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| Animation by BNU Student Joshua Reynolds |
COM7023, the third animation module on our online masters’ degree in 3D animation, starts on Monday 7 April 2025.
The module is titled COM7023 – Character Performance, and builds up to an entry into the Eleven Second Club competition.
In this module students learn how to tackle character performance, dialogue and lipsync. COM7023 PR1 is due on Friday 13th June 2025 at 2pm.
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| Character Animation by Jeton Lakna |
COM7023 PR1 – 11 Second Club
In this second module, students get to grips with character performance, including acting, dialogue and lipsync. COM7023 PR1 assignment is due on Friday 13th June at 2pm.
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| 11 Second Club Entry by Jinng Hwee Tan |
COM7023 PR1 Assignment Brief
This assignment COM7023 PR1 involves entry into the monthly 11 Second Club animation competition. The final animation should be uploaded to Blackboard, along with a single PDF document showing preparation and planning, such as storyboards and/or thumbnail sketches.
Formative feedback
All our students are encouraged to seek formative feedback prior to submission of the assignment. Animation is an iterative process, and students are strongly encouraged to get formative feedback on their work-in-progress. Any students who wants informal feedback on their work-in-progress should upload drawings, or thumbnails, or a movie file to the Facebook classroom at any time.
Online Resources – Tutorials
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| Animation by Mark Masters |
Weekly online tutorials can be found at animationapprentice.org. In addition, check out the tutorials below:
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| 11 Second Club by Alex Southcombe |
Creativity – 25%
Creativity – Imagination – invention – innovation
Pre-Production – 25%
planning – use of thumbnails – storyboards – live action reference
Production – 25%
Quality of animation – application of the twelve principles of animation – weight and flexibility – Quality of performance – use of cameras – acting – dialogue & lipsync
Post-production – 25%
Texturing – lighting – rendering – titles and credits – sound design
Dialogue Animation by Students at BNU and Animation Apprentice
To see some examples of strong character performance shots animated by students at BNU and Animation Apprentice, watch the video compilation below:
COM7023 Schedule
To see the schedule, take a look at the calendar below. The module starts on Monday 7 April 2025 and begins with weekly formative feedback at Animation Apprentice.
