ILLUS-3960

ANIMATION PRACTICES

Faculty: Joel Orloff

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

Can count for either ILLUS or Non-major credit (please contact Rachael DuMoulin, Senior Coordinator, for more info)

This course provides students with practical, hands-on creative experience in animation production and is primarily designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles of animation: timing, movement, staging, design, and editing. Class exercises explore a variety of traditional and experimental techniques and processes including: drawn animation, direct- to-film, cutouts, modified base, and pixilation. This class is more concerned with process than finished product. Personal expression and experimentation are emphasized.

A wide range of independent animated films is screened and discussed to provide creative stimulus and demonstrate a variety of aesthetic and technical approaches.

ESTIMATED COST OF MATERIALS: $40.00

Capacity: 15

Registration Restriction: Major elective; restricted to Illustration juniors and seniors; open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of instructor. 

Web Registration not available.

Contact Rebecca Paiva in Film, Animation, Video to register: rpaiva@risd.edu

Semester Offered: Fall, Spring