COURSE UNIT TITLE

: 2D ANIMATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRB 4031 2D ANIMATION ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Illustration and Printmaking

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ENGIN DOĞAN

Offered to

Sound Editing and Cinematography
Carpet - Rugs and Old Fabric Patterns
Play Writing - Dramaturgy
Performance Arts
Accessory Design
Carpet, Rug and Traditional Fabric Designs
Stage Design
Music Sciences
Animation Film Design and Directing
Film Design and Directing
Ceramic and Glass Design
Illustration and Printmaking
Musicology
Film Design and Directing
Art of Illumination
Photography
Painting
Sculpture
Cartoon Film and Animation
Tile Design and Restoration
Ancient Turkish Calligraphy
Textile Design
Film Design and Screenwriting
Restorations of Ancient Tile
Fashion Clothing Design
Graphic Design
Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Ceramic and Glass
Film Design and Screenwriting
Music Technology
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

Aim of the course is to make student able to create a unique animation character with his/her own style and design a storyboard from a text.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to gain his/her own drawing style
2   Will be able to produce characters easy for animation
3   Will be able to write his/her own short animation script
4   Will be able to transform his/her script in to an animation
5   Will be able to have the theoretical knowledge about different kinds of animation styles and maners
6   Will be able to fallow the area and be open minded
7   Will be able to have sufficient knowledge about usage of different materials, technology and softwares
8   Will be able to gain time management, studying in studio and work discipline.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Seminar: Giving general information about animation and animation history with the help of. Examples of different styles and studios.
2 Seminar: Information about preparation of storyboard and shooting ruler with examples. Story and storyboard making practice for min 1:00 max 3.30-minute line animation.
3 Seminar: Information on the basic animation techniques and character animation samples Character animating practice. Finalizing the story and storyboard practice.
4 Study of animation drawing on light table.
5 Study of animation drawing on light table.
6 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test.
7 Seminar: Information about stopmotion animation examples from different styles and studios. Story and storyboard making practice for short animation (min one and a half minute).
8 Application of story and storyboard.
9 Combining the stopmotion shootings with the aid of simple image montage programs and Photoshop and evaluation.
10 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test.
11 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test.
12 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test.
13 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test.
14 Montage of the line test shootings and finalizing the animation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Canlandırma Tekniği Ders Notları (1) (Erim Özen - Anadolu Üniversitesi)
Movements in Animation, Brian G.D. Salt, Elsevier, 1976
Animator's Survival Kit, Expanded Edition: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer,; Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators, Richard Williams, Faber&Faber, 2009
Lighting For Location Motion Pictures, Alan J.Ritsko, Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S., 1980
Cracking Animation The Arrdman Book of 3-D Animation , Peter Lord, Brain Sibley, Nick Park, Thames & Hudson, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Applications aided with the home assignments, studio studies, presentations and drawing works.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + ASG * 0.70


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To coming prepared for classes;
To produce original works;
Finalizing the works within the deadlines;
Submitting the projects and works on time;
Attending the studio studies.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Both theoretical ad practical lectures;
Fallowing the rules given by the lecturer.
Coming to course prepared.
Bringing works and materials to the course.
Finalizing the applications within the deadlines.
Submitting the projects and assignments on time.
Attending at least eighty percent of the studio studies.
The University Discipline Regulations will punish all kinds of duplications or replications and illegal citations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

engin.dogan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, between 10:30 to 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Other (watching artwork belong to visual arts) 14 1 14
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

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