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AAP410 - Animation Applications II
This course will introduce the students to the use of Adobe Flash as an animation production tool. Students will deconstruct, analyze, and compare existing techniques involved in animation and apply them directly to their work in Adobe Flash. They will understand the visual, audio and animated elements necessary for the production of character animation for a studio environment.
ACT450 - Character Acting
Students continue their studies of acting principles and their application to animation. Using film examples, both live action and animation, students will study the good, the bad and the embarrassing to create characters, and scenes that are moving and connect well to an audience. Using method acting as a basis, students will explore a wide variety of character types through a series of in-class assignments.
ANI400 - Animation - Acting and Emotions
This subject continues student development of character animation skills, particularly portraying emotional states and complex motion. The focus is on delivering professional quality character animation.
LAY411 - Layout - Environmental Design
This course develops the student's skills in planning and staging scenes to enhance mood, clarity and communication in animation. Storytelling techniques from films are analyzed and then implemented into student projects, creating professional quality portfolio work.
Pre-requisites: LAY 311, ANI 300
LIF441 - Life Drawing - Acting
This subject will deal with advanced techniques in expressive life drawing. The in-class posing of the model will include added challenges including colour, costuming, drapery, expression, dynamic foreshortening and storytelling, as well as an emphasis on showcasing the body in motion.
STR400 - Storyboarding - Sequential Composition
Storyboarding 4 continues to build on the skills acquired in the third semester. We continue to focus on the skills that involve a working knowledge of visual language of film structure, scenes, shots, camera angles, and continuity, as well as visualizing and drawing creative staging and posing of characters.
GEN001 - General Education Option
According to the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, ?the purpose of General Education in the Ontario college system is to contribute to the development of citizens who are conscious of the diversity, complexity, and richness of the human experience; who are able to establish meaning through this consciousness; and, who, as a result, are able to contribute thoughtfully, creatively, and positively to the society in which they live and work. General Education strengthens students' generic skills, such as critical analysis, problem solving, and communication, in the context of an exploration of topics with broad-based personal and / or societal importance?. Please contact the School of English and Liberal Studies at your campus to find out more about the variety of General Education courses from which you can choose.