Basic Principles Of Motion

This introductory course will familiarize you with the basic principles that inform all animation practice. You will be introduced to a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional animation styles and the ideas. Through a series of hand drawn exercises, you will gain a practice-based experience of core animation fundamentals. The course is designed to develop your basic skills and to prepare you for more complex application in animation filmmaking.

Course Content

• The 12 principles of animation:

Overview of key concepts and theories around the creation of motion through drawing

Using simple shapes you will create animations that will focus on different aspect of such principles.

• How to draw for animation:

An exploration of your own character design to show your understanding of anatomy, gesture weight, and how you can capture the force that propels gesture and motion in animation.

• Exploring and understanding pose weight and attitude in relation to human basic locomotion:

Overview of basic concepts in relation to human locomotion. Through the use of a life action and animation examples you will explore the key concept behind the creation of a character basic movement.

• Transfer the knowledge acquired to your own personal work:

Through a series of exercises and in-class projects, you will explore different kinds of animation problems pertaining to creating original movement. Developed through lectures, workshops, peer and instructor feedback, you will apply the principles learned to a series of scenarios that deal with movement, weight, staging, and timing.