Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation

Outcomes

In this lesson you will

Students will

build traditional cel animation
plan, storyboard, and create an exposure sheet for a cel animation
build a simple, digital cel animation
create warped and morphed images and video clips
research tools and techniques for 3D animation, and real-world applications for 3D animation
plan, storyboard, and build stop-motion animation

This section examines animation, from traditional cel to computer generated. The section components are

Cel animation, covering frames, cels and layers, pencil, ink and colour techniques. The activity is to create a pencil flip animation and a colour flip animation.
Planning and story boarding, including the use of exposure sheets. the activity is to create a story, story board, and exposure sheet
Digital cel animation looks at how software emulate and automates traditional cel animation. The activity is to model a small cel animation using software, but without any of the automated features
Morphing and warping examines how software gradually transforms one image into another. The activity warps an image, and morphs one image into another.
3D animation reviews the basic concepts of 3D animation and looks at software used to build the objects. The activity is to research tools and real-world applications for 3D animation
Stop-motion animation reviews the basic principles of stop-motion and how to set up to do stop-motion. the activity is to build a stop-motion animation.

There is no prerequisite content for this lesson.