1.1 What is Animation? 2D vs 3D
1.2 Animation Industry Overview (Film, OTT, Gaming, Ads)
1.3 Understanding the Animation Pipeline
1.4 Career Paths in Animation
Practical: Create a simple storyboard scene.

2.1 Basics of Drawing & Sketching
2.2 Character Design – Shapes, Silhouette, Expressions
2.3 Storyboarding Techniques
2.4 Layout & Background Design
Practical: Draw a character + create a 6-frame storyboard.

3.1 12 Principles of Animation
3.2 Timing, Spacing & Motion
3.3 Weight, Anticipation, Arcs & Overlapping Action
Practical: Animate a bouncing ball + character movement test.

4.1 Interface of Adobe Animate / After Effects
4.2 Frame-by-frame animation
4.3 Tweening, Motion Graphics & Rig-based animation
4.4 Lip Sync & Dialogue Animation
4.5 Scene Composition & Exporting
Practical: Create a 2D animated scene with sound.

5.1 Understanding 3D space
5.2 Object transformation (Move, Rotate, Scale)
5.3 Interface of Maya / 3ds Max / Blender
Practical: Create simple 3D objects.

6.1 Polygon modeling techniques
6.2 Character & prop modeling
6.3 UV Unwrapping
6.4 Applying textures & materials
Practical: Model a low-poly character or prop.

7.1 3-Point Lighting, HDRI
7.2 Shaders & Materials
7.3 Rendering in Arnold / V-Ray / Cycles
Practical: Render a simple 3D scene.

8.1 Skeleton creation
8.2 Skinning & Weight Painting
8.3 Controllers & basic rig setup
Practical: Rig a character for basic animation.

9.1 Body mechanics
9.2 Walk cycles & run cycles
9.3 Facial animation & lipsync
9.4 Emotional expression through movement
Practical: Animate a full character shot.

10.1 Camera movement, angles & cinematography
10.2 Scene transitions and layout
Practical: Animate a camera pan shot.

11.1 Introduction to VFX & compositing workflow
11.2 Green screen basics & blending layers
11.3 Compositing in After Effects/Nuke (basic level)
Practical: Composite a simple 3D/2D scene.

13.1 Organizing work for showreel
13.2 Adding branding, titles & music
13.3 Preparing reels for studio submissions
Practical: Create a 30–60 sec showreel.

tudents will complete a full animated short:
✔ Storyboard
✔ Character design
✔ Backgrounds
✔ 2D/3D Animation
✔ Sound & Music
✔ Final Render & Editing
✔ Showreel creation

• Resume + portfolio guidance

• Interview preparation

• Freelancing training

• Software installation support