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TERM DATES: Jan 5, 2025 - Mar 22, 2025
LEVEL: Advanced 
COURSE PREREQUISITES: Character Performance
Facial Performance
$1620
Students tackle the demanding task of facial acting in more detail. Students learn to animate a line of dialogue with the main focus of the shot being the subtle emotional beats in the face. In Facial Performance students dig into the nuances of facial animation that will help you to understand how and why to build stronger facial poses. Explore how the face works as a whole unit and shape, and how the small pieces play a role in delivering subtle changes in the character's thoughts. Instructors dive deeper into facial acting, and demonstrate how strong facial acting infuses depth and personality into your characters.
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Monday 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Thursday 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM
Friday 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM
Tuesday 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM
Thursday 1:00 AM - 2:30 AM
Monday 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Wednesday 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM
ABOUT INSTRUCTORS
Jason Behr
United States
Jason is a senior animator in the Cinematics Division at Gearbox Software. Prior to this recent position, he was a Lead Animator at Reel Fx Animation Studios and has been animating professionally for 13+ years. Throughout his career, Jason has worked on feature animation, VF...
Kim Leow
Canada
Kim Leow is a character animator based in BC, Canada. Her career began working in commercials before making the foray into features in 2012. She currently works as an animator for Pixar Animation Studios.
Scott McWhinnie
France
Scott is a graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. He got his start at Moonbot Studios animating on short films, apps, and console games. Following a short stint at Blue Sky Studios on Rio 2 as a project hire, he worked as a 2D and CG animator at Brazen Animation. Sc...
Justin Weg
United States
Justin Weg is currently a Character Animator for Dreamworks Animation working on Puss on Boots 2. He previously worked at Illumination MacGuff on Despicable Me 4 and at Blue Sky Studios for almost 13 years where he worked on the Ice Age and Rio franchises, Epic, The Peanuts...
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