Indicative contents

• Basics of Animation
  Understanding Motion, Animation Interface, The Language of Movement, Secondary Action.
• Creating Strong Poses
  Posing the Body Naturally, Creating Appealing Poses, Animating with Poses.
• Walking and Locomotion
  The Mechanics of Walking, Animating Walks, Beyond Walking, Adding personality to a walk, Transitions.
• Facial and Dialogue Animation
  Animating the Faces, Animating Dialogue.
• Rigging Characters
  Hierarchies and Character Animation, Facial Rigging, Mesh Deformation, Refining Rigs.
   

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course Notes.
  2. George Avgerakis, Digital Animation Bible, McGraw- Hill, 2004.
     
      
• Recommended Reading
  1. George Maestri, Digital Character Animation 3, New Riders, 2006.
  2. Steve Roberts, Character Animation in 3D, Focal Press, 2004.