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Producing for Animation and Visual Effects 1

Find out what it takes to produce a feature animation or video game. By producing several commercial projects, you’ll receive hands-on training in the start-to-finish creation and delivery of entertainment products.

Feature Animation 1

You will be guided through specialized assignments that focus on the artistry of animation. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of animation principles like timing, spacing, squash and stretch, arcs and anticipation, and use them to create fun exercises with bipedal characters.

Traditional Animation 2

Improve and develop your hand-drawn animation skills by focusing on volume, form, and movement. Applying the traditional principles of animation to character animation, you will develop and create a simple animated short story using a sequence of animated shots.

3D Modeling and Animation 1 (Maya)

Learn to navigate this complex 3D software and its many tools and workflows as they are used in major animation and VFX studios, preparing you for specialized study in the track of your choice.

Feature Animation 3

Animate convincing dialogue, gestures, and body language to create compelling character performances. You’ll develop observational sketchbook drawings and original video references to create industry-level work for your professional animator’s reel. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 497C.)

Senior Portfolio for Animation and VFX

Create a reel of your best work to showcase your skills. To professionally market your abilities, you’ll hone client/artist relationships, practice presentation techniques, and develop consistent identity, resume, reel packaging, and stationary systems.

3D Character Animation 1 for Animators, Riggers

You’ll focus on conceptualizing, storyboarding, and executing a high-quality animation project.

3D Character Animation 1

Learn the unique character animation techniques of different professional studios. You’ll study real-world weight, physics, object interaction, pantomime, character sketching, and motion analysis to animate 3D characters.

Fundamentals of Lookdev and Lighting

Learn how to render beautiful animations, just like your favorite studios. You’ll learn core principles of looked and lighting, including painting in 3D, how to work with BRDF shaders, linear lighting, animation caches, compositing of render passes, and much more.

Studio X 3D Animation

In this advanced 3D animation course that recreates the production environment, you will be responsible for generating animation to the specifications of the project’s stakeholder. You will focus on matching action across shot cuts, adapting animation styles to align with project aesthetics, and delivering files in the production pipeline. Portfolio… Read More