AN 220 - Animation:Traditional and Digital

Institution:

Montserrat College of Art

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Description:

3 credits This interdisciplinary course begins with a brief overview of the history of animation using drawing exercises involving story telling, character development and bringing pictures to life with mechanical animation devices such as Thaumatropes and Zoetropes. Students will then translate the tradition of hand drawn cell animation to digital tools by using a variety of techniques to create motion on a computer screen: drawing, collage, stop motion, rotoscoping and the incorporation of video and sound. Emphasizing planning, storyboards and time management, each student will finish the course with a completed short animation. Prerequisites: Drawing I or Permission of Instructor; Co-Requisite: Drawing I for 1st Semester Freshman Fulfills: Animation Requirement (AI+M students); Graphic Design Elective (Graphic Design students); Time Based Media Requirement (Photography students); Digital Media Elective (Self Directed students); Studio Elective

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.montserrat.edu/

Phone Number:

(978) 921-4242

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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