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The “Character Design” seminar is devoted entirely to inventing characters. Speaker Harald Siepermann will examine the subject in detail and with many examples.
Benefit from his experience as a character designer and “character inventor” for Walt Disney, DreamWorks and Vanguard: his characters can be admired in films such as Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear, Enchanted and many other international blockbusters.
After attending this seminar, you will view animated characters from an entirely new perspective. The seminar topics are handled completely independently of software.
Agenda: (Presentation in German)
Visual Development (Inner Design)
• History of Personality
• Cartoon Modern
• What is a hero
• Inner Design vs. Outer Design
• What´s a Hero´s Desire
• Appeal vs. Flaw – or the thin red line
• The villain – The Villain
• Secondary Characters
Design Principles (Outer Design)
• The Action Line
• Busy vs. Quit
• The Number Phi
• The Golden Ratio
• Silhouette
• Straight vs. Curved
• Shapes & Rythm
• The Power Center
• The Cast
• Observation & Research
Time and Place:
Sat/Sun, October 10-11, 2009
Saturday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
At the premises of the Bayerische Akademie für Fernsehen e.V. BAF
Betastraße 5, 85774 Unterföhring (north of Munich)
Costs:
The participation fee for the seminar is 299 euros, and 199 euros for students.
DP Premium subscribers generally receive a discount of 15 percent. All prices are net prices, to which 19 percent VAT will be added.
For questions, please contact Thomas Gronert by email or by telephone at 089 – 74 49 23 76
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