CEP 56 Understanding Animation Wrkshp

Understanding Animation is a course for the student who is curious about how artists make their creations come alive, move and act like living breathing things. They will learn how to animate their drawings. Students should be interested in drawing and have a basic idea of how to draw. Instructor will provide guidance with drawing techniques. Class lessons will consist of looking back at the history and beginning of animation with information and visuals on Walt Disney and his staff of early creators in the field. We will take a look at Claymation as used by Tim Burton and other forms of the modern adaptation of animation. Students will create a flip book by drawing their own characters in sequence many times over which will simulate movement. There will be a materials fee.