STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABTEC38

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Digital applications for visual arts

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Digital animation techniques

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course is meant as a professional preparation for 2D animation practices: starting from traditional drawing, over the course the students will deal with the many aspects of 2D digital animation, using specific software.

This course is made of a single module of 6 CFA credits = 6 ECTS

• 2D ANIMATION

Successful students will be able to:

• Create storyboards for animated audiovisuals

• Create simple 2D animations using a range of different techniques

2D animation techniques:

• Drawing

• 2D layout and illumination

• Point of view

• 2D rigging Foundations

• Use of professional software for cartoons

This is a theoretical/project based course.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual study or research

Assessment criteria may include:

• Graded exercises with a final oral exam

Further details on the specific tests will be given by each professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

• Stanchfield, W. (2009) Drawn to Life: 20 golden years of Disney master classes, Vol 1. Boston: Focal Press/Elsevier.

• Stanchfield, W. (2009) Drawn to Life: 20 golden years of Disney master classes, Vol 2. Oxford, England: Focal Press.

• Williams, R.E. (2009) The Animator’s survival kit, Faber and Faber.

• White T., (2006) Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator, Focal Press.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

More books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.