- 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

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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"
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