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Animation Merit Badge Overview

In Animation merit badge you’ll learn how to create animations, the ways in which animation is used and the fun and exciting career opportunities in animation.
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Animation Merit Badge Requirements

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The requirements will be fed dynamically using the scout book integration 152
1. General knowledge. Do the following:
  • (a) In your own words, describe to your counselor what animation is.
  • (b) Discuss with your counselor a brief history of animation.
2. Principles of animation. Choose five of the following 12 principles of animation, and discuss how each one makes an animation appear more believable: squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, straightahead action and pose to pose, follow through and overlapping action, slow in and slow out, arcs, secondary action, timing, exaggeration, solid drawing, appeal.
3. Projects. With your counselor's approval, choose two animation techniques and do the following for each:
  • (a) Technique 1
  • 1. Plan your animation using thumbnail sketches and/or layout drawings either on paper or using an animation software program.
  • 2. Create the animation.
  • 3. Share your animations with your counselor. Explain how you created each one, and discuss any improvements that could be made.
  • (b) Technique 2
  • 1. Plan your animation using thumbnail sketches and/or layout drawings.
  • 2. Create the animation.
  • 3. Share your animations with your counselor. Explain how you created each one, and discuss any improvements that could be made.
4. Animation in our world. Do the following:
  • (a) Tour an animation studio or a business where animation is used, either in person, via video, or via the Internet. Share what you have learned with your counselor.
  • (b) Discuss with your counselor how animation might be used in the future to make your life more enjoyable and productive.
5. Careers. Learn about three career opportunities in animation. Pick one and find out about the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss your findings with your counselor. Explain why this profession might interest you.
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The Animation merit badge is an opportunity for Scouts to learn about what makes animation larger-than-life and believable.
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Meet three of the creators of the new Animation merit badge

The talented team tasked with creating the new Animation merit badge includes experts in the fields of animation and digital media. I’m talking about people like Tina O’Hailey, dean of the School of Digital Media at the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design. And Eagle Scout Chris Folea, who created the computer-generated character Ethan for the updated Cub Scout handbooks. And Kyle Martin, a visual effects artist who creates animated videos to promote new products. These and other men and women who created Animation MB boast years of experience at Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks and EA Sports. Three of those real-life individuals took me into the world of animation — and the Animation merit badge — at last week’s National Annual Meeting in Atlanta. After they signed copies of the Animation merit badge pamphlet inside the exhibit hall, O’Hailey, Folea and Martin stepped into the atrium for a quick chat. We talked about Ethan, the interactive digital version of the merit badge pamphlet and whether someone who can’t draw can still earn the Animation MB. Watch the video after the jump.

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