Summer School
As the semester comes to a close, what are you going to do? There are alot of Summer Animation classes going on. Here are a few notable ones….
http://www.csssa.org/main.php?page=studies&sub_page=animation
http://www.csusummerarts.org/courses2009/animation.shtml
http://www.gobelins.fr/~summerschool/en/informations.php
please leave links to other summer programs in the comments section.
Edwin
Too bad gobelins summercourse costs 2500€…. I wish there were more summerclasses in Europe.
Vvek
the 2nd link for CSU – they have the norman rig on display !
that rig was supposed to be an academy of art exclusive.
Jones
Actually it was supposed to be a Pixar class exclusive, then it leaked to the rest of the school, then to the rest of the world.
Thomas
I know CSSSA is AMAZING. I attended the 2008 program for animation, and it’s truly an intensive and inspiring 4 week course. This summer I’m considering Gobelins. I’m curious about how much drawing is involved and how much is purely computer animation, so I’d love to hear some thoughts on that course if anyone has attended it. Thanks.
Meredith
I see that CSSSA is only for high school students. I don’t suppose anyone knows of an animation workshop (that includes 2-D) and is appropriate for adults? Something along the lines of the Illustration Academy (a 7-week intensive)?
Thomas
Just thought I’d leave this comment here if anyone’s interested in Gobelins;
I just called Gobelins yesterday, and it seems the course is all about acting and performance within animation – which is great I thought. They don’t teach you how to animate in a specific way. You come in and you use the medium you want whether hand-drawn, Flash or CG. You attend lectures given by different professionals, including Kyle Balda who worked for Pixar, and they all talk about how to bring great performance to your animation. Then you have open workshops in the afternoons where teachers give you guidance based on the performance and acting, regardless of the medium you use. Both professionals and students attend this course – from 18 yrs and up. It’s only 2 weeks though.
David Wolter
Meredith: The Animation Guild in Hollywood is offering traditional hand-drawn classes for the first time in a while (intended for students of any age):
http://animationguild.org/_Home/home_FRM1.html
(Then click on the “Classes” link on the top of the page)
Meredith
Wow, great find. Right now I live on the opposite coast but there is a very real possibility I could find myself in California in a year or two. Thanks for the link!