| Animation Studio: 10-13 |
Middle School Programs |
102 (001) |
Fall 2025 |
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Description
Bring artwork to life using traditional and digital media to create one-of-a-kind animations. In this exciting course, students learn principles of animation while exploring various techniques, including stop-motion, frame-by-frame methods, digitally modified video, and computer-aided techniques. Students will use digital tools such as laptops, still cameras, video cameras, sound recorders, iPads, sketchbook work, and other traditional processes to express contemporary artistic hybrid methods. Students can repeat this course to continue building their skills.
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Class Number
2444
Credits
1
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| Animation I: Drawing for Animation |
Film, Video, New Media, and Animation |
2420 (001) |
Summer 2025 |
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Description
This class introduces the traditional animation techniques of creating movement through successive drawings. Techniques include metamorphosis, walking cycles, holds, squash and stretch, blur and resistance. Students use the pencil test Lunch-Box to view their work . Students complete a series of exercises encouraging a full range of animation skills and a final project. Films illustrating drawn-animation techniques are screened regularly.
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Class Number
1179
Credits
3
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| Animation I: Drawing for Animation |
Film, Video, New Media, and Animation |
2420 (002) |
Spring 2025 |
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Description
This class introduces the traditional animation techniques of creating movement through successive drawings. Techniques include metamorphosis, walking cycles, holds, squash and stretch, blur and resistance. Students use the pencil test Lunch-Box to view their work . Students complete a series of exercises encouraging a full range of animation skills and a final project. Films illustrating drawn-animation techniques are screened regularly.
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Class Number
1419
Credits
3
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| Intermediate Animation: Experimental Methods |
Film, Video, New Media, and Animation |
3424 (001) |
Fall 2025 |
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Description
This course addresses a wide range of animation techniques and materials, both analogue and digital. Students explore drawing materials, cut-outs, cameraless animation, under the camera destructive and constructive animation, and compositing. Expanding on skills developed in Animation I, students create more painterly and material-based work.
The class is structured around a series of workshops, lectures, discussions and critiques. Relevant works are screened as source of inspiration for our material explorations.
Students produce a series of quick assignments exposing them to new techniques, culminating in a final project due at the end of the semester.
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Class Number
1501
Credits
3
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