1. Design and Animation Students: Build on your existing After Effects knowledge by developing stronger timing, pacing, composition, and brand-focused motion skills. 2. Diploma Students and Recent Graduates: Strengthen your portfolio with a polished kinetic typography sequence that demonstrates industry-relevant workflows and audio-driven animation. 3. Creative Professionals: Expand your skill set by integrating motion typography into advertising, social media, marketing campaigns, and branded content.

• This course is designed for individuals who already have a foundational understanding of animation or design and want to develop more advanced motion graphics skills. It is ideal for those looking to create professional, audio-driven kinetic typography for video, digital media, branding, and online content. • Pre-requisite: You will need a basic understanding of Illustrator and After Effects or have completed the Intro to Motion Graphics short course.

Intermediate

Q: Course Details

Mode of delivery: Online Duration: 6 weeks Start Date: 28 March 2026 Scheduled Class times: 18:00-20:30 each Thursday In addition to live online classes, participants will need to complete approximately 3 hours per week watching lectures and completing relevant exercises. Total Credits: Non-credit bearing Certification: Certificate of attendance (students must have attended the complete course and completed in-class exercises. A formal assessment is not included as part of the course)

Q: Software and Hardware Requirements

Software: Adobe Illustrator Adobe After Effects Optional:Adobe Photoshop or Krita (Free) Hardware: • Windows 10 or latest macOS • Minimum 16GB RAM (32GB recommended) • 64-Bit Intel/AMD multi-core processor • Webcam and microphone-enabled headset • Stable internet connection

Q: What is covered in the course?

Advance your motion design skills by exploring audio-driven animation, refined timing, and visual storytelling. Develop professional workflows in After Effects while learning to structure, style, animate, and polish kinetic typography sequences to industry standard. The following topics will be covered in the course: 1. Language of Motion Design 2. Timing, Rhythm & Syncing Text to Audio 3. Advanced Layout for Motion & Animatics Composition in Time & Space 4. Creative Motion Styles & Experimental Techniques 5. Enhancing Typography Sequence 6. Compositing & Portfolio Presentation

2D Animation Course

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Our Short Courses are one of the most popular ways to dive into the world of animation.. Whether you’re sharpening your skills, exploring a new passion, or preparing for a future in the creative industry our short courses are designed to inspire and equip you with practical and interactive training.

Start Date: 13 June 2026

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What’s Covered in the
Intermediate to 2D Animation Course

Take your animation skills to the next level by working with a pre-designed character, exploring how to create believable, expressive movement.

Shapes in Motion

What Leads And What Follows

Main Action vs Secondary Action

Action vs Reaction

Acting for Animation

Lip Sync

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Ranked among the top 11 animation schools worldwide in 2025, we offer a practical, industry-driven curriculum that makes our graduates highly sought-after. Our students consistently win top awards both locally and internationally, and 80–90% of graduates go on to work for leading animation studios worldwide.

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Course Details

Mode of delivery: Online

Duration: 6 weeks

Scheduled Class times 10:00-13:00 each Saturday

In addition to live online classes, participants will need to complete
approximately 3 hours per week watching lectures and completing relevant
exercises.

Total Credits Non-credit bearing

Certification Certificate of attendance (students must have attended the complete course and completed in-class exercises. A formal assessment is not included as part of the course)

Software and Hardware Requirements

Software: Krita (recommended, free to download) or any preferred 2D
animation software

Hardware:
• Windows 10 or latest macOS
• Minimum 4GB RAM (8GB recommended)
• Intel/AMD multi-core processor
• Graphics tablet (e.g., Wacom) strongly recommended
• Webcam and microphone-enabled headset
• Stable internet connection

What is covered in the course?

This course is for students who already understand the basics of 2D animation and want to focus on performance and storytelling.

Over six weeks, you’ll develop your animation skills by working with a pre-designed character, exploring how to create believable, expressive movement. Each week explores the 12 principles of animation alongside acting for animation and movement analysis.

Students will learn how to create expressive, believable characters by studying how motion reflects personality and emotion.

Through hands-on exercises, performance-driven tasks, and drawing practice, the course builds both technical skill and creative confidence in animating movement with purpose.

The following topics will be covered in the course:

1. Shapes in Motion
2. What Leads and what follows
3. Main Action vs Secondary Action
4. Action vs Reaction
5. Acting for Animation
6. Lip Sync

Target Market

1. Anyone who has completed the Introduction to 2D Animation course
2. Professionals in related sectors to animation – who have experience with animation software
3. Professionals in the animation sector wishing to develop skills in another part of the pipeline
4. 3D animators seeking to improve their 2D animation skills

Who should apply?

• Whether you’re an animation graduate, a 3D animator looking to strengthen your 2D animation performance skills, or a creative
professional wanting to broaden your animation toolkit, this course will help you deepen your understanding of movement, timing, and character acting in 2D animation.

• Pre-requisite: Completion of the Introduction to 2D Animation short
course or equivalent foundational 2D animation experience.

What will students be able to do upon completion of the course?

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

1. Animate believable character motion using intermediate animation principles.
2. Apply effective acting and staging to enhance narrative clarity in animation.
3. Create expressive character performances using facial expression and body language.
4. Analyze and reference real-world motion to inform animation choices.
5. Produce a polished short, animated performance using a provided character design.

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