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Credit Value: 4.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2013
Prerequisites:
(ANIM26859)
Corequisites:
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Equivalents:
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Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A |
Course
Name (short): Digital Painting and layout
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 provide students with opportunities to
create increasingly complex full-sized layouts of sequences that
reflect continuity and consistency. In addition, students learn to
paint and design in a digital format using Photoshop in a process
that translates painting fundamentals from the traditional format in
preparation for film production.
Typical Instructional Format
Studio Course
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56.0 |
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56.0 |
Courses may be offered in other formats.
Section I Notes:
N/A
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Detailed Description
This course is designed to provide students with opportunities to
create increasingly complex full-sized layouts of sequences that
reflect continuity and consistency. In addition, students learn to
paint and design in a digital format using Photoshop in a process
that translates painting fundamentals from the traditional format in
preparation for film production. Layout topics include repeat pans,
multi-plane principles, deconstruction and dynamics of layout and
production. Compositing for the leica reel leads to topics in
painting that include rendering layout line work, storyboard colour
development, texture painting, mixed media applications, Photoshop
level manipulation, the use of Photoshop tools and custom brushes,
and matte painting. Through interactive lecture, studio work and
portfolio development, students explore style variations, interior
and exterior studies, and digital manipulation of traditional
painting to enhance cinematic quality and artistic expression.
Program Context
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| 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 fourth in
a series of six Layout and
Painting 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 introductory
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 the group project in
Year 3 through the building
of connections to
storytelling, character,
animation and performance in
courses in other streams
within the program.
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Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes
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Critical Performance
By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the
ability to translate traditional painting and design principles into
the digital media context of animation using digital tools.
Learning Outcomes
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated
the ability to:
1. Integrate storyboard and design elements into full-sized industry
standard layouts that reflect narrative sequences and continuity.
2. Manipulate a traditionally painted image in a digital context.
3. Incorporate Photoshop applications into finished layouts in the
creation of full-sized camera-ready backgrounds that reflect
sequence and continuity.
4. Discuss the dynamics of layout within a variety of production
processes.
5. Produce convincing textures in a variety of environments.
6. Use compositing techniques to enhance cinematic quality.
7. Apply the principles examined in case studies to the techniques
used in layout.
8. Incorporate the terminology and language of film used in the
industry into assignments and tasks.
9. Construct diagonal and repeat pans from given storyboard panels.
10. Incorporate multi-plane principles into finished layouts.
11. Present deconstructed layout sequences.
12. Combine increasingly complex elements specific to film genres.
13. Create a digital portfolio that builds on components from the
given storyboard.
14. Complete all work in accordance with assigned deadlines.
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Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
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Layout
Assignment 1 - 25%
Assignment 2 - 25%
Assignment 3 - 50%
Painting
Assignment 1 - 25%
Assignment 2 - 25%
Assignment 3 - 25%
Assignment 4 - 25%
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.
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Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities requirements:
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Essential Employability
Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:
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Communication
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Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
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Interpersonal
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Numeracy |
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Information
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Personal
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Notes: N/A
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact: Angela Stukator
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement
of the course learning outcomes through previous life and work experiences.
This course is eligible for challenge through the following
method(s):
| Challenge Exam |
Portfolio |
Interview |
Other |
Not Eligible for PLAR |
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X |
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Notes: Both are required.
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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: Winter 2013
Professor: Multiple Professors
Textbook(s): N/A
Applicable student group(s): Students in the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Animation) Program
Course Details:Layout: Peter Beilicki
Painting: Mike Hitchcox
WEEK 1
LAYOUT
- General Introduction
- Review of Semester 3
- Objectives for Semester 4
-study of Film Continuity
-study of Layout techniques
-increase visual perception and 'seeing'
-improve time management skills Give out Assignment #1 (Sequence
of Layouts for TV Commercial)
PAINTING
- Introduction to Photoshop
- Basic shape approach, light effects, shadow levels
- Basic level structure and introduction to Assignment#1
WEEK 2
LAYOUT
- Principles of reuse
- Sequential Rough Layout
- Assignment #1 (cont'd)
- Assignment #1 DUE
PAINTING
- Painting applications to exterior study
- Colour adjustments from grayscale to RGB mode
- Exploration of PhotoShop painting tools (brush creation, texture
maps,transforming etc.)
