After Effects 101 - Animation and VFX Essentials

Students learn how to use Adobe After Effects and create animate objects, titles, and essential visual effects.
The student's primary goal is to create several animation projects to show the skills learned in class. 
The course is five sessions once a week. Each class is one hour long.
- Welcome
- Group check-in (How are you doing today?)
- The core activity is a specific topic from the process of moviemaking. (see the breakdown by day below)
* This course is a version of how I teach three full days of Bootcamp.

The five sessions course subjects are:
o	Week 1 – Introductions & Course goals. Basic foundations of motion graphic animation. Starting with After Effects (Creating a Composition, Creating a Solid, Using keyframes, ease in/ease out) Previews and Render.
o	Week 2 – 2d vs. 3D Animation. Camera, 3D Mode. Animating in a 3D World.
o	Week 3 – Compositing tools: Chroma Key, Timeline Modes, Masking, Rotoscope.
o	Week 4 – Effects: Effects controls, most popular effects to use with titles and videos. 
o	Week 5 – Tips and Tricks. Presentation of their final edit project.

The class is built in a PowerPoint presentation with slides divided into sections containing concepts, subjects, photos, and video clips.
Students are encouraged to participate fully in a class by sharing opinions, ideas, and assignments.

**Please Note: I do not provide licenses or subscriptions to After Effects for this course.  Students must have their copy of After Effects installed to participate fully.
See below for instructions on getting the program installed on your computer.
https://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html