Animation Principles: Secondary Actions

Media Arts, Tech Lab, Drawing & Painting

Animation Principles: Secondary Actions *Cancelled*

Explore how the motion of secondary objects move in harmony with your main object in animation.

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Mon, 7/7/2025

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Type:
Class, Has Prerequisite

Location:
Tech Lab

Interests:
Drawing, Filmmaking, Videography

About

Explore how the motion of appendages, clothing, and secondary objects move in harmony with your main object or character and how this enhances the personality of your character and the relationship they have with objects on or around them. You'll analyze and experiment with the animation principles of secondary action, overlapping action, and timing.

The course will begin with a short lecture with examples followed by a guided workshop session. Be prepared to have a lot of patience. 

Details

Project

You'll develop a 5- to 15-second stop-motion or hand-drawn animation .mov or .mp4 file.

Materials

  • A $10 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers the use of BARN-provided drawing materials.
  • You should bring whatever you want to animate with:
    • If you want to draw your animations, bring whatever specialty drawing materials you want to work with.
    • If you want to work with stop-motion materials, bring whatever materials you want to work with (instructor will also have a collection of miscellaneous materials to use). This can include construction paper and scissors, clay or Play-Doh, Legos, blocks, and small figurines.

Prerequisites

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

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