Course Name (short): Intro. to Dimensional Drawing
School: Animation Arts and Design
Program(s): Bachelor of Animation
Program Coordinator(s): Mark Mayerson
Course Leader or Contact: Mark Komza
Originator: Paulette Geffros
Designate: Paulette Geffros
Version: 13.0
Status: Approved (APPR)

Calendar Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the essentials of drawing and painting that relate to the animation process. Topics include composition, perspective, structure, line and tone.

Typical Instructional Format

Courses may be offered in other formats.

Section I Notes: Course Contributors: Terry Lenko, Tony Tarantini, Tim McCormack and Michael Hitchcock

Detailed Description
This course is designed to introduce students to the essentials of drawing and painting that relate to the animation process. Topics include composition, perspective, structure, line and tone. In addition, students will be introduced to colour theory, painting fundamentals and layout through a series of interactive lectures, discussions, demonstrations, interactive critiques and studio work.

Program Context

 Critical Performance
By the end of the course, students will have demonstrated the ability
to construct drawn and painted objects and environments using elements
of composition, perspective and structure within the context of 
animation.

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

1. Produce linear and tonal drawings that express an understanding of
   perspective and structure.

2. Construct compositions that are aesthetically pleasing and
   functional within the context of animation.

3. Apply the principles of colour theory and painting fundamentals to
   drawn elements. 

4. Mix colours that interpret and project emotion or atmosphere.

5. Maximize the effects of lighting and colour schemes to create a
   sense of atmosphere.
 
6. Explain the layout components and their function within the
   animation process. 

7. Compare and contrast vertical, diagonal, horizontal and multi-plane
   layouts.

8. Incorporate the appropriate terminology and nomenclature related to
   colour and painting, drawing and layout.

9. Generate drawings that interpret a variety of physical spaces. 

10. Base creative decision making on a knowledge of the historical 
    use of colour, design and painting in animated film 

11. Apply both systematic and experimental development creative 
    processes toward image creation and paint applications in 
     original work

12.  Generate paintings within specific genres of art direction from 
     traditional to contemporary

13.  Interpret a variey of natural elements from foliage to skies in 
     painted treatments both representationally and graphically  

Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

LECTURE        In Class Test                     20%

LAYOUT         In-Class Work                     10%
               4 Assignments @ 5% each           20%
               Portfolio                         10%
                  
Painting Portfolio: 
4 Assignments            40%

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.

Textbooks: N/A

Lecture: Jason Thompson
Layout: Mark Komza
Painting: Florian Jacot

WEEK 1	Introduction to Dimensional Drawing
        Introduction to Layout
        Expectations and Class Procedures           

        MODULE 1- STORY LECTURES
        Lecture Topic
        Analysis In Visual Storytelling: An Introduction

        LAYOUT
        Introduction to Layout
        Expectations and Class Procedures          
        Materials. Tools (physical), Tools (skills) 
        Drawing Medium                    
        Fundamental Drawing Principles
        Blocking, Structure
        Introduction to Thumbnail
			
	PAINTING
	Introduction to Course Objective
        Description of Term's Six Exercises
        Introduction to Materials

WEEK 2	Lecture Topic
        The Magic Lantern: Documentary
        Scene Analysis: Fantasmagorie (Emile Cohl, 1908)
        
        LAYOUT 
	Composition
        Principles of Composition
        Formal Composition
        Technical Aspects of Composition
        Framing the Shot, Principles of Staging 
        Flat Image and Space behind it
	  	
	PAINTING
	Light: Direct and Indirect
        Value: Interpreting Shapes and Masses
        Process: Thumbnails
        Process: Linear, Tonal, Finished Art
        Paint Demo: From Transparent to Opaque
        Paint Demo: Painting a Sphere

WEEK 3	Lecture Topic
        Framing Up The Shot: What Does The Camera See?- Part 1
        Scene Analysis: Pocoyo - Big Sneeze(Zinkia Entertainment,
         2006)

        LAYOUT 
        Perspective 
        Types of Perspective 
        Linear Perspective, Surfaces in Perspective, Perspective and 
        Grids 
        Freehand, observational Perspective 
        Structure and Volume, Introduction to Geometrical Objects  
        Form and Structure translated  into sketch 

	PAINTING
	What is Composition?
        Eight Compositional Armatures
        Designing for Depth

WEEK 4	Lecture Topic
        Framing Up The Shot: What Does The Camera See? - Part 2
        Scene Analysis: Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)

        LAYOUT 
	Cam. Position /Angles  
        From close up to wide shot 
        Camera Moves: Trk ins and Trk outs 
        Up-shots and Down-shots 
        Field Guides, Field Charts and Field Positions

