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Anim 06 – Advanced Acting For Animation Winter 2025

Description

Advanced Acting for Animation is for students at an advanced level of skill.  This workshop focuses solely on acting shots; such as character dialogues, and pantomime acting choices.

This Workshop will show various ways to approach acting for animation and how to try and find meaningful and heartfelt performances. Tips and Tricks, approaches and theories will also be discussed during the blocking, in-progress, and final animation stages. Mini-lectures will cover all aspects of animation along with the weekly critique.

The Goal of Advanced Acting for Animation is to build a solid understanding of performance.  Techniques, theories, ideas all culminate in this class to prepare you for a job creating memorable performances.

Curriculum: Advanced Acting for Animation
  • Weekly Assignments
    – Week 1 Assignment: Specificity
    – Week 2 Assignment: Concealed Emotions
    – Week 3 Assignment: Listening & Watching
    – Week 4 Assignment: Secondary Action
    – Week 5 Assignment (optional): Hand Acting
    – Week 6 – 10 Assignments: Polish
  • Weekly Lecture Topics
    – Acting theory
    – Subtext
    – Thinking
    – Lip-Synch
    – Eyes & Brows
    – Polish
    – Texture
    – Camera & Staging
    …and more!

 

Event FAQs

Workshop Schedule

One session every Wednesday for 10 weeks.


-Starting January 13, 2025


-Ending March 22, 2025


7:00pm – 10:00pm Pacific time

Requirements

 


We recommend that students take Introduction to Acting for Animation before taking Advanced Acting for Animation.


A link to your demo reel is required with your registration.


 *Advanced Acting for Animation is limited to 8 students to allow for maximum individualized focus. We encourage a comfortable, collaborative environment so that students can learn from their own assignments, the critiques of others’, instructor demos, lectures, and guest speakers.


 

How much does it cost?

Tuition: $1,600.00


Includes a $200.00 non-refundable registration fee


Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just fill out the form below, hit Register, and select the Pay by Check option underneath Paypal.

Deposits & Payment Plans!

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Break your tuition into three easy payments with a Payment Plan. Here are the details of the payment plan. 1. Payment 1: $200, due with Registration. 2. Payment 2: $466.67, due the Monday of the first week of the term. 3. Payment 3: $466.67, due the Monday of the 4th week of the term. 4. Payment 4: $466.66, due the Monday of the 7th week of the term.


Note: Animation Collaborative accepts Paypal and Checks. To pay by check, just fill out the form below, hit Register, and select the Pay by Check option underneath Paypal.


 


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Advanced Acting for Animation Q1 2025

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$1,600.00
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