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Syllabus Winter 2015 Brian Ralph Office building, room: Hayman Hall 307 Phone: 525-6352 Office hours: Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 10:00am-11am 1:30pm-2pm Tuesday and Thursday: 1:30-2pm Email: [email protected] Building/Room: HAYMAN 214 Meeting Times: Monday / Wednesday 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM School of Communication Arts, Department of Sequential Art, Savannah SEQA 224 - Character Design and Storyboarding for Animation Section: 02 CRN: 21711 SCAD Mission: The Savannah College of Art and Design exists to prepare talented students for professional careers, emphasizing learning through individual attention in a positively oriented university environment. Course Description: Emphasizing the observational skills and attention to detail that help a creator define and individualize cartoon characters and backgrounds, students in this course create appropriate model sheets for character animation and generate storyboards. Prerequisite(s): ANIM 180 or SEQA 215. Course Goals: The following course goals articulate the general objectives and purpose of this course: 1. Students will experience the process of developing characters that clearly communicate distinctive attributes. 2. Students will explore character dynamics for consideration of action. 3. Students will be exposed to the different formats and standards used in storyboarding production. 4. Students will practice distinct visual organization and technical language for storyboarding. 5. Students will be exposed to previsualization techniques to convey story with consideration of movement and time for a variety of motion media. Student Learning Outcomes: The following course outcomes indicate competencies and measurable skills that students develop as a result of completing this course: 1. Students will create compelling character designs that visually communicate purpose. 2. Students will effectively design characters for functionality of movement. 3. Students will employ the technical language of storyboarding to communicate technical previsualization of story. 4. Students will conceive and execute a storyboard sequence for motion media that evokes expression of story. mailto:[email protected] Schedule of Classes: Key events including assignments, projects due dates/exam dates: Class 1: Mon, January 5, 2015 Introduction and Syllabus (materials and expectations) Exercise 1: "Exquisite Corpse" Assignment 1: "Boss/Minion/Hero" Class 2: Wed, January 7, 2015 Critique final Assignment 1: "Boss/Minion/Hero" Lecture "Strong Silhouette" Exercise 2: "Strong Silhouette" Introduction of "Assignment 2" Class 3: Mon, January 12, 2015 Desk review: "Assignment 2" Lecture: "Design with Shape" Exercise: "3 Shapes" Class 4: Wed, January 14, 2015 Critique final "Assignment 2" Lecture "Head Shapes" Exercise 4 Introduction Assignment 3: "Guitar Hero" Class 5: Mon, January 19, 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Class 6: Wed, January 21, 2015 Desk Review Assignment 3: "Guitar Hero" Lecture: "Shape Juxtapositions/Odd Couples" Exercise 5: "Odd Couple" MLK Day: Make-up Day: This Class will be held on Friday, Jan. 23 Final Critique: Assignment 3 "Guitar Hero" Introduce Assignment 4: "Adventure Time Storyboards and Character Design Try-outs" Class 7: Mon, January 26, 2015 Desk Review: Assignment 4: "Adventure Time Storyboards and Character Design Try-outs" Class 8: Wed, January 28, 2015 Desk Review: Assignment 4: "Adventure Time Storyboards and Character Design Try-outs" Class 9: Mon, February 2, 2015 Desk Review: Assignment 4: "Adventure Time Storyboards and Character Design Try-outs" Class 10: Wed, February 4, 2015 Final Critique Assignment 4: "Adventure Time Storyboards and Character Design Try-outs" Student Presentations of Adventure Time storyboards Introduction Assignment 5 "Midterm" Class 11: Mon, February 9, 2015 Critique: Assignment 5 "Midterm" Final. Assignment 6: "Roller Derby Character Design and Poster" Powerpoint: "Line of Action" Exercise 6: "Line of Action" Class 12: Wed, February 11, 2015 Powerpoint: "Introduction to Roller Derby" Model Drawing Sessions: "Roller Derby" Desk review: Assignment 6 "Roller Derby" progress. Class 13: Mon, February 16, 2015 Lecture: "Dynamic Anatomy" Class exercise 7. Desk review: Assignment 6 "Roller Derby" progress. Class 14: Wed, February 18, 2015 Critique: Assignment 6 "Roller Derby Poster" Final. Project: "Assignment 7" Class 15: Mon, February 23, 2015 Desk Review: "Assignment 7" Exercise 8: "Outdoor Sketching" Class 16: Wed, February 25, 2015 Critique: "Assignment 7" final Student Presentations of Concepts for Final Project. Class 17: Mon, March 2, 2015 Desk review of progress for Final Projects. Exercise 9: "Switcheroo" Class 18: Wed, March 4, 2015 Desk review of progress for Final Projects. Class 19: Mon, March 9, 2015 Final Presentation of Assignment 8 "Final Project", Critique Class 20: Wed, March 11, 2015 Clean up and corrections for all work from the quarter. Exercise 10: "Portraits" Final Presentation of all work. Grading Opportunities: Your overall course grade will be computed according to the following breakdown: Assignment Weight Assignment 1: Boss/Minion/Hero 5.000percent Assignment 2: "Assignment 2" 5.000percent Assignment 3: "Guitar Hero" 15.000percent Assignment 4: "Adventure Time" Storyboards and Character Designs try-outs. 20.000percent Assignment 5: "Mid-term" 5.000percent Assignment 6. "Roller Derby" Character Design/Poster 15.000percent Assignment 7: "Assignment 7" 5.000percent Assignment 8: "Pitch Packet" 25.000percent Class Exercises. Collected and submited on final day of class. 