STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABPR35

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Direction

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Direction 2

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course provides the students with the necessary knowledge of direction to create audiovisual stories experimenting with different styles: drama and comedy. Also, the course provides theoretical-practical skills to capture the most relevant aspects of the evolution of the animation language, investigating and implementing the most significant techniques and procedures to create professional-quality products. In particular, the students will learn stop-motion and advanced 2D digital animation.

The total credits for this course are 8, divided as follows:

• DIRECTION 2: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

• LANGUAGES OF ANIMATION 1: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

Successful students will be able to:

• Know and compose styles and languages of animation

• Devise an animation project

• Implement a methodology to create personal projects

• Acquire advanced skills in 2D animation techniques

DIRECTION 2:

• Direction in animation

• Authorial research

• Writing for animation cinema

• Stylistic research

• Character and background design

LANGUAGES OF ANIMATION 1:

• Practices and languages of animation

• Study of animation works

• Fundamental stages of animation cinema

• Analysis of case studies in the contemporary animation cinema

• Stop motion techniques

• Live action and animation

• Digital animation of 2D characters and objects

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:

Carrying out a project

Paper submission

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.

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