ELEMENTARY ANIMATION

               ELEMENTARY ANIMATION

 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MODULE OF SECOND SEMESTER ELEMENTARY ANIMATION. THE MODULE WAS TAUGHT AND GUIDED TO US BY VISITING FACULTY RAJESH SIR AND OUR INTERNAL FACULTY VIJAY SIR. 

OUR MODULE WAS DIVIED INTO 4 PARTS, 1 PART FOR 1 WEEK. THE MODULE LASTED FOR ABOUT A MONTH. EVERYDAY WE USED TO HAVE 1 HOUR SEKTCHING SESSION IN MORNING WHERE WE WERE MADE TO PRACTICE MOSTLY HUMANS WITH DIFFERENT MEDIUMS LIKE PENCIL, CHARCOAL AND INK. AFTER OUR DRAWING SESSION OUR CLASS USED TO START.

WEEK 1: BASIC INTRODUCTION WEEK 

FIRST WEEK WE WERE MADE FAMILIAR WITH EXTREME POSE KEY POSE FOLLOW THROUGH THAT IS THE VERY BASICS OF ANIMATION. WE WERE TOLD TO RECORD A ACTION USING PICTURES ANY ACTION. AFTER THAT WE WERE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS AND EACH GROUP WAS GIVEN ONE PRINCIPLE OF ANIMATION AND WE HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THAT PRINCIPLE TO REST OF THE CLASS.

WEEK 2: COINS

SO TO MAKE OUR BASIC STRONGER AND FOR MAKING OUR UNDERSTANDING BETTER WE WERE GIVEN MANY COUN EXERCISES LIKE TO MAKE THE COIN ROTATE, MOVE THE COIN FIRST IN SLOW SPEED THEN IN FAST THEN BY THE END AGAIN SLOW AND THE MAIN EXERCISE OF THE WEEK WAS TO RECORD AN EMOTION BY ACTING IT OUT AND THEN DEPICT THE SAME EMOTION USING COIN.

WEEK 3: CLAYMATION.

THIRD WEEK WAS ALL ABOUT HANDELING CLAY, TIME AND SPACING AND APPLICATION OF THE 12 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. WE WERE GIVEN CERTAIN SITUATION WHICH WE HAD TO DO WITH CLAY LIKE EGG BREAKING, HITTING A PUCHING BAG, ARROW HITTING TARGET AND TE MAIN EXERCISE SEED GROWING INTO A PLANT.

WEEK 4: LIGHT BOX.

LAST WEEK OF MODULE WE WERE INTRODUCED TO LIGHT BOX. HOW TO USE IT AND TO GAIN INDEPTH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KEY POSES EXTREME POSES, TIMING, SPACING AND OTHER PRINCIPLES.  WE WERE TO DO WALK CYCLE JUMP CYCLE A HEAD TURN AND RUN CYCLE.

IN BETWEEN OF OUR MODULE WE WERE SHIFTED TO NEW CLASS AND THE DAY WE WERE SHIFTING WE WERE GIVEN A FUN TASK IN WHICH WE WERE SUPPOSE TO ACT  OUT ANY ADVERTISEMENT OF A PRODUCT WHERE ALL THE AMG FACULTY WAS WERE THE AUDIANCE.