Animation

ANHR35S/MOHR35S – Grade 11

Descriptor:

“Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.” – Walt Disney
This course will allow students to enter the creative world of animation. The main goal of the course is to develop the student’s creative skills while exploring the principles of animation, stop-motion, character design, rigging, walk cycles, cell animation, lip syncing, and compositing.
This stand-alone ICT course is made up of the following 2 half credit ICT framework courses: 2D Animation (ANHR35S) and 3D Modelling (MOHR35S).

What to Expect!
Students will develop skills, knowledge, post-secondary and industry expertise needed to create visual concepts that capture the emotional core of your story. Embrace and Imagine new worlds, full of characters, vehicles, props and environment. Dream of designing the creative blue-prints for animations, visualize stories for film, shows, apps and games.

Assessment:

Fundamentals of Animation Unit –  30%
Character Animation Unit – 30%
Portfolio – 10%
Hands-on Summative Activity –  30%*
*There is no exam in this course

Activities:

Fundamentals of Animation Unit
Activity 1:  Animation History and Classic Animation
Activity 2: Storyboarding a Digital Flip-book in Storyboard Pro
Activity 3: Animating a Storyboard Pro Project in Harmony
Activity 4: Principles of Animation
Activity 5: Camera and Parallax
Character Animation Unit
Activity 1: Cut Out and Animating Pegs
Activity 2: Animating Character Head Movement
Activity 3: Animation Rigging
Activity 4: Lip Sync
Activity 5: Walk and Run Cycles

Course Resources:

Animation Online Course 

Recommended Course Supplies:

  • drawing pencils
  • sketchbook
  • 8-16 GB USB drive
  • Animation paper and Manga paper recommended