COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL EFFECTS TECHNIQUES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CBS 3008 SPECIAL EFFECTS TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Cartoon Film and Animation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN ERGIN

Offered to

Animation Film Design and Directing
Cartoon Film and Animation
Digital Arts

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain familiarity and proficiency in post-production processes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to set extentions
2 Working with moving images and applying set extentions
3 Introduction to planar tracking and shooting for planar tracking
4 Planar tracking applications
5 Introduction to greenscreen keying, shooting a greenscreen scene
6 An overview of different keying methods and special cases
7 Processing greenscreen footage
8 A brief introduction to projection mapping
9 An overview of projection mapping techniques and shooting for mapping
10 Projection mapping applications
11 Introduction to particle simulations
12 An overview of different applications of particle simulations
13 A very brief introduction to scripting and coding for animation
14 A brief introduction to procedural animation

Recomended or Required Reading

Dijital Video ile Sinema (Ilker Canikligil, Alfa Yayinlari)
Cinefex (Periodical, Cinefex Publishing)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.50 + ASG * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The final grade will be based on assignments (50%) and the final project (50%) .

Assessment Criteria

For homeworks and the midterm, students are expected to complete the exercises assignedto them. Students will be graded on their level of competency. For the final project, students are expected to develop a project of their own, and apply the skills they have practiced in lectures. In evaluation of these projects, their level of difficulty and creativity will be taken into account, as well as
students' competency in implementing the techniques covered in lectures. Assignments and projects submitted past the announced deadlines will not be accepted

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are required to attend at least 70% of all lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.ergin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tue, 12:00-12:30 pm

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 5 70
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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