Animation I

Code:

AI500

Acronym:

AI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Design

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	33	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	4,5	64,5	121,5
			4
DC	8	Licenciatura em Design de Comunicação	3	-	4,5	64,5	121,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction to animation filmmaking. Basic Rules for animation filmmaking - narrative, characters, imagery, animation expression in three essencial aspects: time, motion and metamorphosis. Introduction to animation film and video history - conventions, grammar, genres, techniques and narrative. The student should prove a creative attitude, critical consciousness of the potential and limits of the media used and the components of the video-cinematography. Based on the principle that animation is a collective effort with a common goal, team work is enhanced as well as the individual work.

Learning outcomes and competences

Be able to understand and work though the three key stages of animation production: pre-production, production and direction, and post-production.

Working method

Presencial

Program

In addition to lectures students will develop several exercises so that he experiments the main aspects of animation. 1. Conception and film production Pre-production, production and post production. Film writing, film grammar, montage and continuity 2. Technical and technological. Stop motion or frame by frame recording. shadow or silhouettes, sand, cutout, clay, drawing, pixilation, rotoscoping, etc. Sound and video editing. 3. Analysis of film and video. Metamorphosis. Film grammar and continuity. Editing. Linear narrative and non-linear. Sound and visual narrative. Film imagery and animation expression

Mandatory literature

ARIJON, Daniel; Grammar of the film language, Silman-James Press, 1976
Gilbert, Wayne; Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation, Anamie, 1999
Purves, Barry J.C.; Stop Motion: Passion, Process and Performance, Focal Press, 2007
White, Tony; Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator, Focal Press, 2006
White, Tony; How to Make Animated Films: Tony White's Complete Masterclass on the Traditional Principals of Animation, Focal Press, 2009
Williams, Richard; The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet, Faber & Faber, 2002
Wright, Jean Ann; Animation Writing and Development: From Script Development to Pitch, Focal Press, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures on film grammar and animation history. Practice animation film techniques: shooting, editing, writing, directing and production.

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Film studies
Humanities > Arts > Fine arts

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Effective participation in individual work and team work. Production of the exercises presented.

Calculation formula of final grade

Estimated average of all work undertaken. Effective participation.