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Our\u00a03D Animation Evening Class\u00a0<\/a>runs for 20 weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, from 7-10pm, and is taught online by veteran animator\u00a0Matteo Sanna<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Students start with basic exercises and build towards an industry-ready demo reel.<\/p>\n

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20 Week Evening Class <\/b>
\nThe 20 week evening class starts with the very basics – a bouncing ball –
\n and builds towards a full understanding of character and creature
\nperformance in 3D animation. The course starts with animation fundamentals and builds up to complex actions and performances, and a professional level demo reel.<\/p>\n

Where and when<\/b>
3D Animation Evening Class is a part-time evening class<\/a>, running online for 20 weeks from 7-10 pm, two nights a week.\u00a0 It starts on\u00a07 April 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tutor – Matteo Sanna<\/b><\/p>\n

The lead tutor is veteran animator Matteo Sanna<\/a>, who has worked on multiple animation and VFX movies.<\/div>\n
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Software<\/b>
\nThe main software we teach is Autodesk Maya, but we also regularly use the Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Premiere.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

When and Where<\/b>
This is a Part-time evening class, running for 20 weeks from 7-10 pm via Google Meet, Zoom and Syncsketch, with video tutorial support at our Vimeo Tutorial Channel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mode of Delivery<\/b>
The class is taught online 7-10 pm.<\/p>\n

Students\u00a0will need a laptop, a robust broadband internet connection, and will need to download a free non commercial version of Autodesk Maya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Module Information<\/b>

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\nAnimation basics<\/b><\/p>\n

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  • Week 1: General introduction to Maya – animation basics\n<\/li>\n
  • Week 2: Animation locomotion – walks and character walks\n
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    • Basic walk cycle with basic biped<\/li>\n
    • Basic human walk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Week 3: Advanced locomotion – runs, hops, jumps and skips\n
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      • Basic run cycle<\/li>\n
      • Human biped run cycle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Week 4: Advanced locomotion – jumps\n
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        • Basic jumps<\/li>\n
        • Human biped jump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Animation Mechanics<\/b><\/div>\n

          Week 5: Flexibility and overlapping action<\/div>\n
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          • Foxy bouncing ball with tail<\/li>\n
          • Helicopter overlapWeek 6: Weight and balance<\/li>\n
          • Weight shiftWeight lift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Week 7: Animation mechanics – physical actions\n
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              • Person throwing a ball – use of live action reference<\/li>\n
              • Person throwing a ball – develop and recap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
              • Week 8: Animation mechanics – physical actions\n
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                • Lifting a heavy object – develop<\/li>\n
                • Lifting a heavy object – refine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Character Animation<\/b><\/div>\n

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                  Character Animation by Jamie Floodgate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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                  • Week 9: Character poses, including creating thumbnail sketches and creating character poses<\/li>\n
                  • Week 10: Pantomime animation\n
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                    • Thumbnail sketches for pantomime animation<\/li>\n
                    • Pantomime animation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                    • Week 11: Introduction to character animation\n
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                      • \u201cPhone Booth Person\u201d – key poses for character on stepped curves<\/li>\n
                      • Add breakdowns to \u201cPhone Booth Person\u201d using Tween Machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                      • Week 12: Introduction to Character Animation\n
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                        • Reaction shots – animate a \u201ctake\u201d with basic biped<\/li>\n
                        • Reactions – animate a \u201ctake\u201d with a human biped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                        • Week 13: More on character animation – building and blocking a shot; parenting and constraints\n
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                          • Very short dialogue shot with basic biped<\/li>\n
                          • Very short dialogue shot with human biped <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                          • Week 14: Character animation – dialogue\n
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                            • Block medium dialogue shot<\/li>\n
                            • Refine medium dialogue shot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                            • Week 15: Character animation – dialogue and lipsync\n
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                              • Block advanced dialogue shot<\/li>\n
                              • Refine advanced dialogue shot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                \nCharacter animation also delves into\u00a0Body language, Text and Subtext,\u00a0 Acting,
                                Analysing the face, breaking down lipsync and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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                                Dinosaur animation by Eduardo Sartori<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                \nAnimals & Creatures<\/b><\/p>\n

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                                • Week 16: Animal locomotion, trots
                                  \nwalks and runs, including quadruped walk, and quadruped trots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                  • Week 17: Animal locomotion continued\n<\/li>\n
                                  • Birds\u00a0Week 18: Animals and creatures – using live action\n
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                                    • Animal locomotion using live action reference<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n
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                                      Animation by Paloma Zhu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
                                    • Animal locomotion using live action reference\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                    • Week 19: Animals and creatures\n
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                                      • Spiders and scorpions<\/li>\n
                                      • Vehicles and machinery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                        On this creature behaviour section the students gain a strong understanding of how to approach animating creatures for vfx animated films.<\/p><\/div>\n

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                                        \nDemo Reel, Jobs & Careers<\/b><\/p>\n

                                        Week 20: Demo reel, website\/blog, jobs and careers<\/p><\/div>\n

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                                        • Assemble the first draft of demo reel.\u00a0<\/li>\n
                                        • Create a blog to host it<\/li>\n
                                        • Demo reel review, recap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                          The goal is to help students create work that they will be proud of and can showcase on their reel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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                                          MoCap cleanup with Steven Lall\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                          Vimeo Tutorial Channel<\/b>
                                          \nTo support the live delivery of this animation class, we have hundreds of tutorial videos at our Vimeo Tutorial Channe<\/a>l.<\/p>\n

                                          Official site<\/b>
                                          To                                           sign up for the evening class, follow this link<\/a> to the official site.<\/p>\n

                                          Escape Studios Demo Reel<\/b>
                                          And to see what kind of animation our students have been doing lately, watch our latest demo reel below:<\/p>\n