COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANIMATION DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRB 3042 ANIMATION DESIGN 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

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

Course Objective

Transforming the short story based on the students created their own unique style of drawing and storyboard which colored by hand or in digital programs in to an animation with sound and effects.

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 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 and shooting of line test.
6 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).
7 Application of story and storyboard with sound and visual effects.
8 Combining the stopmotion shootings, which has sounds and effects, with the aid of simple image montage programs and Photoshop and evaluation.
9 Study of animation drawing on light table and shooting of line test. Montage of Line test shootings.
10 Preparation of clean drawings and coloring by hand.
11 Preparation of clean drawings and coloring by hand/digital program.
12 Preparation of clean drawings and coloring by hand/digital program. Finalizing the coloration.
13 Addition of sound and effects to the assembled colored drawings.
14 Addition of sound and effects to the assembled colored drawings.

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, digital and analog animation styles, 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
Friday, between 13:30 to 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preperations before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, sketching etc.) 14 3 42
Preperations for presentation 2 8 16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 114

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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