In this weeklong intensive, high school students explore the animation major. Students engage in demonstrations and lectures while working independently on assignments designed to hone their skills, ideas, and critical thinking skills. This class offers an introduction to hand-drawn animation, covering basic techniques and concepts. Students use aspects of Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to bring their animations to life. Students dig into the fundamentals of animation by learning about frame rate and basic animation principles, such as squash and stretch, ease-in/ease-out, anticipation, and more. / This class will have an unsupervised 30 minute lunch break. / Students will have access to Adobe Creative Cloud software throughout the class. Open to students ages 15-18. MCAD strictly adheres to these age guidelines and is unable to allow exceptions. Please review our complete Teen Policies as well as our General Policies prior to completing your registration. Prerequisites Previous drawing experience. Experience with Adobe Photoshop is helpful but not required. Required materials Supplies for the first class pen or pencil notebook or sketchbook headphones or earbuds for editing packed lunch each day, no nuts Hardware Students will have access to Adobe Creative Cloud software. If students want to use this software at home, they will need a computer capable of running Adobe software. Class resources This class uses Adobe Creative Cloud. Please see links for more information. Questions? Contact MCAD Continuing Education at continuing_education@mcad.edu or call 612.874.3765. Register Title Non-credit Tuition $480.00 Tuition Type Non-credit TuitionOne Credit Tuition Student's Legal First Name Student's Legal Last Name Student Birthdate Month MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Day Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Year Year192419251926192719281929193019311932193319341935193619371938193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019 I agree to the following registration terms and conditions. Date: Mon, Jul 29, 2024 - Fri, Aug 2, 2024 Time: 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. CST Day(s) of the week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Ages: Open to students ages 15-18. Term: Summer 2024 Instructor: Neville McKinnie Location: In Person SKU: SE 1517 01 SU24 Prerequisites: Previous drawing experience. Experience with Adobe Photoshop is helpful but not required.