#CA-02-02 Explore Animation
About Course
National Film and Television SchoolDescription
Why join the course?
Whether you’re a budding animator or a fan of animation who wants to understand more about what happens behind-the-scenes, this free online course from the internationally acclaimed National Film and Television School (NFTS) will have something for you.
By learning this lesson, our team of award-winning animators will take you through their approach to telling stories and demystify their own animation technique.
Our contributors will use examples from their own work, as well as the animated films that have influenced and inspired them, to enable you to explore different forms of animation:
1 – Stop motion or stop frame animation.
2 – 2D or cel animation.
3 – Big-scale animation in the real world.
4 – CGI or 3D computer animation.
The NFTS has teamed up with Creative Skillset to offer this course. Explore Animation features a number of award-winning short films made by recent graduates of the NFTS, and opportunities for you to try out small-scale animation techniques.
Who will you learn with?
I’m the Director of the National Film and Television School. I wrote and developed the the Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen course.
I am a film education specialist, freelance filmmaker and a tutor on the NFTS & BFI’s ‘Explore Filmmaking’ and ‘Explore Animation’ courses.
Who developed the course?
The National Film and Television School is one of the best and most respected film, television and new media schools in the world.
What Will I Learn?
- Experiment with a variety of animation techniques
- Explore ideas about how animation works
- Produce short animations and share them with others
- Reflect upon own work and that of others
Topics for this course
Stop motion or stop frame animation
Introduction to the course00:00:42
Which animated film inspired you?00:04:11
How should we define animation?00:03:11
Persistence of vision: how does animation work?
Getting animating
Flip book task00:01:38
Introduction to stop motion
Film of the Lesson: Miss Todd
Reflections
Direct, powerful, simple, and useful in designing animations. thank you
The course, in collaboration with the internationally renowned National School of Film and Television (NFTS), provides learners with a great selection of award-winning short films.
As an anime lover, I have always wanted to draw my own animations. This course teaches me how to draw beautiful animations.
I start from zero knowledge and lecturer gradually feed me valuable knowledge about a wide range of techniques by this course. I'm really happy and satisfied with choosing this course.