University degrees: Courses
Course length: 1 March - 15 April
Course city: Stockholm
Can you animate but want to expand your workspace with 3D animation? The course 3D animation is for those who know animation but have not yet learned how to animate in 3D computer programs.
The course 3D animation is aimed at you who know traditional animation such as cartoon animation, doll animation or stop-motion animation will teach you 3D animation. The idea is that you should transfer your animation expertise to 3D computer programs and thus increase the possibilities for creative and commercial work.
The course is thus not a course in general 3D graphics and to create films from the ground up in 3D programs. We limit ourselves to using ready-made rigs or skeletons and learn the parts of programs needed for the animation part itself.
The main focus will be on animation of characters and objects of various kinds, so that you could be part of a team as an animator in, for example, animated film production, commercials and computer game production. We will touch on other parts of the 3D program to be able to get simple movies of our animations and basic modeling tools. We will also discuss how traditional animation principles work in the 3D animation medium.
The course responsible teacher is Kalle Sandzén, lecturer in narrative animated film.
The goal is that you will learn to animate in 3D programs, understand the conditions for animation in 3D, and be able to showcase your 3D animation skills in moving examples after the end of the course.
The course is given at half speed for 10 weeks, teaching is on Mondays all day and approximately every other Wednesday morning. It also includes your own home information.
Course content:
Inferface 3D program
Basic modeling
Basic lighting and rendering
Basic animation
Basic rigging
Simple 3D animation of objects
Animate with graph
Different 3D programs
Animation of existing rig
Lip sync and facial animation with morph targets
Lip sync and facial animation with skeleton
Four-legged character animation
Movie reference to 3D animation
Exercise 3D animation for sound
The principles of animation in 3D animation
Practice making a 3D animation real
Study visits to production companies.
Competence
Basic eligibility: for undergraduate studies.
Special eligibility:
60 credits in the main area of Stage and Media.
Documented experience of working with 2D animation and stop-motion animation.
If you do not meet the formal eligibility requirements for the course, you can apply for us to assess whether you have acquired equivalent knowledge in another way and are thus qualified through “real competence”. You submit the application for real skills together with your application.
You can also apply for an exemption / exemption from the requirement for basic competence. You apply for an exemption / exemption together with your application.
