Digital & Interactive Design & Animation Course Description
DIGITAL DESIGN AND ANIMATION I
Level: |
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Class Location: |
Freeport High School, Freeport |
Time: |
7:30 - 9:00 a.m., Mon. - Fri. |
Length: |
One-year, double period |
H.S. Credit: |
2 credits per year |
Prerequisite: |
Knowledge of the fundamentals of design |
CAREERTEC Fees: |
$30, to be paid by student/parent at High School during registration |
Calendar: |
This course follows the CAREERTEC calendar |
State Course ID: |
11155A001 |
This course is designed to provide students with the skills needed for a career in the fields of advertising, commercial art, graphic design, animation, and graphic illustrator. Students learn to apply artistic design and layout principles along with text, graphics, drawing, rendering, sound, video, and 2D/3D animation integration to develop various print, video, and digital products. Students use hardware and software programs to create, manipulate, color, paint, and layer scanned images, computer graphics, and original artwork. Students use hardware and software to capture, edit, create, and compress audio and video clips. Students use animation and 2D/3D hardware and software to create animated text, graphics, and images. Students apply artistic techniques to design and create advertisements, displays, publications, technical illustrations, marketing brochures, logos, trademarks, packaging, video graphics, animations, and computer-generated media.
Students will use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Toon Boom Animation, among other tools in the development of their projects.
All fees listed are approximate and are subject to change
INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND ANIMATION II
Level: |
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Class Location: |
Freeport High School, Freeport |
Time: |
7:30 - 9:00 a.m., Mon. - Fri. |
Length: |
One-year, double period |
H.S. Credit: |
2 credits per year |
Prerequisite: |
Completion of Graphic Design I with C or better and interview with Instructor |
CAREERTEC Fees: |
$30, to be paid by student/parent at High School during registration |
Calendar: |
This course follows the CAREERTEC calendar |
State Course ID: |
05252A001 |
Interactive Design and Animation course will explore the creative, technical, and conceptual aspects of designing and producing interactive media arts experiences, products, and services, including reactive (sensory-based devices) and interactive technologies, 3D game mechanics, 2D/3D animation, interface design, mobile device applications, social media-based and web multimedia, physical spaces, augmented reality, and/or virtual reality. Topics may include aesthetic meaning; artistic, design and technical methods and practices; story and audience engagement; analysis and media literacy; construction, development, processing, modeling, simulation, and programming of interactive experiences; their transmission, distribution, placement and marketing; and contextual, cultural, and historical aspects and considerations. The course will emphasize the development of digitally generated and/or computer-enhanced media in the creation of your interactive and/or animated projects.
Students will use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Toon Boom Animation, Unity, Blender, Autodesk products, among other tools in the development of their projects.
All fees listed are approximate and are subject to change