A three-week mix of tutorials, short projects, and theory, designed to give you a solid foundation in the skills you need to use After Effects or Stop Motion in your future projects.

WEEK 1:
- Learn to use Dragonframe
- Introduce the principles of animation
- Practice the principles through mini-projects:
Animation Station: A half-day large scale stop motion project
Mood and movement: A half-day project relating movement to character and emotion
Personal Idents: A two day project, creating short personal films


WEEK 2:
- After Effects tutorials in the morning, practice in the afternoon

WEEK 3:
- Complete a small self-initiated animation in After Effects
- Animation analysis: watch examples together and discuss critically
- History of Animation: a half-day lecture for both context and inspiration