The document outlines a lesson plan for aspiring animators, focusing on the characteristics, skills, and lifestyles essential for success in the field. It details the traits of an animator, necessary skills, and various career opportunities within animation. Additionally, it provides steps to build a successful career, including portfolio development and skill enhancement.
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Introduction to Animation PEC's
The document outlines a lesson plan for aspiring animators, focusing on the characteristics, skills, and lifestyles essential for success in the field. It details the traits of an animator, necessary skills, and various career opportunities within animation. Additionally, it provides steps to build a successful career, including portfolio development and skill enhancement.
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ANIMATION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this 1 hour lesson, the learners are able to:
1. Discuss what is characteristics, skills and
lifestyle. 2. Enumerate the characteristics, traits and attributes of an animator. 3. Itemize the skills required in pursuing a career in animation. 4. Discuss the steps involved in becoming a successful animator. 5. Align individual traits, characteristics, attributes and skills to that of and an animator ARE YOU READY TO BECOME AN ANIMATOR? CHARACTERISTICS, SKILLS AND LIFESTYLES • Personal characteristics are pivotal in building rapport and lasting relationships with the people in your workplace. • These are the person’s qualities or features that describes the totality of one’s personality. • It consists of the following: a. Personal traits and attributes b. Attitude and behavior c. Personal beliefs and values. d. Morality or the judgement of right and wrong SKILLS AND LIFESTYLES SKILLS - It refers to the personal ability to perform an action. LIFESTYLES – refers to the routines/habits that a person practices as a way of living. CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAITS OF ANIMATOR 1. Creativity 2. Attentiveness to detail 3. Adaptability 4. Friendliness and Teamwork 5. Reliability 6. Calmness and Composure 7. Perseverance 8. Commitment 9. Acknowledging Criticisms SKILLS OF AN ANIMATOR 1. Drawing Skills 2. Computer Skills 3. Communication Skills 4. Acting Skills AN ANIMATOR’S LIFESTYLES 1. Work Schedule and Location 2. Experiencing Adventures 3. Reading Books and Researching 4. Be organized and systematic 5. Work attire HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ANIMATOR 1. Building an Impressive Portfolio 2. Identifying Expertise 3. Exploring other Animation Skills 4. Updating Skills THANK YOU ACTIVITY 1 IS DRAWING SKILLS REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO CHOOSE ANIMATION? OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMATION OPPORTUNITIES IN ANIMATION 1. In-between Artist 2. Character Rigger 3. Render-Wrangler 4. Stop Motion Animator 5. Background Painter 6. Lighting Technician 7. Color Key Artist 8. Storyboard Artist 9. Concept Artist 1. IN-BETWEEN ARTIST • The artist who makes the characters move by drawing the picture in between the various scenes, giving the characters the look movement. 2. CHARACTER RIGGER • The process of creating conditions for skeletal character movement in animation. Also known as skeletal animation. 3. RENDER-WRANGLER • They are also called “technical resource administrators” or “TRAs”. Their task is to monitor and control the rendering process for a few computers or an entire render farm consisting of hundred machines. • They monitor the computers to ensure (input/output) of data across various file systems and initiate data moves to allocate disk space. 4. STOP MOTION ANIMATOR • They creates a series of pictures that depicts an object in various positions. By running together these pictures together you a create a sense that the object moves from one position to the next on its own. 5. BACKGROUND PAINTER • Also called as “Matte Painter”. They are responsible for creating backgrounds for animated and live-action films. They may create an entire matte-painting, such as village or skyline, where animation or live action occurs in only few spots • May draw, paint or create backgrounds manually or by computer or both for animated and live action productions. 6. LIGHTING TECHNICIAN • They work with the lighting department to create color keys, compositing renderings and light rigs for shots. • They use design skills and knowledge of shadows and lighting to create the environments and characters that the project calls for. 7. COLOR KEY ARTIST • They create background paintings and color keys that lighting, materials, and production team use for animated features, television series and animated shorts. • They have a sharp eye for color along with advanced software skills. They may use program such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for color styling. 8. STORYBOARD ARTIST
• Also known as a story artist
or visualizer. A person who can take a script or even just a concept, and turn those words into a visual story. 9. CONCEPT ARTIST • A designer who visualizes & creates art for characters, creatures, vehicles, environments and other creative assets. It is used to visualize ideas so that modelers, animators and VFX teams can make these ideas ready for production. ACTIVITY 2 THANK YOU FOR LISTENING