Sheridan Course Outlines

ANIM26859
Visual Development- Layout and Painting

I: Administrative Information II: Course Details III: Topical Outline(s) Printable Version

Section I: Administrative Information

Total hours: 56.0
Credit Value: 4.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2012
Prerequisites: (ANIM19014)
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Program(s): Bachelor of Animation
Program Coordinator(s): Mark Mayerson
Course Leader or Contact: Tony Tarantini
Version: 14.0
Status: Approved (APPR)

Section I Notes: Course Contributors: Mark Komza; Tony Tarantini; Tim McCormack, Michael Hitchcox

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to produce completed layout packages that visually reflect a sequential narrative from an established storyboard. In addition, students incorporate knowledge of colour into background painting. Topics include developmental concept painting, refined style development, application of mixed media and translating a storyboard into functional full-sized layouts. Through interactive lecture, discussion and studio work, students develop visual elements to be used in the animation production process.

Program Context

Bachelor of Animation

Program Coordinator: Mark Mayerson

This course is part of the core component of the second year of the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Animation) Program. It is the third in a series of six Layout courses whose development reflects comprehensive and thoughtful scope, content analysis and sequence in the delivery within the Layout stream. In addition, it reflects continuity, integration and balance through the other streams at an intermediate level and reflects the complexity and logic of the design of the BAA (Animation) Program. It prepares students for the remaining courses within the stream and for building connections to storytelling, character, animation and performance to courses in other streams within the program.

Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes

 Critical Performance
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability
to produce effective technically designed layouts and background
paintings to visually communicate a sequential narrative.

Learning Outcomes
To achieve the Critical Performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to:

1. Create images that address art direction needs.

2. Compare and contrast different styles of animation.

3. Explore a personal sense of style in painting activities.

4. Create atmosphere and mood through the integration of light and 
   colour.

5. Address issues in layout through creative visual and technical
   problem solving processes.

6. Refine the cinematic and technical elements of the storyboard into
   effective layouts.

7. Integrate a prescribed storyboard and design into full-sized
   layouts that reflect sequence and continuity.

8. Complete required tasks in accordance with prescribed timelines.

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

PAINTING
Assignment #1: Exterior Study            25%
Assignment #2: Interior Study            25%
Assignment #3: Leica Colour Concept      25%
Assignment #4: Final Layout Painting     25%

LAYOUT                                  
Assignment #1: Large Concept Sketch      10%
Assignment #2: Layout                    1O% 
Assignment #3: Workbook                  15%
Portfolio of Thumbnail Concept Sketches  10%
In-Class Activities                       5%
Total                                   100%

NOTE:  Final grade is the average of the LAYOUT and PAINTING portions
       of the course.  Students must achieve 50% or better in each
       area in order to pass the course.

Late Policy for all courses in the program: 

All assignments are due within the first 15 minutes after the start 
of class on the due date. Late projects, submitted after the first 15 
minutes of the start of class will receive a 20% grade reduction. 
Late projects submitted the following week will receive a 30% grade 
reduction. There will be no submission of work after the last day of 
semester unless arrangements have been made and documented by the 
professor.

Work that is more than one week late will not be graded unless a 
prior arrangement has been made with the professor; the arrangement 
must be documented on email or a memo, with the new due date 
identified. There will be no resubmission of work unless, under 
exceptional circumstances, this has been agreed to or suggested by 
the professor.  Again, a hard copy of the agreement is necessary.

If there is a valid reason for the late project, the student must 
email the professor at least 3 days before the due date.  If the 
reason is deemed to be valid, there will be no late penalty.  A new 
due date with be set by the instructor.

The basic late policy as laid out above will be followed, except in 
the instance that an instructor requires a variation in policy. That 
variation will be provided to the student in writing as part of the 
actual assignment, which will be handed out by the instructor.

Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities requirements:

Essential Employability Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:

	Communication		Critical Thinking & Problem Solving		Interpersonal
	Numeracy		Information Management		Personal

Notes: N/A

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) : Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):

Challenge Exam	Portfolio	Interview	Other	Not Eligible for PLAR
	X	X

Notes: Both are required

Section III: Topical Outline

Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Effective term: Fall 2012
Professor: Multiple Professors
Textbook(s):

Textbooks: N/A

Applicable student group(s): Bachelor of Applied Arts (Animation)
Course Details:

Layout - Piotr Bielicki
Painting - Mike Hitchcox

WEEK 1	

LAYOUT 
INTRODUCTION TO YEAR 2 
Thumbnail Drawing Exercise
Screening + Analysis

PAINTING
Concept Development
Tonal Structure for Animation
Assignment #1: Exterior Study GIVEN
Paint with Focus on Thumbnail

WEEK 2	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail Drawing Exercise
TOPIC 
- Perspective Review
- Review of Technical Aspects
SCREENING - Comp. Analysis 
			
PAINTING
Tonal Thumbnail for Mood and Lighting
Light Sources
Exterior Study

WEEK 3	

LAYOUT - Thumbnail
TOPIC - Elements of Design
DEMO -  Elements of Design
SCREENING - Comp. analysis

PAINTING
Colour Exploration
Exterior Study
Atmospheric Development and Colour Balance
Variety in Painting Applications and the Effect on Emotion

WEEK 4	

LAYOUT 
Thumbnail
TOPIC - Taking Story into Layout
DEMO - The Freehand Grid
SCREENING - Comp. Analysis
ASSIGNMENT 1 GIVEN

PAINTING
Painting Final Exterior Colour Key
Exterior Study
Production Applications

WEEK 5	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail
TOPIC - The Pan and Other Set-ups
DEMO - Ruff Layout, Grids
SCREENING - Layout Analysis
ASSIGNMENT #1: DUE

PAINTING
Completion of Exterior Study
Assignment #1: Exterior Study DUE
Assignment #2: Interior Study GIVEN
	
WEEK 6	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail
TOPIC - Composition
DEMO - 
SCREENING - Comp. analysis

PAINTING
Interior Study
Tonal thumbnails
Contrast Structure and Focal Point

WEEK 7	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail
TOPIC - Continuity, Introduction to Workbook
DEMO - Sequential Ruff Layout
SCREENING - Continuity Analysis
ASSIGNMENT 2 DUE

PAINTING
Colour Exploration of Interior Studies
Colour Concept Development
Critique

WEEK 8	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail
TOPIC - Workbooks
DEMO - Show Examples in Class
SCREENING - Analysis
ASSIGNMENT 3 GIVEN

PAINTING
Final Interior Colour Key
Painting Applications

WEEK 9	

LAYOUT 
Thumbnail
TOPIC- Continuity II - Creative Cinema 
DEMO - 
SCREENING - Examples of Live Action

PAINTING
Style Types
Style Development
Story Board Colour Development
Linking Painting to Layout
Assignment #2: Interior Study DUE
Assignment #3 Leica Colour Concept GIVEN

WEEK 10	

LAYOUT
Thumbnail
Assignment #3 - Interim Deadline
In-class Review of Work

PAINTING
Background Painting
Continuation of Storyboard Concept Development

WEEK 11	

LAYOUT 
Thumbnail
TOPIC - Tone
DEMO - Drawing Light and shadow
SCREENING - Analysis of Tonal Situations
	
PAINTING
Background Painting
Assignment #4 Final Layout Painting GIVEN

WEEK 12	
             
LAYOUT 
Thumbnail
TOPIC- the Digital Environment
DEMO - Digital Tools to Create Layout
SCREENING - Analysis of 3D Layout
ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE

PAINTING
Background Painting
Begin Colour Development for Final Background Painting (from 
Layout Design)
Style Development 
Assignment #3: Leica Colour Concept DUE

WEEK 13	

LAYOUT
Student Reviews

PAINTING
Style Development
FINAL COLOUR DEVELOPMENT of LAYOUT PAINTING DUE

WEEK 14	

LAYOUT
Student Reviews
Second Semester - We go to the Moving Image!

PAINTING
Style Development 
Review and Summary
Assignment #4: Final Layout Painting DUE

Sheridan Policies

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Academic Integrity: The principle of academic integrity requires that all work submitted for evaluation and course credit be the original, unassisted work of the student. Cheating or plagiarism including borrowing, copying, purchasing or collaborating on work, except for group projects arranged and approved by the professor, or otherwise submitting work that is not the student's own, violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic integrity are advised to review the Academic Integrity Policy and procedure and/or discuss them with the professor.

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