Animation Workshop

1) Animating personality in a ball
Lecture : "12 Principles of Animation" Overview

2) Animating personality with two balls.
one of a different weight and material
Lecture: Physics of materials overview

3) Animating emotion Face Only
The student is given a rigged character and is assigned to animate various emotions (5 total). Each is given a frame limit.
Lectures include: Muscles of the face, Face and Emotion Dynamics

3B) Animate emotion Full Body
The student is given a rigged character and is assigned to animate various emotions (5 total). Each is given a frame limit.
Lecture: Gesture and emotion, Emotion and Hands, Staging

4) Gear Change
Animate 1 emotion, followed by a quick event which then leads to another emotion.
The student will animate 2 gear changes. One of the face, the other of the entire body.
Lecture: Types of transitions

5) Animate a unique walk cycle
This walk cycle must convey a unique emotion.
Lecture: Walk cycle mechanics, Examples of great unique walk cycles.

6) Animating Character and Weight
Animate a character pushing or pulling a heavy object.

7) Animate two characters engaging in dialogue

8) Convey the emotion of a character through lighting, texturing, staging, environment and visual effects only.

9) Animate the above character utilizing any of the animation examples as reference.