ANI 240 Intro to Animation Production
Summary
ANI 240 – Production 1 Course Schedule – SPRING 2025 Instructor: Lisa Barcy
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Week 1 – Jan 5th and 7th
Introductions, review learning expectations and class policies.
Project #1: Lip-Sync Animation. See assignment requirements on D2L. Post final to D2L. Demos on DIY voice-over recording. Begin boards for project 1.
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Week 2 – Jan 12,14
View Lip-Sync Project Storyboards – present in class and give feedback. Create animatic in Premiere and record voice-over this week. Cut VO into animatic. Begin dialogue breakdown.
Lecture: Dialogue breakdown in TVPaint or Animate.
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Week 3 – Jan 19, 21
No class on Monday (MLK Day)
Recorded VO due
View animatics with VO cut in. Begin animating.
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Week 4 – Jan. 27, 29
Work in Progress due today. Continue working on Lip Sync animation, complete for Week 5.
Review finishing techniques, sound editing, exporting.
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Week 5 – Feb. 2, 4
Work in Progress #2 due today. Continue working on Lip Sync animation, complete for Week 6.
Review finishing techniques, sound editing, exporting.
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Week 6 – Feb. 9, 11 Lip-Sync Animation Due – in class critique.
Intro to Project 2 – Poetry in Motion
Playing with visual metaphor, composition and animated transitions
Continue researching poems and choose one. Begin storyboarding.
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Week 7 – Feb. 16, 18
Storyboards for Project 2 Due. Everyone suggests changes. Review and revise as needed.
Begin creating animatic. Begin keying entire piece.
Lecture on shot breakdowns and production schedules.
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Week 8 – Feb. 23, 25
Animatics Due
Lecture on finishing techniques, experimenting with styles, animation, and brushwork. Create style frames.
Wednesday - Continue animating, individual meetings
Experimenting with sound both found and DIY recording
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Week 9 – 3.2, 3.4
Style Frame and Work in Progress Due – review and critique
Continue animating and working on sound. Preparing for final export – normalizing soundtrack, testing output on the big screen.
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Week 10 –3.9, 3.11
Final Work-in-Progress Check-in #2. Work on Final – Individual meetings
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