ANIM 4652: Digital Animation Studio I

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ANIM 4651 and Permission of Instructor
Students will advance in selected topics in animation, which will include independent student research. The course will focus on pre-production and production of an animated short film to include character development, background and prop design, storyboarding, animatic creation, scriptwriting and storytelling.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

This course is studio-based with multiple projects that will measure student capability to create pre-production work in pursuit of producing an animated short film.
Students will work on character design, environment/background design, scriptwriting, thumbnail storyboards, refined storyboards, sound design and full animatic production in this course.
Students will be focusing on storytelling skills with interest in creating a short film as part of the senior exiting portfolio - for entry into the Annual Owls Film Festival and other national and international film festival entries, upon graduation.