STUDY PROGRAMME
Media Design and Multimedia Arts

AFAM CODE
ABTEC40

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Multimedia design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Multimedia languages

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This course provides theoretical-practical skills to understand the most relevant aspects of the animation language evolution. The different animation languages will be covered in depth, with research and application of the most meaningful techniques and procedures aimed at creating an animation movie: stop-motion film, 2D digital animation and 3D animated objects.

The programme grants 8 credits, divided as follows:

• ANIMATION STUDIES 1: 4 CFA

• ADVANCED ANIMATION TECHNIQUES: 4 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

• Understand and compose animation styles and languages

• Create their own animation project

• Apply methods for the creation of their own project

• Acquire advanced skills in 2D and 3D animation techniques

ANIMATION STUDIES 1:

• Analysis of animation works

• Crucial phases of animation cinema

• Practices and languages of animation

ADVANCED ANIMATION TECHNIQUES:

• Live action and animation integration

• Stop-motion techniques

• 2D characters and objects animation

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:

• Completion of comprehensive projects

• Graded exercises with a final 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.

• Chopine, A. (2011) 3D Art Essentials: The Fundamentals of 3D

• Modeling, Texturing, and Animation. Oxford: Focal Press.

• 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.

• White T., (2006) Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical

• Techniques for the Digital Animator, Focal Press.

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

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

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