Harvard-Westlake

Advanced Animation Art, 2005-2006

Dr. Arthur Tobias, Instructor

 

Week

Assignment

Elements/Principals

Samples/Sources

Materials

Due

9/7/05

Dot Makes a Picture

Dot, Line, Motion

 Rose, vase, examples

New pencil, paint, light board, copy cam, Premiere

9/12  

9/12

Wednesday- Scratch 'n' See

Line  

Student-supplied resource image 

 Scratch board, scribe, light board, copy cam, Premiere  

9/23

9/19

 

 

9/26

Variations in a Line of Action

Line, Shape, Characters,  Anatomy, Walk

Mickey Mouse/Character creation sheet/Anatomy materials/Muybridge

Pencil, marker, light board, copy cam, Premiere

 

10/3

 

 

 

 

 

10/10

 

 

 

 

 

10/17

 

 

 

 

10/21

10/24

In Perspective

Pos/Neg Space, Liner/Aerial Perspective, Color, Backgrounds, Pan/Zoom, Track

 

Pencil, colored pencils, light board, copy cam, Premiere

 

10/31

 

 

 

 

 

11/7

 

 

 

 

 

11/14

 

 

 

 

 

11/21

 

 

 

 

11/23

11/28

I See What You Say

Mouth Action, Gestures During Dialogue, Anticipation, Rhythm, Writing/Recording Dialogue

 

Pencil, colored pencils, copy cam, light board, Premiere, microphone/recording booth

 

11/5

 

 

 

 

 

11/12

 

 

 

 

 

1/3/06

 

 

 

 

 

1/9

 

 

 

 

1/11

1/17

A String of Incidents

Cause & Effect, Squash, Drag & Stretch, Weight, Contrast/Focus

Mickey Mouse, story board

 

 

1/25

 

 

 

 

 

1/30

 

 

 

 

 

2/6

 

 

 

 

 

2/13

 

 

 

 

 

2/21

 

 

 

 

2/24

2/27

Let Me Tell You a Story

Story/Moral, Sell/Educate, Focus, Pattern, Texture, Turning Edges/Flat Color

 

Pencils, colored pencils, light box, copy cam,

 

3/6

 

 

 

 

 

3/13

 

 

 

 

 

3/20

 

 

 

 

 

3/27

 

 

 

 

 

4/17

 

 

 

 

 

4/24

 

 

 

 

 

5/1

 

 

 

 

 

5/8

 

 

 

 

 

5/15

 

 

 

 

 

5/22

 

 

 

 

 

5/30

 

 

 

 

5/31