This class builds upon skills and concepts from Animation 1 and Animation 2, and focuses on using staging, posing, spacing, and arcs to create more nuanced, refined, and authentic character performance. We will explore how analysis of inner emotional development and motivation and can be expressed clearly with physical action and organic poses; how external activities can be performed so the audience can "read", or relate to inner emotions and character development. We will also continue to enhance production skills, especially developing faster blocking and posing passes to communicate and refine ideas in a production environment. Group critiques will develop your cinema vocabulary, collaboration skills, and how express your opinions clearly. The classroom will be treated much like a studio, where animators are given goals to achieve by the following class

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