Week 1
We spent the 26th, 27th and 28th (online) were spent learning about the ins and outs of CSM, the library, Moodle, the technical and assignment help departments. An introduction to MA Character Animation was also held. We were given a brief on the structure of the program and shown both alumni and non-alumni animated work.
On the 29th, we had our first Life Drawing class.
Some of the sketches from Life Drawing (29/10):
Week 2
First practical animation class was held in the Animation room M306. We played around with balls of different weights and densities and spent the 3rd of November animating bouncing balls
Work from Week 2:
On the 4th of November, we had a theatre workshop where we got to exercise the way we expressed ourselves to get a better understanding of using the body and face to tell stories.
The 6th of November was an online class introducing us to Adobe Premiere Pro.
Week 3
On week 3, we had only one day of offline class. We continued working on and perfecting the bouncing ball. Work from the 3rd week:
And a little stop motion trial:
The online classes on the 11th and 12th covered the academic assistance sector of CSM and film theory. We watched many animation shorts and learned about story telling arcs and cinematography in animation. The importance of camera work and how it can aid in the narration.
Some sketches from life drawing week 3:
Week 4
With more practical animation classes, this week we cover the topic of followthroughs in animation. Followthrough is what we’d probably call inertia in inanimate objects attached to moving objects. the delay in their motion (eg. tail fur and ears in dogs, flags attached to poles.)
Work from 17th and 18th of October:
19th of October, I presented about Ghost Animation.
We also had our first Character Design class this week. Our first exercise was to create characters out of these sh
And our second exercise was to create variations of the same character (mascot)
And lastly, week 4’s Life drawing outcomes. This was my most fruitful week so far.