STUDY PROGRAMME
Media Design and Multimedia Arts

AFAM CODE
ABTEC40

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Multimedia design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Multimedia design

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course aims at enhancing the necessary skills to conceive and carry out animation projects, guiding the students into the research of their personal poetics. Through the analysis of case histories in the contemporary production, the students create consistent projects in terms of dramaturgy, stylistic research, and direction. On the 3D animation module the students acquire technical skills to animate 3D models, going through the phases of rigging, lighting, and rendering.

The programme grants 6 credits, divided as follows:

• 3D ANIMATION: 3 CFA

• ANIMATION DIRECTING: 3 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

• Create 3D animations from existing models

• Understand 3D animation workflows and pipelines

• Carry out a critical analysis of contemporary productions

• Conceive and pre-visualise animation authorial projects

• Create a scene for an animation short-film

3D ANIMATION:

• 3D animation techniques

• 3D workflow and pipeline

• Rigging

• Lighting

• Rendering

• Use of 3D animation software

ANIMATION DIRECTING:

• Authorial research

• Writing for animation cinema

• Case study analysis from the contemporary animation cinema production

• Concept design

This is a theoretical/project based course.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Graded exercises

• Completion of a project

• Oral exam

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

The final grade will result from the weighted average of the programme modules.

Books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.