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Use screen site formats for specific layouts in animation.

Solve design problems in animation visual layout using research, thumbnails, and roughs

Use technology for problem solving, critical thinking, and informed decision making in animation layout.

Mechanics and Production

Use a variety of visual media and formats to critique layouts for animation, including producing layout roughs for conceptual designs that appropriately communicate ideas and creating plane view models for appropriate stage direction.

Animation Character Development and Design

Safety

Apply laboratory safety rules, regulations, and procedures for character development and design.

Introduction

Create an education plan for a career in character design that includes postsecondary and apprenticeship requirements.

Describe training and responsibilities for various occupations in character design.

Introduction

Develop designs that use organizational principles and functions to communicate a story or ideas.

Analyzing a story or story idea for clarity and entertainment

Researching personality types for animated characters

Researching animal behaviors and characteristics for character development

Identifying design elements for various character personalities

Applying appropriate archetypes and stereotypes to communicate a story or idea

Character Design

Solve visual arts problems through a diverse range of media, techniques, and processes.

Researching the anatomy of humans and animals for character design

Applying canons of proportions to produce character designs with anatomical accuracy

Applying rules of perspective to produce solid character designs

Using design elements to communicate personality of characters

Costume Design

Create costumes employing a diverse range of media, techniques, and processes to communicate an idea or story.

Researching characteristics and purposes of a variety of interrelated historical and cultural backgrounds for authenticity of costumes

Identifying costume designs based on literary, cultural, and historical backgrounds

Mechanics and Production

Use a variety of media and formats to collaborate and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.

Producing inspirational sketches for conceptual designs that communicate ideas

Producing turnaround model sheets and gesture expression sheets for critique

Storyboarding

Safety

Apply laboratory safety rules, regulations, and procedures in storyboarding.