ANIM 220 - Animation III: Character Animation and Motion Capture

(R only)

A comprehensive study of both 2D and 3D character development and character animation. Students will gain practical hands-on experience applying animation principles in both 2D and 3D animation. Students will explore full-body motion capture and its practical use in collecting real-time data to create animations. PREREQUISITE(S): ANIM 210. Two hours lecture, four hours studio each week.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

Create Character designs focusing on appealing characters constructed for 2D and 3D animation.
Employ professional and effective workflows for modeling a 3D character for animation.
Utilize animation principles to create full body character and facial animations.
Apply exaggeration techniques to create clear storytelling poses and action.
Explore professional and effective practices for working with 2D and 3D production pipelines.
Use industry standard 2D and 3D software.
Employ professional and effective workflows for facial animation of both expressions and lip syncs.
Employ professional and effective workflows for capturing and editing motion capture data for use to create character animations.

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