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ANIMA-4040-12: Animation Tutorial: Advanced Sculpture for Animation

Fall 2021

Subject: Animation
Type: Workshop
Delivery Mode: Hybrid
Level: Undergraduate

Campus: Oakland
Course Dates: September 01, 2021 — December 14, 2021
Meetings:
Mon/Thu 2:00-04:00PM, Oakland - Shaklee - 1A
Mon/Thu 2:00-04:00PM, Online - FA-12
Instructor: Norman DeCarlo

Units: 3.0
Enrolled: 5/15

Description:

Hybrid course sections will be delivered both online and in-person. Required online synchronous meeting times are listed as the meeting pattern for this course section. Additional course components will be delivered asynchronously or in-person as outlined in the syllabus.Learn to design, build and sculpt three-dimensional clay maquettes as used in an animation studios setting. This class will discuss the purpose of character sculpting and its placement within the animation preproduction and production pipeline. Emphasis will be placed on basic principles of design such as balance, rhythm, contrast and harmony. This course will teach technique on how to build a clay model from the inside out; paying particular attention to the skeletal and musculature system. The goal of this class is to create unique and appealing clay-sculpted characters.Animation Tutorials are production workshops for advanced level animation students. Depending on the instructor, students will complete a sequence of animation exercises or one semester long project. Critiques will be conducted similar to studio dailies where the instructor gives the student production notes in order to improve their animation. Based on this assessment, it is the student's responsibility to improve their work. All advanced animation students who have completed Animation 2 are welcome.

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