In the first part of the course on Layout design for animation we covered the basics where we looked at the roles story, research and thumbnailing played in the design of a layout for an animated film.


A layout concept develop for a game project.
Image credits - Vajra Pancharia, Pubby Project.

In this part of the course, we will deal with one of the most important parts of layout design, staging. We will also delve into the principles which are foundational to staging, that is principles of perspective and the principles of compositional design.