This is a deep dive into acting under the most demanding circumstances: a close up of a character's face.
Course trailer Enroll NowThis is a deep dive into acting under the most demanding circumstances: a close up of a character's face.
Over 20 hours of lectures are devoted to improving your understanding of believable acting, creating graphically appealing expressions based on anatomy, and polishing all the details that make a face feel truly alive. Each week there will be a new lecture detailing acting breakdowns from photo, video, animation, or illustration. Additionally there are several lectures covering stepped and layering workflow techniques, creating natural expressions, lip sync, and polish. There will also be a live one on one review session with your teacher each week.
Over the 12 week course you will complete two close up shots. The lectures will show every step of the way for each assignment, from planning to polish. The course will challenge you to create a very specific character with precise acting choices, clear and appealing expressions, and all the polish a tight close up requires. A close up shot is the most heavily scrutinized type of shot in a film, this course will show you techniques that can help you succeed.
Course duration: 3 months
The course starts every 3 months:
June 1, September 1, December 1, March 1
Price for Independent Studies:
3 monthly payments for the course $199 USD each
or 1 full course payment $597 USD
Prerequisites: Intermediate Animation Skills
Recommended software: Autodesk Maya
Additional animation tutorials:
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Contrast and exaggeration in a lipsync. Lip forms and transition analysis.
Eye lid and eye shape importance to transfer the emotion and make character's face more believable.
What's to look at the most while shooting reference. Reference example analysis for FERDINAND (2017) cartoon scene.
Content developed by professionals, challenging assignments and mentor's assistance is your way to success!
3 months of intense studies! Comprehensive animation course!
12 online meetings with your mentor and video reviews of your work!
More than 20 hours of video lectures and tutorials!
More than 50+ recordings of QnA sessions and video reviews available!
Attending QnA sessions and having your assignments reviewed by a mentor significantly increases your progress!
Reviewing poses. Corrections of the face shape and it proportions. Adjusting eyelids.
Adding some contrast to the expression of a character.
Making poses look more simple and convincible. Repositioningof eyebrows, eyelids and eyerings.
Body transition advises. Making body look more constructed and poses more detailed.
Fulfilling your creative ideas is very simple to do... Just devote some time.
The best evaluation of the course and it's result - is feedback of those, who have been attending this course.
Mike did a great job at introducing how the face is structured and how/why it moves. The course gave me a lot of guidance on how to study and break down the face to continue my studies after the final lecture.
— Olov Johansson
Fantastic class! Way beyond my expectation
— Andriy Muzychenko
The course is really helpful,thank you!
— Chiung-Ju Chang
Full list of student feedback you will find on "CGTarian Students' Reviews & Testimonials" page.
Full list of student reviews you will find on this page "Student Reviews".
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Attention! This course is provided at a reduced price meaning independent studies without mentor's assistance, no online meetings or video reviews of your assignments. However, recordings of QnA’s and video reviews of previous groups will be available for your reference.
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