Animation (Sequential Art) Description
This is THE class for the 21st century. Formerly called Sequential Art, the Animation class will focus on making moving pictures and motion graphics. Students start out making sequential drawings in the form of a "flip book". Sound effects will be added to our hand-drawn animation using iMovie software. Macromedia Flash software will be used to produce animated web graphics and interactive animated stories. Students will even make 3-D computer animation. Game design with Flash will be covered as well.
Topics covered are:
Cartoon character design/development
Drawing Cartoon hands
3 panel cartoon/comic
Bouncing ball animation project
Cyclical animation put on the computers with sound effects added
Animated Gifs
Flash Animation
3-D Animation