Film and Media Arts: Animation Training Tools & Organizations
Animation Training DVD-ROMs
Marriott Library has recently purchased The Animator's Survival Kit, Animated. This 16-volume DVD-ROM set is available for check-out from the Computing and Media Services desk in the Knowledge Commons at Marriott Library.
We also have 16 training DVD-ROMs from the Gnomon Workshop.
Online Training Videos
- GDC Vault This link opens in a new windowGDC Vault provides access to an archive of presentation videos, and audio synced with presenter slides, from worldwide Game Developers Conferences going back 20+ years. Browse by event and year, media type, and 20 broad-ranging categories of presentation themes. Or, search the presenters’ abstracts for specific keywords and phrases.
NOTE: To access this database, click the title link above and enter your uNID and password. Once you’re on the database site, you will need to click “Login” in the upper-right corner, then “Click Here to Login”. The database password will be entered automatically for you.
Animation Organizations
ACM SIGGRAPH: Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques.
The Animation Guild: A labor organization that represents animation and visual effects artists.
The Computer Graphics Society: Society of Digital Artists
International Animated Film Society - Hollywood: A worldwide organization dedicated to the art of animation
Society for Animation Studies: An international organization dedicated to the study of animation history and theory.
Women in Animation: A professional organization promoting women's roles in animation.
Writers Guild of America: Animation Writers Caucus: First comes script, then voice-overs, THEN animation.
