Creature Animation

Course aim

To enable students to realistically animate quadruped and other real and mythical characters, within a given environment and camera movement.

Course content

Students will be introduced to the realistic animation of real and imagined creatures. Building on their knowledge in Assets Animation and Human Animation, students will gather the required reference data and deepen their analytical skills to use the data collected to create an original creature animation. Students will familiarise themselves with a variety of creatures' rigs and motion and develop the skills necessary to create industry standard creature animations.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
GRAP 5007	Assets Animation
GRAP 5009	Human Animation

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST (INTENSIVE)
Workshop	27 hours x 4 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Creative work, Portfolio

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.