Animation Aesthetics in Practice

When creating an animated narrative, how does the
filmmaker tell the story? How can the art design
and language of the scenes push the story forward?
How can the filmmaker let the audience into the
emotion of the animated characters, and allow them
to experience happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy
together?

The course will start out by covering the
aesthetics of animation, discussing topics like
Literary Design, Visual Design, Mise-en-Scene,
Cinematic Storytelling, Sound Design, Editing.
helping students to smoothly master techniques
such as audio-visual language, the creation of
timelines, and the use of moving image to convey
emotions.
At the same time, the course will also attempt to
inspire students to break out of a rigid narrative
rules, open their minds, and seek out a unique and
personalized visual language in their
storytelling.
At the end of the semester, students will complete
their projects with an animated clip, a filmed
video, or via found footage editing.