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/Tuesday: Intro to Class / Flipbook 1. Animated Signatures
Wednesday/Thursday: The Art of Timing and Spacing / 12 Principles of Animation
Assignment: Timing & Space Coin Shoot / Flipbook 2. Bouncing Ball
Tuesday:
Wednesday/Thursday: Rotoscoping
Assignment: Flipbook 3. Observation & Exaggeration
Monday/Tuesday: Animating Straight Ahead
Wednesday/Thursday: Flights of Fancy - Workshop
Assignment: Flipbook 4. Flights of Fancy
Monday/Tuesday: Read - Building a Basic Walk Cycle - Bring in Materials
Wednesday/Thursday: Walk Cycle 1. First Stride - Red Line
Assignment: Walk Cycle 2. Second Stride - Blue Line
Monday/Tuesday: Simple Characters
Wednesday/Thursday: Character Pose Sheet
Assignment: Walk Variation 1. Keyframes & Breakdowns
Monday/Tuesday: Walk Variation 2. Refine Drawings & Trace-offs
Wednesday/Thursday: Walk Variation 3. Clean-up / Final Line
Assignment: Walk Variation 4. Inbetween / Final Line Continued
Monday/Tuesday: 1. Planning and Pre-Production
Wednesday/Thursday: 2. Production - In Class Shoot
Assignment: 3. Post Production
Wednesday/Thursday: Intro to Object Animation - "Trick or Treat" Halloween Spot
Assignment: 5 Panel Pitch to Discord / Bring in Halloween Candy
Monday/Tuesday: Halloween Spot - Pre-production
Wednesday/Thursday: Halloween Spot - Animate
Assignment: Halloween Spot - Post-Production
Monday/Tuesday: Random Face Cycles
Wednesday/Thursday: Post-it Note Walk Cycles
Assignment: Acquire Smart Phone tripod - Adjustable Camera Stand Holder with Wireless Remote and Universal Clip
Monday/Tuesday: Intro to Augmented Reality
Wednesday/Thursday: Location Scouting/Preproduction
Assignment: Augmented Reality Shoot
Monday/Tuesday: Intro to Lip sync Project
Wednesday/Thursday: Record Interviews / Mining for Audio Gold
Assignment: Submit Three Portraits to Discord and 3 Audio Files to Basecamp
Monday/Tuesday: Pitch Audio Choices / Break Down Audio & Assign Phonemes
Assignment: Secondary Animation Pitches / Post Pitches &
Monday/Tuesday: Pitch Secondary Animation Panels
Wednesday/Thursday: Collage Self-Portraits, Design Character Phonemes & Prop Creation
Assignment: Pre-Production Checklist
Monday/Tuesday: Final Animation Shoot
Wednesday/Thursday: 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