This course aims to provide students with working knowledge of traditional and non-traditional dramatic and narrative theories and techniques to develop stories, worlds and characters for animation production for a variety of media formats.

The course aims to enable students, through studio practice and critique, to develop advanced drawing skills, appreciation of aesthetic form, and a comprehensive visual understanding of three-dimensional form for animation production.

This course aims to extend students' technical knowledge of two and three dimensional animation production for cinematic narrative, develop their artistic skills, critical faculties and reflective abilities, foster an appreciation for professional studio procedure and sense of responsibility, and provide experience integrating theory and context with practice.