Take on Your First Real-World Client Brief!

Take on your first real-world Client Brief, creating a Public Service Announcement using another industry-standard string to your bow, Toon Boom Harmony. Use Harmony and Photoshop to learn the animation pipeline while developing your skills in frame-by-frame animation, rigging and character design. Embrace your concept design skills incorporating new elements like color palettes, keyframing, prop sheets and more. Start developing your industry-ready portfolio with a pre-production portfolio and client approved work.

This course forms part of Digital Media Academy’s Tech Accelerator program, our deep learning journey for 13-18-year-olds. Tech Accelerators fuse expert instruction with real-world partnerships to get you university- and industry-ready. Over sequential Levels, you’ll curate a portfolio of Real-world Client Briefs from our leading tech and creative partners, attend Industry Masterclasses, get one-to-one Pro Mentor support and build a Career Network. Tech Accelerators: Fuel your 21st-century career.

Standards Alignment

This course is aligned to national and international standards for technology education. Standards include: International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), International Baccalaureate , UK National Curriculum, New Zealand Curriculum, and more!

Course Requirements:

Computer:

• Laptop or desktop computer running Windows or macOS that meets the minimum specifications of the hardware and software listed below.
• Built-in or external microphone
• Built-in or external speakers or headphones
• Google Chrome browser
• Additional computer screen/monitor (recommended)

Hardware:

• Digital tablet and pen (recommended: Wacom Intuos)

Software:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Animate
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Toon Boom Harmony
  N.B. Download and install Adobe software for free. You will receive a complimentary Adobe Creative Cloud license from Digital Media Academy to activate the software for the duration of the course.

Other Materials:

• Medium-sized sketchbook
• Pencils and pens

By the End of This Course:

Graduate with your first Real-world Client outcome in your portfolio, a 30-second animated Public Service Announcement for TV/web, consisting of storyboard, colored backgrounds, animated character(s), titles and audio.

Throughout this course:

Deep dive into the following areas of Toon Boom Harmony, as meticulously planned by our expert industry professional curriculum designers:

• Connecting to Adobe Animate
• Pipeline Concepts & Storyboard
• Pipeline Animatic
• Pipeline Assets
• Pipeline Production
• Client Brief Intro
• Client Concept Art
• Client Animatic
• Masterclass
• Client Pitch
• Client Assets
• Client Production
• Client Presentations