Capstone Animation project is the final project animation which demonstrates your personal vision, creative and technical skills culminating in traditional story, fine-art, or mixed media/experimental animation. You are encouraged to mix different kinds of animation, and think experimentally in any way.

Emphasis should be on the quality of your work, good use of technology, originality, and professional attitude. In this way your final grade will be based on a progress realated accumulation of points. These points are delivered to the students at Midterm and Final Review Dates.

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SHOT LIST (AI verision) (JPG version)

you should be excited about your idea, if not, YOU SHOULD CHANGE IT asap.

(2) STYLE-BOOK

(assets or bible) a SPECIFIC and tight collection of guidelines and visual rules for your piece. Description for all the elements, characters history and personalities. Assets that will be actually seen in your project and how they look. ie. character design, prop library; physical details of elements finished elements. If non-narrative, then precise and mechincal desriptions of how to achieve the look of your piece.

(3) RESOURCE LIBRARY

a GENERAL collection of resource materials that are important for development of project, but are not specifically going to be seen. ie: photos of environments, related imagery, excepts of texts, newspapers. Fine art references, paintings. This is where you develop the more broad ideas, and wider context for visualizations. The philosophy of you work and approach. Behind the scenes development

(4) STORYBOARD

you will use 3 types: thumbnail (for yourself) presentation production

even if it is non-narrative, you still need a storyboard

(6) SOUND

vocal track, any kinds of audio, music, foley

(7) ANIMATIC (storyboard filmed usually with sound)

...all toward the completion of the..

(8) STORY REEL

or if non-narrative, the final rendered piece

WHAT CAN I DO?

COLLATERAL

Production Flowchart

Acting Flowchart

Storyboards

Kinds of Storyboards

Render Service

Ethics

Personality Test

CONDUCT

Capstone Conduct

Critique

What to turn in for each Report

Old Capstone