Sheridan Course Outlines

ANIM70003
Perspective Drawing for Animators

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

Section I: Administrative Information

Credit Value: 2.5
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Fall 2004
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A

Course Name (short): Persp Drawing/Animators
School: All Sheridan Schools
Program(s): Portfolio Dev. for Animators
Program Coordinator(s): Andrew Bodor
Course Leader or Contact: N/A
Originator: Hansler Carol
Designate: Ethel Bruce
Version: 1.0
Status: Approved (APPR)

Calendar Description
Acquire a variety of perspective skills. Learn to use one- point, two-point, three-point, and shadow perspective, and develop sketches for layout and design, storyboarding, and background painting. Please bring a large (16" x 24") drawing pad and a pencil to the first class.

Typical Instructional Format

Studio Course	36.0
Total hours:	36.0

Courses may be offered in other formats.

Section I Notes: N/A

Section II: Course Details

Detailed Description
This course will give you a variety of perspective skills to develop sketches for layout; storyboarding; and background painting. A thorough understanding of 2 point perspective will first be developed, moving onto 2 point systems where images can be constructed from plan view, freehand techniques involving compound forms, ellipses, and inclined planes will then be covered. 3 point perspective and curvilinear perspective will be fully explored, followed by shadow projection and an introduction to spiral staircases.

Program Context

Portfolio Dev. for Animators

Program Coordinator: Andrew Bodor

N/A

Course Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes identify the critical performances, and the knowledge, skills and attitudes that successful students will have reliably demonstrated through the learning experiences and evaluation in the course. Successful students will have demonstrated the following:

 
            Knowledge
			
Successful students will have demonstrated knowledge of:

-	Physical nature of our environment
-	Perspective terminology
-	Spatial relationships
-	Thinking structurally

 
            Skills
			
Successful students will have demonstrated further development in 
their abilities to:

-	Draw in one, two and three point perspective
-	Draw in curvilinear perspective
-	Build complex forms structurally in perspective
-	Pick and choose techniques to create successful layouts and 
        backgrounds
-	Draw in linear form

 
            Attitudes
			
Successful students will have demonstrated attitudes of:

-	Problem solving in a group format
-	Problem solving one on one
-	Letting the problem dictate the solution both pictorially and 
        in technique

Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:

Evaluation will be based primarily on class assignments and 
participation, accounting for 60% of final grade.  Assignments in 
class will be weekly and homework assignments will be every 2 weeks 
accounting for 30% of final mark, attendance will be 10% of final 
evaluation.


Full participation and attendance is recommended for this course.  
Students who miss a class are responsible for any information 
discussed, assigned or distributed in that class period.

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

Generic Skills
Generic Skills emphasized in the course:

	communication - written		communication - oral		communication - visual
	analytical	X	creative thinking	X	decision making
	interpersonal		numeracy	X	organizational
X	problem solving	X	technological	X	other (see below)

Notes: Visual Problem Solving

General Education
This General Education course relates to the following themes as specified by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

	asthetic appreciation		social understanding
	civic life		understanding science
	cultural understanding		understanding technology
	personal development		work and the economy

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact: Multiple PLA Contacts
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
				X

Notes: N/A

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.

Print	Effective Term	Professor	Applicable Student Group(s)
	Fall 2004	Multiple Professors	Continuing Education students 12 Week Topical Prepared by Anthony Blanco:
	Fall 2004	Multiple Professors	Continuing Education Students 10 Week Topical Prepared by Brian Hladin;
	Fall 2004	Multiple Professors	Continuing Education students 5 Session Topical, Summer Intensive Prepared by Andrew Bodor:

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