Doug Crane - School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Professor: Doug Crane

Department: Animation

College: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: AND102053
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Knowledge of animation great. Attempting to teach it, no. Hard to understand, forgetful & rambles. Spending hours on ONE student DOES NOT work. Barely animated, spent almost the entire 1st half of semester on walk cycles & in the 2nd, learning things we should have did in the beginning. Very behind compared to other classes. Take at own risk. :/

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: ANI1025
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy, great animator, not so great instructor. A lot of light box use and clean animation. First year should be about roughs and learning to animate by flipping and not tracing. Spends too much times one-on-one while the rest of class gets no instruction. One must be self motivated.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ANI1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doug Crane is something of a legend in the animation industry. Yeah, he rambles on a bit while he's teaching - but his stories are amazing! I think he's worked with everyone in the business both in NY and California as well as overseas. He's always available after class and willing to go over a concept again as needed.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: AA
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doug crane has worked with everyone in the business. He knows his stuff! Just do the work, (he can't tolerate slackers) and you'll do fine. He is always available to stay after and explain a concept until you get it. A real gem.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: AND2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Slow, easy and all you have to do is follow the instructions which is mostly inbetweening the key frames you're given. Unless you skip classes and decided not to do any of the work it's hard to fail his class. Pretty much easy to breeze through and not much of a challenge. He also tends to treat the students like children which I could not stand.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ANI520
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Crane is the Man, He animate the intro movie to ThunderCats for goodness sakes.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: HIST1111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HE is the worst teacher ever. He doesn't teach at all. The semester is almost over, and all we did was just watching videos. If you don't wanna learn, then this is the class for you, but if you do, don't try other teacher

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ANIMAWRKS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Crane would be a really great teacher for you foundation class. Honestly his lessons involve nothing but in- betweening, but just from that alone I learned more from him than I did in my own foundation year with another professor. If you have him first year, don't take him the second, as he uses the same lesson plan.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ANM1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doug is a really good animator... but he can't teach. His class involves lots of inbetweening which leaves you with very little material for your reel. He also spends too much time on special effects (smoke, water, fire...ect) and there is hardly any character animation.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ANDAND
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doug is a decent animator, but a poor teacher. He is good if you are a freshman. He tends to repeat his lessons each year. Contradicts himself quite often and goes on long tangents. I learned nothing from him.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: AND1020
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

As an animator he's got everything needed, he certainly knows how to draw. When it comes to teaching however he falls a little short. He tends to have mixed clarity on his assignments. He also tends to go off and talk to one student for the entire class rather than split his attention between all the students. Brad (the TA) teaches very well tho.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ANM2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A jewel of a teacher -we are lucky to have someone who is so well respected in the industry. Maybe he is a bit talkative... but boy does he have some stories to tell! He has worked with just about everyone throughout his career. An asset to the school

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: 2NDYRANI
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

doug gets side tracked in his lessons at times. but he knows what hes doing years and years of experience have made him excellent at what he dose just be wearry he gets a bit ranty

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: PAINTING
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

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Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: AND2010D
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Doug is pretty awesome. Very helpful, and very nice, he explains everything clearly (though he does have a tendency to ramble on and on and on), and gives plenty of time to finish projects.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ANM
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Mr. Crane is awesome! This is by far the most useful animation class I've taken

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: 3YRANIMATION
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I LOVE THIS CLASS! Doug is the nicest, most entertaining, most helpful teacher. TAKE THIS CLASS.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANIMATION
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This man knows more about how things move than physics professors. Doug is a master animator who has worked on everything from Masters of the Universe to Fat Albert. He's extremely patient, funny and willing to learn new things himself. Wonderful man.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: AND3010A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

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