Animation - Summer Course

Gain an insight into the world of animation and production design by exploring hand-drawn techniques, cut out and stop motion.

Experiment with a variety of animation techniques including hand-drawn, cut-out and stop motion in this fast-paced and varied course. You’ll begin to develop your observational and design skills while learning about storyboards, cinematic story and idea pitching.

You will learn the fundamentals of this complex subject including how to animate simple objects, story development and character design. You will have the opportunity to develop your own ideas as well as working in groups to give you a greater understanding of how an animation team works together. In your group, under the guidance of our experienced tutors, you will develop a short film brief including storyboarding and scriptwriting. During the final week, you will produce a short film of your ideas and work through a variety of post-production techniques to get your animated film ready for screening.

12 Principles of animation
Narrative and storyboarding
Drawing techniques and development
Scriptwriting and storyboarding
Cut out techniques
Stop Motion puppets
Pixilation
Traditional 2D animation
Layout and background
Creative post-production editing
Film screening and critique