Portfolio & Studio Class Requirements

Requirements for Portfolio classes and Studio classes

Storyboard Artist

Per Class:        

• 1 set of storyboards that equal a minimum of one minute of animation
• 1 animatic of the storyboards that were drawn
• Storyboards need to be fully rendered. Either full greys or colors
• Student needs to pick one of these five for their storyboards:  
• action, cinematic for T.V. animation, comedy, commercial and slice of life. (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)
• There must be at least one scene transition
• Student must include slug information

Concept Designer

Per Class:        

• Two characters are needed
• One model sheet for each character with a color key
• One five point turn around in color for each character
• Six action poses for each character
• Eight facial expressions for each character
• One environment illustration
• One orthographic projection of the environment
• One conceptual illustration with both characters interacting with each other in the environment

Environment Modeler

Per Class:        

• One fully realized, recognizable, believable environment
• Must be populated with pertinent elements
• One fly through of the environment
• Minimum of 15 different assets (drinking glass and broken drinking glass only count as one as well as having 15 windows that only counts as one)

Level Designer

Per Class:        

• One fully realized, recognizable, believable, playable environment
• Must be populated with pertinent elements
• One walk through showing playability of level

3d Modeler

Per Class:        

• Three recognizable character models per class
• Models must be high poly (next gen console ready)
• One bi-ped model
• One Multi-ped model
• One hard surface model
• All models must be textured
• Characters need to show a variety of body type, gender, age and genre

Character Animator

Per Class:        

2d traditional

• 20 second pencil drawn animation
• Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
• Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
• Must contain audio
• Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation:
  1. action
  2. pantomime
  3. comedy
  4. dialog
  5. slice of life
  (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)

2d computer aided animation (Flash/Toonboom/ Harmony)

• 60 second animation
• Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
• Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
• Must contain audio
• Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation:  
  1. action
  2. pantomime
  3. comedy
  4. dialog
  5. slice of life
  (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)

3d animation

• 60 second 3d animation
• Must display correct use of the 12 principles of animation
• Must have a cohesive storyline (beginning, middle and end)
• Must contain audio
• Student needs to pick one of these five for their animation:
  1. action
  2. pantomime
  3. comedy
  4. dialog
  5. slice of life
  (The student will need to pick a different one for every class)