CCOG for MM 118 Fall 2024
- Course Number:
- MM 118
- Course Title:
- Previsualization for Digital Media
- Credit Hours:
- 4
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 20
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Introduces previsualization, storyboarding, animatics, concept art, and graphic design principles. Covers vocabulary for basic 2D animation and digital art principles. Explores technical workflow foundations for animation and motion graphics. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:
- Identify common workflows for previsualization in motion graphics and animation using industry-standard and open-source digital tools.
- Identify design principles, such as scale, layout, lighting, atmospherics, and color theory in animation.
- Prepare story visualizations as storyboards, animatics, and concept art.
- Determine and use compositing/transparency methods incorporating vector and raster images.
- Demonstrate understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in digital media.
Aspirational Goals
Give students a sense of being grounded in the expansive field of digital arts.
Course Activities and Design
Course material will be presented in a lecture format, and then explored in a lab format. This course is designed to maximize learning through the use of outcome-based instruction strategies, collaborative learning, contextual application, and performance-based assessment.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment will be based upon a combination of in-class work, reflections, examinations, and skills demonstrated in assigned projects. Determination of problem-solving skills, and communication skills may also be included.