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Writing Visual Stories - Professional Writing Techniques for Young Story Tellers
Randy James, MEd
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(312)
In this ongoing course, motivated students will learn to blend hand-drawn animation sequences with photography and computer graphics. Creativity is encouraged with individual projects, or as collaborative members of a production team.
Class experience
This ongoing workshop is for strong beginners and intermediate-level learners, and requires some previous animation experience. The teacher demonstrates techniques such as; keyframing, squash-and-stretch, anticipation, and full-motion "cycles". Everyone will practice the fundamentals of traditional cartoon animation by hand-animating their own repeating "cycle". Students can develop an independent animation project, or contribute animated sequences from a storyboard "shot-list" created...
- Students learn to create original cartoon character designs, storyboards, and hand-drawn animated sequences - During brainstorming sessions students contribute verbal and illustrated responses to generate character ideas, names, and story plots - Through classroom activities, students learn to array of traditional animation production techniques which include: lighting, image registration, frame-rates, and editing - Using traditional storyboarding techniques, students practice how to quickly communicate their concepts and contributions - With practice, students demonstrate the practical use of animated "cycles", "squash-and-stretch", "anticipation", "gravity", and "implied motion"
Animation Production Portfolio: https://www.youtube.com/@WeebeeTeevee Randy James, MEd Creative Director & Producer WeebeeTV.com San Francisco, CA Lead management position in charge of interactive multimedia production, studio and staffing. Point of contact for clients and vendors, negotiated all budgets and milestones. Originated all marketing, recruiting, training and evaluation of new clients. Hired and managed support staff. This radio interview features key staff and initiatives: https://goo.gl/V4ubgd Clients Include: Comedy Central World Book Publishing Universal Press Syndicate Berkeley Systems E-Greetings Quokka Sports Modern Media Ventures Learning Smith Sumeria Publishing
Homework Offered
There can be approximately 1-3 hours of optional homework per week depending upon each student's interest and motivation: -Photograph and edit a final digital cartoon animation Using a smartphone camera, each student can photograph and edit a final animated sequence using the free “Flip-a-Clip” app. Recommended Study Please enjoy these animated short films which inform the general style of hand-drawn animation presented in this workshop: https://youtu.be/cEypQl-zIsY "Flip's Lunchroom" https://youtu.be/WMvQGkkFOWI "Flip the Frog" first color cartoon https://youtu.be/ga64tiJuDL4 "Village Smithy" https://youtu.be/I8O-caLwoTw "Skeleton Frolic" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1xqrdtJs8w "Fallin' Hare"1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Required Materials - Lots of white A4 printer paper - Pencils and erasers - Thick black pens and Sharpies - glowing smart tablet or homemade light table (box/plexiglas) Optional - Basic smartphone or tablet with camera - tripod for smart devices - Colored markers - Paper "hole-punch" or similar office tool - Free “Flip-a-Clip” app - Free "ProCreate" app This is a live class, and the instructor uses a 2-camera system to feature specific illustration styles and techniques. Students are encouraged (within reason!) to spontaneously interact with the instructor and others during most exercises, and this workshop should be interactive and lively.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(312)
Randy James, MEd Creativity Coach, Cartoonist, Animator, Word-Nerd Hi, please call me Randy! As a college professor of game design and animation I mentored the artistically gifted for over 20 years. I have a Master's Degree in education and...
Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 12 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
1-6 learners per class
