STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABPR35

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Direction

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Direction 3

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course is divided into two modules, languages of animation 2 and thesis workshop

The purpose of the course is for the students to develop professional skills in conceiving and carrying out audiovisual and animation projects. Through the analysis of works and authors of contemporary animation films in the direction module, the students experiment with and define the poetics that best presents, from an artistic and productive point of view, their final work. The course also aims at providing the students with better knowledge of the contemporary cinema production and distribution industry, as well as of the organizational and productive skills required in the professional context.

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

• LANGUAGES OF ANIMATION 2: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

• THESIS WORKSHOP: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

Successful students will be able to:

• Present their authorial audiovisual project, linked with the final thesis project

• Identify expressive solutions that are consistent with the chosen poetics

• Convey their artistic ideas to an extended team of collaborators

• Manage the production of audiovisual projects

• Understand the financing strategies for audiovisual projects

• Use project management principles in audiovisual production

LANGUAGES OF ANIMATION 2: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

• Analysis of the poetics of chosen authors in the contemporary animation film industry.

• Analysis of relevant works

• Stylistic research

• Use of professional software for cartoons

THESIS WORKSHOP: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

• Research and conception of the Thesis project

• Presentation of the script and direction dossier for the thesis project

• Budgeting and financing

• Festivals and distribution

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Over the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the themes 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:

• Project

• Presentation of the project

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.

Biondi, C. (2001) Come si produce un film, vol I, II, III, IV, Dino Audino Editore.

Honthaner, E.L. (2010) The Complete Film Production Handbook, 4th Edition, Routledge.

Tarkovskij, A. (2012) La forma dell’anima: il cinema e la ricerca dell’assoluto, BUR.

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

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