5.000percent Grading Standards Range Letter grade: A = excellent 90 —100 % Letter grade: B = good 80 — 89 % Letter grade: C = * 70 — 79 % Letter grade: D = * 60 — 69% Letter grade: F = failing 0 — 59% *Refer to the student handbooks and departmental standards for minimal acceptance for passing grade. Course Information: Field Trip(s): CAF (Comics Art Forum) Panel Discussion: Thursday Feb. 12, 5:00 - 6:30 PM, SCAD Museum Chris Sasaki, Monday Mar. 9, 7:45 - 9:00 PM, Alexander Hall Auditorium Extra Help Session(s): Week 5, Friday, February 6th, 9am. Extended Learning Opportunities: Graduate Workshops, Fridays, (to be announced) Comics Art Forum Workshops, Friday, February 13, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Student Center Victo Ngai, Lecture, February 11, 2015, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., SCAD Museum of Art, Theater Other Course Information: We will be completing a drawing exercise every class. Bring drawing supplies and paper. You will be expected to complete a finished drawing during the class period. It is your responsibility to keep these drawings and turn them in for a grade on the final day of class. Assignment Submissions: Assignments not adhering to the guidelines for submission on the Assignment Sheet, or as instructed by professor in-class will not be accepted. Late Assignments It is important in professional practice to meet all deadlines, and therefore no late assignments will be accepted, will not be graded and receive no points. In the event that you are not in attendance for a deadline, your assignment may be submitted to the professor prior to the deadline. You MUST email to inform the instructor that assignment is in drop box, prior to the class period that the assignment is due. In the event that you cannot complete a assignment, but have part of the assignment complete by the deadline, you may turn-in an assignment for partial credit. Electronic Submissions of Projects All assignment must be submitted electronically to Drop Box in the appropriate folder name prior to the beginning of class. All assignments will be reviewed electronically in class. Folders must be named correctly, and file names must contain the name of the assignment and students last name (see Assignment sheet for details). Any project not submitted electronically with in the correct folder, with the correct file name, will be considered late, and will not be graded. Critiques & Reviews Critiques and Reviews are an important part of the learning process, and you will be penalized for the following: 1. Missing a Critique or Review (but project turned in prior to critique): -25% of the total project points being deducted. 2. Late for a Critique or Review: -15% of the total project points being deducted. 3. Little or No Participation in Critique or Review by providing feedback to other student work: -10% of the total project points being deducted. Cell Phones Cell phones and other electronic devices are not prohibited during class, and should be turned off. Software Certifications SCAD has an agreement with Lynda.com to offer software certification free of charge. These certifications will be helpful for this course content, and demonstrate software competencies that can be listed on your Resume for potential career opportunities. The following certifications are encouraged for this course: •Photoshop CS6 New Features •Scanning Techniques for Business and Home •Scanning Techniques for Photography, Art, and Design •Word 2010 Essential Training To access Lynda.com, go to: MySCAD > Workspace > My Technology Resources > click on Lynda.com Course Materials: Required Text(s): Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Paperback) ~ James Gurney Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (October 20, 2009) # ISBN-10: 0740785508 Fantasy Cartooning (Paperback) ~ Ben Caldwell Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc (June 30, 2006) # ISBN-10: 1402741944 Drawn to Life: 20 Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1 ISBN: 0240810961 Recommended Text(s): "Character Mentor" Tom Bancroft, Focal Press. Required Material(s): 12" or 18" metal ruler Bristol board pad (14" x 17") Tracing paper pad (14" x 17") Magic Rub eraser Super Sculpy Sculpy (1 blk and 1 white) Armature wire 2 black technical pens (pigma size 3 or 5) 3 ring binder Sheet protectors (25 pack/ 50 pack) 1 ream of printer paper (20 lbs) white-out pen ( Autoflo by Papermate) 3 Prismacolor markers (10%, 40%, 80%) Faber-Castell (Pitt artist pen "B") Tuff Stuff eraser University Policies: Academic Integrity: Under all circumstances, students are expected to be honest in their dealings with faculty, administrative staff and other students. In class assignments, students must submit work that fairly and accurately reflects their level of accomplishment. Any work that is not a product of the student's own efforts is considered dishonest. Students must not engage in academic dishonesty; doing so can have serious consequences. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Cheating, which includes, but is not limited to, (a) the giving or receiving of any unauthorized assistance in producing assignments or taking quizzes, tests or examinations; (b) dependence on the aid of sources including technology beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems or carrying out other assignments; (c) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff; or (d) the use of unauthorized assistance in the preparation of works of art. 2. Plagiarism, which includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment. Plagiarism also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials. 3. Submission of the same work in two or more classes without prior written approval of the professors of the classes involved. 4. Submission of any work not actually produced by the student submitting the work without full and clear written acknowledgement of the actual author or creator of the work. Attendance and Personal Conduct: Only students who are properly registered for a course may attend and participate in that class. Students are expected to attend and participate in all scheduled classes and examination periods. Absences in excess of four class periods per quarter, or 20 percent of the course, result in the student receiving a failing grade for the course. Tardiness, early departure or other time away from class in excess of 15 minutes per class session is considered absence for the class session. The student's appearance and conduct should be appropriate and should contribute to the academic and professional atmosphere of SCAD. 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