Special Topics in Media Production: Animation

Animation is a strategy for documenting the unseen, illustrating the fantastic, and interpreting the real of the everyday. This course is an introduction to traditional, hand-crafted methods of creating animation. Students will experiment with various approaches to working with images in sequence; explore a variety of techniques, such as collage, rotoscope, cut out, and stop motion; and study international, independently produced works of animation, old and new. The course culminates in the completion of a short work. Application required, available on the FMMC website. (Approval required; FMMC 0105 or FMMC 0135) 3 hrs. lect./3 hrs. screen.