Description
Students will develop their skills in character development through the medium of animation. The focus will go deeper than the outward appearance of a character, and include character driven narrative strategies and the development of fictional personalities informed by backstory and internal and external stimuli. Various approaches to character development will be explored through lecture, readings and exercises. The first half of the semester will be devoted to exploration and experimentation. During the second half of the semester students will produce their own short character-based narrative.