Digital Animation 2

Course Overview

Object Creation for Animation – Creating and Modifying Objects – The main animation parameters – Grouping and Hierarchy – Optimizing your projects and Interactivity for animation creation Creating Animation – Project Planning, Execution to Completion – Keyframes, Interpolation and Graph Editing Compositing and Special Effects – Creating a Special Effects Film – Script to screen – Influence of animation on Live action Films: previz, animation, compositing and effects. – Advanced digital techniques in animation.

Total Credits	2.0
Type	Theory
Lecture	1.0
Half Semester	N
Text Reference	• Dan Ablan, Digital Cinematography & Directing, New Riders; 1 edition (3 December 2002)• Jeremy Birn, Digital Lighting & Rendering, New Riders; 3 edition (November 21, 2013)• Owen Demers, Digital Texturing & Painting, New Riders (August 19, 2001)• Glenn Kirkpatrick, Flash Cartoon Animation: Learn from the Pros, Apress; 1st Corrected ed. 2002. Corr. 2nd printing 2004 edition (15 November 2004)

About Instructor

Prof. Sumant Muralidhar Rao

Prof. Sumant Muralidhar Rao is an engineer, designer and an animato and has 13 years experience in the field of animation, and special effects filmmaking. He has been a consultant to Discreet, (a Canadian based company, that makes leading animation, editing and compositing software) and Tata Elxsi India Limited. He was the Director and one of the founding members of Animagic, a company with a sterling reputation for the quality of it’s work, be it traditional animation, computer graphics, special effects or illustration and design for print and the internet.