WEEK 3
LAYOUT
- Perspective Drawing for layout - organic grids
- Depth of Field/Rack Focus
- Creative Solutions in Layout
PAINTING
- Continuation of exterior study and final colour key level
- Style development and change of time/day through adjusts and mode
change
WEEK 4
LAYOUT
- Scene Planning - Camera moves and Pans - 1
- Production planning
- Style Consistency
- Creative solutions
- Give out Assignment #2 (Pan BG)
PAINTING
- Interior study Assignment #2 linked with interior layout 'Kitchen'
assignment including character level)
- format and file resolution
- graphic style focus and file structure developed
WEEK 5
LAYOUT
- Scene planning - Camera Moves and Pans - 2 (Repeat Pans, Diagonal
Pans)
- Roles and Responsibilities withjn the Crew
- Assignment #2 cont'd.
PAINTING
- Continuation of Assignment #2 - Interior
- Selection tools applied (pen tool)
- Character colours tested
WEEK 6
LAYOUT
- Perspective Drawing for layout - Projection/ Inclined Planes
- Compositing ( Resize and Repo,the Compositor's job, software)
- Assignment #2 - Interim Assessment
PAINTING
- Final cleanup of interior study
- Shadow levels added
- Comparative study of tonal and colour structure
WEEK 7
LAYOUT
- Tonal Rendering and Cleanup Techniques 1
- Analysis of story/plot development through layout
- Assignment #2 DUE
- Deliver lecture - Emotion Through Layout
PAINTING
- Overview of colour approach for final story board Assignment #3.
-Initial concept for style directives
- Development for character colour
WEEK 8
LAYOUT
- Research Methods
- Overview of layout process within a Variety of productions
- Integration of story and Layout
- Give out Assignment #3 - Theme Assignment
PAINTING
- Storyboard art direction - related to overall colour flow and style
-Research for colour inspiration and development
WEEK 9
LAYOUT
- Advanced Cinematography - Staging, Blocking and Composition
- Assignment #3 cont'd.
- Film Analysis
PAINTING
- Continuation of storyboard colour development (style and colour
flow)
- Style analysis (effective balance of character with BG style)
WEEK 10
LAYOUT
- Scene Planning 3 - Multiplane Techniques
PAINTING
- Completion of storyboard colour concept
- Final style analysis (practical process and relevance to story type)
WEEK 11
LAYOUT
- Tonal Rendering and Clean up Techniques 2
- Advanced Leveling
- Film Analysis
- Assignment #3 - Interim Assessment
PAINTING
- Style development for Assignment #4 - Layout Painting linked with
final layout assignment and storyboard colour development
WEEK 12
LAYOUT
- Aspects of Layout for CG Production
- Aspects of Layout for Stop Motion
PAINTING
- Clarificatin of final style aspects and photoshop applications
- Check point for file structure
WEEK 13
LAYOUT
- Lenses and exaggerated shots/effects through layout
- Layout and experimental film
- Group analysis
- Assignment #3 DUE
PAINTING
- Finalizing the "clean" layout painting assignment
- Assignment#4 due
WEEK 14
LAYOUT
- Review Year
- End Assessments
- Other Things:
- Ratio speeds
- Multiplane techniques
- Ongoing inclass analysis of examples of Live action and
Animation for all aspects of filmmaking
PAINTING
- Review and critique
- Summary
Academic Honesty
The principle of academic honesty 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 faculty member, or otherwise submitting work that is not
the student's own violates this principle and will not be tolerated. Instances of academic dishonesty, including
assisting another student to cheat, will be penalized as detailed in the Student Handbook.
Students who have any questions regarding whether or not specific circumstances involve a breach of academic
honesty are advised to discuss them with the faculty member prior to submitting the assignment in question.
Discrimination and Harassment
Sheridan is committed to provide a learning environment that respects the dignity, self esteem and fair treatment
of every person engaged in the learning process. Behaviour which is inconsistent with this principle will
not be tolerated. Details of Sheridan's policy on Harassment and Discrimination are available in the Student Handbook.
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