CTAN 200g: The Rise of Digital Hollywood

Section 17960R, 4-Units

Spring

This course satisfies the university's general education requirement GE-A, The Arts. 

Course Description:

From Pixar to Netflix, see how technology and imagination converge to transform animation and explore what’s next for digital storytelling.

Course Goals:

-Explore how past and current industry disruptions like CG animation, gaming, streaming and AI are reshaping animation 

-Gain insights into the skills and ideas driving careers in animation 

-Connect past milestones with today’s trends to ask: What’s next?

Instructor:

Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and Blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such.

For information regarding d-clearance for all electives in Animation, please visit:

https://cinema.usc.edu/studentaffairs/animation.cfm