Animation Design-2

Course Overview

Experimenting with techniques for visual storytelling, structure, story building, writing for animation • Examining indigenous narratives, both contemporary and traditional to gain an understanding of storytelling methods pertinent to our culture • Creating dramatic flow, planning, pacing, sequencing, organizing visual flow and continuity in storyboards • Co-ordinating character, scene length, pace of action • Choreographing scene change and camera movement • Planning, examining, analyzing and pacing character behaviour • An exposure to various animation techniques • Workshops using both 2D and 3D techniques on Computer, Film, Video etc. • Production of professional stop-motion animation puppet and usable set props. • Understanding how a stop-motion animation production works • Sculpting, mould making, armature construction and casting techniques. • Methods to fabricate a stop-motion animation puppet • Techniques for set construction. • Doping, animating, lighting and shooting • Post production techniques.

Total Credits	6.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	2.0
Tutorial	2.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Robert Russett and Cecile Starr, Experimental Animation, Origins of a New Art A Da Capo Paperback, NY, 1998• Peter Lord and Brian Sibley, Cracking Animation –The Aardman book of 3D Animation, Thames and Hudson Ltd; 2 edition (25 Oct. 2010)• Richard Taylor, Encyclopedia of Animation Techniques, Book Sales, 2004• Michael Frierson, Clay Animation: American Highlights 1908 to Present, Twayne Publishers, February, 1994• Chris Patmore; The Complete Animation Course: The Principles, Practice, and Techniques of Successful Animation, Barron’s Educational Series, 1st August, 2003• Frank Thompson, The Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney Editions, 2002• Peter Lord and Brian Sibley, Cracking Animation –The Aardman book of 3D Animation, Thames & Hudson, 2000References for scripting• Marilyn Webber, Gardner’s Guide to Feature Animation Writing: The Writer’s Road Map Garth Gardner Company, 2002• Jeffrey Scott, How to Write for Animation, Overlook Press, 2002• Marilyn Webber, Gardner’s Guide to Animation Scriptwriting: The Writer’s Road Map,• Garth Gardner Company, 2002• Jean Ann Wright, Animation Writing and Development: From Script Development to Pitch• (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation), Focal Press, 2005

About Instructor

Prof. Sumant Muralidhar Rao | Prof. Phani Prasad Rao Tetali