Filmmaking with Blender: Create Your Own Animated Short Film

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Free Online Course: Filmmaking with Blender: Create Your Own Animated Short Film provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Filmmaking with Blender: Create Your Own Animated Short Film is taught by Pascal Ferrère.

Overview
  • Can I create my own animated film? If you ever asked yourself this question then this course if for you, because the answer is: Yes, you can!

    It took me 8 months to create my own animated short film using Blender. The film is called Tikka and you can take a look at it on YouTube:

    In this course I'm going to explain step by step how I did it, I will give you all my filmmaking tips and tricks and I will show you all the files I created in order to complete the film. This course is for all levels and everyone interested in filmmaking skills and animation.

    Together, we are going to see how to:

    • Find an idea for a film
    • Write a story
    • Define an Artistic Direction
    • Work on Character Design
    • Create an environment
    • Make a script
    • Build a storyboard
    • Organize the project
    • Start 3D modeling
    • Work on textures
    • Build a rig for your characters
    • Prepare the staging
    • Do the animation
    • Set up the lighting
    • Place the cameras
    • Render your images
    • Finalize the compositing
    • Enhance the project with music

    By the end of this course you should have a good understanding about the pipeline, the resources and skills needed in order to make your own animated short film.

    I will primarily use Blender which is an open-source 3D software, but this course is not about teaching you Blender.Being familiar with this software is definitely a plus but it is not required in order to follow the course.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Class Project
    • Equipment
    • Ideas & Limitations
    • Story
    • Artistic Direction
    • Character Design
    • Environment Design
    • Script
    • Storyboard
    • Project Management
    • Modeling
    • Texturing
    • Rigging
    • Staging
    • Animation
    • Lighting
    • Cameras
    • Rendering
    • Compositing
    • Sound Design
    • Final Thoughts