	PAINTING
	The Rule of Intervals
        The Importance of Edges

WEEK 5 	Lecture Topic
        What Happens When We Cut?
        Scene Analysis: Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)

        LAYOUT
	Image + Time, Continuity, (Hook-ups) 
        Storyboard: Exposition, Rising action, Climax (turning 
        point), Falling action, Resolution
    
                                 
	PAINTING
	Skies and Clouds
        Colour: Hue, Value and Intensity
        Demo: Painting a Sky and Clouds

WEEK 6	Lecture Topic
        Structural Aspect of Storytelling - An Introduction
        Scene Analysis: The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939)
        Brief Review For Test

        LAYOUT
        Style Explorations
        Introduction to Line Quality (various
        media)                                                    
        Line describing Style
        Design based, UPA and Modernist Influences       
			
        PAINTING
        Colour Wheel:  Logic and Language
        Colour: Hue, Value and Intensity II
  
WEEK 7	TEST 1
        Scene Analysis: TBA

        LAYOUT
        Design for Animation, Principles of Design
        Concept Development
        Inspiration and Research 
        Design Process/ Stages: Fun Pack, Rough Design Pack, Final
        Design Pack

	PAINTING
	Lightening and Darkening Colour
        Greyscale Wheel
        Texture: Tactile and Visual
        Demo: Painting an Object from Life 

WEEK 8	MODULE TWO- LAYOUT LECTURES
        Lecture Topic
        Layout Analysis In Visual Storytelling: An Introduction
        Scene Analysis: Nightmare Before Christmas Documentary
        Return test

        LAYOUT
        Introduction to Layout Package 
        Types of Layout: traditional Layout Package, Digital
        Folder
        Layout for Stop Motion,  
        Level separation (Foreground, middle ground, background)
        Instructions, Informations 
        Adopting given style.

	PAINTING
	Texture and Pattern
        Monochromatic Wheels

WEEK 9 	Lecture Topic
        Colour Analysis In Visual Storytelling
        Scene Analysis: Fantasia (Walt Disney, 1940)

        LAYOUT
        Layout process, Production Process
        From Storyboard, through Workbook, Rough Layout and Clean
        Layout to Ready Layout
        Layout Clean-up 
        Package to be distributed
        	
        PAINTING
	Intensity wheels
        Complementary colour
        Warm and Cool

WEEK 10	Lecture Topic
        Lighting Analysis In Visual Storytelling- Part 1
        Scene Analysis: Visions of Light Documentary- Vittorio
        Storaro (1992)

        LAYOUT
        Camera position/ movement/ rotation /Table movement
        Camera Stand
        Relationship between Camera and Table
        Intro. "Horizontal, Vert. Pan" (repeat pan), Swish Pan
        Principles from traditional experience into contemporary
        (modern) digital application. 

        PAINTING
        Simultaneous Contrast
                            
WEEK 11	Lecture Topic
        Lighting Analysis In Visual Storytelling- Part 2
        Scene Analysis: TBA

        LAYOUT
        Forced perspective 
        Forced Perspective (Warped) Ellipses and Cylinders, Style
        horizontal (warp - "camera rotating around its axis": 180°
         360°) + Repeat (one field) 
        Vertical: Parallel, Warp 
        
	PAINTING
	Colour Chords or Harmonies
        Itten's Seven Colour Contrasts

WEEK 12	Lecture Topic
        Filling Up The Frame- Effective Use of Visual Layers
        Scene Analysis: Pocoyo- Umbrella (Zinkia Entertainment, 
        2006)
        Brief Review For Test

        LAYOUT
	Lighting, Mood
        Tonal Rendering, Mood development
        Strong expression of Story described with stage lighting
			
        PAINTING
	Transparency and Reflection
        Painting Demo: Transparency and Reflection

WEEK 13	Lecture Topic
        Test 2
        Scene Analysis: TBA

        LAYOUT
	Emotions/Atmosphere. Story
        Mood Landscapes
        Aerial /Atmospheric Perspective (creating Distance)
        Directing attention, Manipulating emotions
        Focal Area, Focal Point

        PAINTING	
        Colour: Story and Style I
        Animation Background as Stage
			
WEEK 14	Lecture Topic
        Putting It All Together: A Summary of Visual Storytelling 
        Analysis
        Scene Analysis: TBA
        Return Test

        LAYOUT
	Course Summary and Review               
        Class Critique and Presentation (informal) 
        Selecting the best Projects (In-Class Exercises and 
        Assignments) for hallway exhibition
 
	PAINTING
	Critique of Student Still Life Paintings
        Colour: Story and Style II