Description
Animation began in the 19th century when artists started exploiting the frame-by-frame capabilities of emerging film technologies to design the illusion of apparent motion. Unbridled experimentation on behalf of early pioneers would eventually give birth to both a unique new art form and a thriving commercial industry. This course explores the history and contemporary practice of the non-commercialized, experimentally based approach to animation. Both as a means of expression and a non-objective alternative to narrative-dominant applications. Students will learn how animation and its essential technologies work and apply their knowledge through various techniques, approaches, and conceptual frameworks. Course structure is lectures/demos, discussions, and bi-weekly tasks. Students will produce a short final project to conclude the course.