Art 263 Animation I Syllabus Schedule F14
Section 02, 11074, T/TH 11:00 am - 1:45pm
Professor Crowe
Email: MyFriendlyCrow@gmail.com
Office Hours By Appointment AC402: T/Th 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Week 1: Class overview, introductions.
History -- The Silent Era
Activities -- Drawing Basics
Tuesday:
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Class overview, introductions.
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Sketchbook assignment – Keep a sketchbook for this class for note taking and drawing
exercises. In addition to specific assignments, filling the book with drawings from
observation will count toward extra credit/participation points.
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Assignment 1 – in your sketchbook, do two pages of circles, two pages of turning the
circles into characters, and one still life. Due in one week.
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Historical screenings if time allows.
Thursday:
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 1
Week 2: History -- Silent Era, continued
Activity -- Drawing Basics, Flipbooks
Tuesday:
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Instructor views sketchbook (Assignment 1) individually.
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Assignment 2: Flipbooks. Pleased do two in two separate note/memo pads. Doing only
one will result in a grade of 50/F. Due in one week. Note: Once flipbooks have been
submitted, graded, and returned, you may shoot them with the “Lunchbox” system, or
scan them and put them in Flash on your own time for extra credit.
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Historical screenings if time allows.
Thursday:
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 2
Week 3: History – Sound, Color, and other technical innovations
Activities – Flipbooks, Bouncing Ball animation
Tuesday:
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Assignment 2 due: Flipbooks
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Assignment 3: Bouncing Ball animation. Due a week from Thursday. Animations will be
presented as an “mov” file on box.com.
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Historical Screenings if time allows.
Thursday:
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 3
Week 4: History -- Sound, Color, and other technical innovations, continued
Activity -- Bouncing ball, continued; start Flag Wave
Tuesday:
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Work on Assignment 3, due Thursday
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Historical screenings
Thursday:
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Critique Assignment 3: Bouncing Ball
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Sketchbook homework: Spend at least an hour studying a real flag and doing quick
sketches of the wave pattern. Fill up 8 pages in sketchbook. Due Tuesday.
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Historical screenings if time allows
Week 5: History – Feature films, comedic shorts, tech innovations, WW2
Activities – Flag wave
Tuesday:
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Assignment 4: Flag wave, due one week from Thursday
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Instructor will check sketchbooks for flag sketches
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Historical Screenings if time allows.
Thursday:
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 4
Week 6: History -- Feature films, comedic shorts, tech innovations, WW2, continued
Activities -- Flag wave; continued
Tuesday
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Work on Assignment 4, due Thursday
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Historical screenings
Thursday
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Critique Assignment 4: Flag wave
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Sketchbook assignment: Draw a simple “bean man” in several poses; fill at least two
pages of sketchbook. Due Tuesday.
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Historical Screenings if time allows.
Week 7: History -- The post war era, 1950s features and shorts, TV
Activities -- Biped walk, midterm quiz review
Tuesday
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Assignment 5: Biped walk, due in two weeks
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Historical Screenings if time allows
Thursday
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Midterm quiz review
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 5 if time allows
Week 8: History -- The post war era, 1950s features and shorts, TV, continued
Activities -- Biped walk, continued
Tuesday
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Midterm quiz – animation history covered up to this point
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Historical screenings
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Work on Assignment 5 if time allows
Thursday
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Work on Assignment 5, due Tuesday
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Historical screenings
Week 9: History – More TV, 1960s and 70s
Activities -- Biped walk, Flour sack animation
Tuesday
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Critique Assignment 5: Biped walk
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Historical screenings if time allows
Thursday
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Assignment 6: Flour sack animation, due in two weeks
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Lecture on Action Analysis for Flour Sack animation.
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Historical screenings if time allows
Week 10: History -- 1960s and 70s, continued
Activity -- Flour sack, continued
Tuesday
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Work on Assignment 6
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Historical screenings
Thursday
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Work on Assignment 6
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Historical screenings
Week 11: History – 1980s, CG animation, the second golden age.
Activities – Flour sack
Tuesday
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Work on Assignment 6, due Thursday
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Historical screenings
Thursday
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Critique Assignment 6: Flour sack
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Historical screenings if time allows
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Spring break homework – continue filing sketchbook with drawings observed from life.
SPRING BREAK April 5 – 12.
Week 12: History -- 1980s, CG animation, the second golden age, continued.
Activity – Resume and cover letter
Tuesday
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Assignment 7: Resume and cover letter, due in one week
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Historical screenings
Thursday
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Historical screenings
Week 13: History – 1990s
Activity –Resume, Cover letters, Animation jobs
Tuesday
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Assignment 7 due: Resume and Cover letter
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Lecture/handout: animation job titles
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Historical screenings if time allows
Thursday
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Historical screenings
Week 14: History -- 1990s continued
Activity – Group Projects
Tuesday
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Assignment 8: Group Project on the history of Global animation, due in two weeks.
Divide into groups.
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Historical screenings if time allows
Thursday
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Historical screenings
Week 15: History – Review
Activities -- Group Project
Tuesday
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Quiz review: history covered since midterm, animation job titles
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Work on group project, due in one week.
Thursday
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Final quiz: history covered since midterm; animation job titles
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Work on group projects
Week 16: Group Project
Tuesday
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All Group project presentations due
Thursday
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Group project presentations continued
Please note:
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The syllabus and schedule is subject to change due to overall student progress, or
judgment calls from the Instructor.
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Students will not work on projects during screenings unless given specific
permission to do so.