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| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| VCD1118 | Introduction to Animation | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Must Course |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İPEK TORUN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | The course focuses on teaching the necessary knowledge of basic movement and principles to make an animation film. Besides providing information about the techniques of animation, the course also provides the necessary technical information to be published in the movie medium. At the same time the students are expected to make storyboard and synchronization works. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1) Recognize the essentials of animation 2) Make connections between the two-dimensional graphic members and time-based media 3) Recognize the relations between time and audience 4) Implement a concept oriented design for time-based media 5) Provide the rhythm of comprehension and skills for time-based media 6) Analysis of movement with “line” and gain skills to synthesize this analysis 7) Gain the ability to visualize movement with an aesthetic design and technique, while considering the effects of movement on the viewer 8) Gain the ability to synchronize visual and sound 9) Gain the creative skills to use visual material to create a rich story 10) Gain the ability to think comparatively, analyse, practice and conclude in time-based design |
| The course content includes the basic exercises of animation such as ball bouncing, pendulum, walking, running, jumping, pushing and pulling, along with the explanation of 12 principles of animation with examples. In addition, the stages related to the design and application process of animation such as script writing, storyboarding, and animatics are also included. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Line – researches of rhythm at line | |
| 2) | Ball Bounce | |
| 3) | Walking of a man from sidelong | |
| 4) | running of a man from sidelong | |
| 5) | Lypsinc-sound and synchronization | |
| 6) | Metamorphosis | |
| 7) | Dog walking of a dog from sidelong | |
| 8) | Effects of animation – explosion, strike, thunder lightning | |
| 9) | Flying of a bird from sidelong | |
| 10) | Jumping of a man from sidelong | |
| 11) | Storyboarding from previous homeworks to create a clip | |
| 12) | Clip application works | |
| 13) | Clip uygulama çalışmaları | |
| 14) | Clip application works and sound synchronization |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, "Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life" |
| References: | Preston Blair, ‘How to Animate Film Cartoons’ John Halas and B. Privett, ‘How to Cartoon’ Richard Williams, ‘The Animator’s Survival Kit’ |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Application | 5 | % 15 |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | % 15 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 56 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 56 |
| Homework Assignments | 10 | 40 |
| Final | 1 | 4 |
| Total Workload | 156 | |
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | 5 |
| 2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | 5 |
| 3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | 5 |
| 4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | 2 |
| 5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | 4 |
| 6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | 5 |
| 7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | 3 |
| 8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | 2 |
| 9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | 3 |
| 10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | 2 |
| 11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | 4 |
| 12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | 1 |
| 13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | 4 |
| 14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 4 |