DISC240-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Animation Project I

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

In this project course, students will produce a creative animation output, with scaffolded support from an academic supervisor. Students will work in groups to develop a script, including characters and scenes, for a short animation. They will use techniques such as story boarding to plan out their animation, using concepts from film such as staging, framing, blocking and posing to decide what visual assets need to be created for their animation. Students will design and create any visual assets, finding and creating reference materials for all the assets in the scene. For animated objects, students will locate and create animated reference materials, and consider how structure, motion, physics and timing will bring these objects to life and give them a sense of personality. Finally, the students will bring together all these aspects into a final short animation. At each stage of the process, students will be required to discuss, critique, reflect, and iterate on their own work and the work of their group mates.

Prerequisites

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 A8 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Computer Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 15:00 - 18:00 Len Lye 201 Computer Lab
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Computer Lab B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 West 412 Computer Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-18/10)
Len Lye 201 Computer Lab 2 (19/7-23/8, 13/9-18/10)
Len Lye 201 Computer Lab (19/7-23/8, 13/9-18/10)
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Contact Person

Oana Jones

Assessment

A student must submit all assignments in the course. A minimum grade of 25% in each assignment is required to pass this course (assignments receiving a minimum of 25% will receive a "complete" mark; those below 25% will receive an incomplete mark). Students who fail to meet the 25% threshold / receive an incomplete mark may improve their work based on the feedback they are given and resubmit their assignment for grading.

For resubmitted assignments, the original assignment criteria will be used. A student who then meets the 25% threshold or higher in their resubmission will be awarded a "complete" score, but no additional points will be awarded towards their final grade.

Notes

In this project course, students will produce a creative animation output, with scaffolded support from an academic supervisor. Students will work to develop a showpiece project that applies the knowledge they have acquired through a deep dive into a specialisation in an animation pipeline. They will use techniques from areas of 2D animation, 3D animation and pre/post production processes to expand their knowledge in their chosen specialist area . Finally, the students will bring together all these aspects into a 1 hour masterclass for their peers. At each stage of the process, students will be required to discuss, critique, reflect, and iterate on their own work and the work of others.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,059.00

International fee $6,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Product Design .

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