60-405 Advanced ETB: Open Animation

10 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This is an advanced studio course focused on animation production within an artistic practice. Open Animation is a mentoring course in which students work on independent animation projects with instructor guidance. Regardless of technique and approach, this course is designed so that students may receive mentorship, critique, and technical advisement as they develop, expand, or complete projects. Students will propose and create a selfguided animation projects as well as a oneminute animation reel that highlights their accomplishments in animation to this point, and as a tool for applying to careers in the field. Through group critiques, special topics presentations, surveys and skill sharing, students will gain a better grasp of technical, conceptual, and aesthetic approaches and practices in the field of animation. These topics will be presented by the instructor, students in the class, and virtual guest independent and industry professional animators.

Prerequisites: 60-110

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