This course is the first part of the animation course series. The production of digital animation is emphasized. The basic concepts, principles, and essential techniques of hand-drawn, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional animation, as well as today’s trends in the field, develop students’ understandings about the fundamentals in storytelling, scripting, and delivery of animated imagery for different platforms.

CILO-1: Analyze historical and principle of animation with traditional types of special effects for today’s high-tech film and animation industry and improve the aesthetic sensibility. CILO-2: Demonstrate an understanding of traditional drawn character techniques and basic rules of sketching. CILO-3: Gain the abilities of imagination and transfer ideas into action. CILO-4: Generate new short story concepts successfully, analyze a story’s potential for animation and assess storyboards for continuity. CILO-5: Use computer animation techniques to create elements for 2D animation with visual effects.