ANIM 4653: Digital Animation Studio II

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisite: ANIM 4652 and Permission of Instructor
Students will continue to advance in selected topics in professional animation, which will include independent student research. A focus on production and post-production of an animated short film will be explored. Final output of a 2-5 minute animated short for portfolio and film festival entry may be achieved through individual and/or group collaborative work. Polishing individual works for portfolio creation will also be addressed. The course will be tailored to individual final exiting portfolio studies such as the Professional Exit Portfolio.

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 or an animated project of a similar scope.
Students will outline their goals to complete their Professional Exit Portfolio or another large-scale project, and present their progress during numerous check-ins throughout the semester.
Students will continue animating until the end of the semester, where they will have either completed or made significant progress on their animation, with potential for entry into the Annual Owls Film Festival and other national and international film festival entries upon graduation.