Create characters and worlds only you can imagine.
ABOUT THIS PATHWAY
Animation gives you the freedom to build a world on your own terms.
This pathway explores how AI can support the journey from an initial story to an animated short, combining character design, visual development, performance and production. Learn to give your characters a distinctive look, a believable voice and expressive movement, then consider how to pitch and share your work. Bring African folktales, everyday experiences or imagined futures into an animation style that is unmistakably yours.
Who it is for:
Animators, illustrators, filmmakers and visual storytellers interested in character-led films and original animated worlds.
Module SUmMARY
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01
Story & Animation Foundations
Explore what makes animation different from live action, including exaggeration and expressive storytelling. Practise prompting for images and video, and shape a screenplay suited to an animated production.
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02
Character &
World DesignDesign consistent characters and environments, build storyboards and shot lists, and plan camera movement. Explore ways to create stylised performances that feel intentionally animated rather than simply imitating live action.
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03
Voice, Movement & Production
Bring your characters to life through voice recording, motion capture and lip-syncing. Explore techniques for 2D, 3D-style and non-human characters, then combine visual elements and titles into an animated short.
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04
Pitching & Reaching an Audience
Develop a distribution approach and prepare posters, thumbnails and social assets. Explore how to present an animated project to collaborators and decision-makers, and build an audience around your original work.
What you will create
Work towards an animated short
Supported by character and environment designs, a storyboard and promotional or pitch materials.