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Principles of Animation: Staging and Exaggeration with Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Michael Cedeno

Principles of Animation: Staging and Exaggeration
The 12 Principles of Animation Explore the importance of staging and exaggeration

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Instructor
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Michael Cedeno
Subjects
Entertainment Arts
Topics
Animation, Design, Sketching
Mediums
Colored Pencil, Pencil
Duration
1h 22m 33s

In this lesson, instructor Kathleen Quaife-Hodge will introduce you to the ninth and tenth principles of animation; staging and exaggeration. You will learn how staging involves properties like environmental design, character performance, silhouette clarity, etc. Kathleen will share with you famous animators who pushed exaggeration to emphasize emotions. In addition, instructor Michael Cedeno will lecture on the leading edge.

This lesson belongs to the course The 12 Principles of Animation. In this course, professional animators Michael Cedeno, Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, and Marshall Lee Toomey will introduce you to the 12 principles of animation. You will explore timing, slo-in slo-out, squash and stretch, arc, anticipation, pose to pose, straight ahead, and many more. Kathleen will show you how to set up a downshooter to transfer your pencil sketches to an actual film. Michael will demonstrate how to employ the principles in animated scenes to achieve good flow and continuity. You will practice developing appealing characters and exaggerating your design to evoke emotions. Lastly, Marshall will walk you through a quick overview of clean-up animation. After this course, you will become familiar with the 12 principles of animation; from there, begin to utilize them in your creation.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.

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