbnail character expressions and poses/Storyboard
Animatic, rough animation/ refine animation
Ink final animation
2D Puppet Animation in Aftereffects: Due April 12th 2023
Scripting/Storyboarding/Character design
Building characters, scanning, rigging characters
Animation
Finalize animation
Stop-motion Due May 9th 2023
Scripting/Storyboarding/Character design/Environment design
Build puppets , environment / shoot tests / lighting
Animate
Finalize Animation
Joseph Sanders
Character design, modeling, rigging, and animation
Design, model, rig, and create minimal animation for three characters. One simple character, one medium, and one with surfaces.
Character 1: Due March 1st 2023
Including character model sheet (5 point turnaround, structural configuration, poses), “breathing” animation in a generic background.
Character 2: Due April 12th 2023
Including character model sheet (5 point turnaround, structural configuration, poses), “breathing” animation in a generic background.
Character 3: Due May 9th 2023
Including character model sheet (5 point turnaround, structural configuration, poses), “breathing” animation in a generic background.
Leo Galliani
Complete a series of exercises to understand and practice character animation
Exercises: Due March 1st 2023 (each exercise is a week)
3D objects toppling in space Flour sac
Walk cycle
Walk with personality
Due April 12th 2023
Inanimate object comes to life
Thrust and drag exercise
Four-legged walk
Walk Cycle tutorial
Short Animation/narrative Due May 9th 2023
Design characters, make character model sheets (5 point turnaround, structural configuration, poses), design background environment(s). Thumbnail key poses, create a storyboard, create an animatic, animate characters.