FALL 2023 - WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Wightman 221 Traditional Media Lab
Section 1 - Leeper: Mon/Wed 2:00-4:50
Section 2 - Merkel: Tues/Thurs: 11:00-1:50
Sleeper's Personal Zoom Room - Password: animation
Monday: Intro to Class / Flipbook 1. Animated Signatures
Wednesday: The Art of Timing and Spacing / 12 Principles of Animation
Assignment: Timing & Space Coin Shoot / Flipbook 2. Bouncing Ball
Wednesday: Rotoscoping
Assignment: Flipbook 3. Observation & Exaggeration
Monday: Animating Straight Ahead
Wednesday: Flights of Fancy - Workshop
Assignment: Flipbook 4. Flights of Fancy
Monday: Read - Building a Basic Walk Cycle - Bring in Materials
Wednesday: Walk Cycle 1. First Stride - Red Line
Assignment: Walk Cycle 2. Second Stride - Blue Line
Monday: Simple Characters
Wednesday: Character Pose Sheet
Assignment: Walk Variation 1. Keyframes & Breakdowns
Monday: Walk Variation 2. Refine Drawings & Trace-offs
Wednesday: Walk Variation 3. Clean-up / Final Line
Assignment: Walk Variation 4. Inbetween / Final Line Continued
Monday: 1. Planning and Pre-Production
Wednesday: 2. Production - In Class Shoot
Assignment: 3. Post Production
Wednesday: Intro to Object Animation - "Trick or Treat" Halloween Spot
Assignment: 6 Panel Pitch / Bring in Halloween Candy
Monday: Halloween Spot - Pre-production
Wednesday: Halloween Spot - Animate
Assignment: Halloween Spot - Post-Production
Monday: Random Face Cycles
Wednesday: Post-it Note Walk Cycles
Assignment: Acquire Smart Phone tripod - Adjustable Camera Stand Holder with Wireless Remote and Universal Clip
Monday: Intro to Augmented Reality
Wednesday: Location Scouting/Preproduction
Assignment: Augmented Reality Shoot
Monday: Intro to Lip sync Project
Wednesday: Record Interviews / Mining for Audio Gold
Assignment: Submit Three Portraits to Discord and 3 Audio Files to Basecamp
Monday: Pitch Audio Choices / Break Down Audio & Assign Phonemes
Assignment: Secondary Animation Pitches / Post Pitches &
Monday: Pitch Secondary Animation Panels
Wednesday: Collage Self-Portraits, Design Character Phonemes & Prop Creation
Assignment: Pre-Production Checklist
Monday: Final Animation Shoot
Wednesday: Open Workshop - Animation Post Production
Assignment: Post Final Projects to Discord and Submit to Basecamp by Exam
207 EXAM TIMES
Mon/Wed: Monday Dec 11, 2:00-3:50 PM
Tues/Thurs: Thursday Dec 14, 10:00-11:50 AM
