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Week 6: Staging and Exaggeration with Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Michael Cedeno

Week 6: 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 week six, 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.

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