Direct and Produce Animation (Udemy.com)

Some info are good but most are learnable for free on Youtube. It's no surprise that in the last video he says " some don't finish he course" because it took me quite a while to finish and almost decided to quit because I find the instructor tried too hard to be enganging with character voices and it just comes off distracting and annoying. I would ask for a refund if I only I didn't take too long.

I enjoyed taking the course. It was short enough to fit into a day but informative so I learnt some new useful stuff and it backed up things I'm already doing as a self-taught animator. The PDF downloadable notes were useful. The instructor's style was a bit weird and wacky at times but it was entertaining and he's obviously enthusiastic about the subject. It's not an in-depth course but it's a great overview with some great advice and you definitely know and understand the process of directing and producing animation by the end of it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, I couldn't go through it fast enough! and I finished it months ago and I still keep going back to rewatch lessons. Mark has a good sense of humour and entertaining. I have enrolled in several other of his courses since. The course really made me think about my true talents and abilities in the animation process, and it encouraged me to hone those skills. Thank you, Mark.

The course is highly descriptive on what we need to know in the background for animation, which includes how to write the story of the animation in a clear concise way to help your peers know how to work with you, how to get them to speak in a certain way that not many people think about and to make your final results to be the most engaging to your public audience as possible. The instructor does an excellent job at making the course to be highly engaging to the students that decides to listen in and learn, he talk with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of humor that is properly timed to mock the natural bad habit students have, which has the effect of cheering us up and make us want to learn more. Thank you for making this course, I've always wanted to learn more about animation and never thought about the background of animation like the course covers, now I just have to spend some time on my animation ideas and bring them to life. Also thank you for making it clear that animation is a greater opportunity for me than I have previously thought, some things covered in the course took care of what I was fearing most in the production of animation (Which is not the animation part, but the part about voice since I am hard of hearing). Thank you.

The course is very clear and direct. Sometimes I wished for more details, more experiences from real projects, but then I remembered the course's point - You will not be a professional director after watching this course, but you will understand the basic principles that will lead you to a successful career. It will show you ways and options, and you will be better prepared for your dream and work. I really enjoyed it and recommend it!

Really bad narration. Confusing and often goes against his own lessons. Feels more like a low quality youtube video rather than a payed lesson.

This course is delivered in an entertaining and engaging way. I took this course as I produce animations and wanted to have a broader knowledge to the ways in which the industry of animation looks at itself. I have learnt a lot and feel a lot more empowered. I have a lot of techniques I can put into practise, and there are definitely lots of 'golden nuggets' of information that more than make up for the cost of the course.

This is a really great course. It covers all the basics and then some about the whole process of producing animation. I like how it focuses a lot on the pre-production, which is the most important part in any kind of movie production (in my opinion at least). I like the instructor's charisma, and when at first I would exhale from my nose and roll my eyes at the lil' jokes he made, at the end of the course I'd laugh just because I felt somewhat close to him. You know when you laugh at your friend's bad jokes just because? That's how it was. He presents the content in a clear way, and clearly understands what he's talking about. The section about directing voice actors was especially great, and gave me excelent insights on how to work on my own VA performance, as to how to direct my team's. For anyone who's interested, if you want to learn how to animate, don't look here. But if you want to learn how to make a good animation, then you should definitely take this course.

The instructor gives an engaging presentation laced with humor in this course that includes a comprehensive summary of the professional animation production pipeline. People who have been involved in aspects of film or animation will be familiar with most of the topics discussed, but the course does a good job of consolidating and organizing the entire production flow. The instructor is easy to follow, and his experience gives credibility to the presentation.

Great subject, great energy through the whole tutorial, very entertaining, and informative. I had great time watching it and listening to Mark's jokes. He is the best :) I do like him a lot as well as his sarcasm and acting mode, but at times was too much and distracted me from the seriousness of the lecture. In general: I had great time listening to Mark while I learn something new. Thank you!