Animation Lab 3

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2015:

170 hours

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) Year 1 and Year 2

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Study in the forms of animation applied to screens in galleries, public spaces, live performances and on-line, games, downloadable and social and mobile formats questioning what is 'film and television'. Students in groups create a short animated exercise for a 'other' screen. Students may utilise and re-issue material created in exercises from other subjects.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:-

• demonstrate an understanding of projection art;
• demonstrate a knowledge of current, new and emerging screens;
• have a good knowledge of working in a cross disciplinary team;
• apply experimental production techniques to express screen-based ideas;
• demonstrate development in their creativity and technical skills through production.

• 2 Progress Report Presentations of Experiments +Investigations (equiv 1,500 words) - Week 4 (50%)
• Practical Experiment Folio (equiv 2500 words) - End of Semester (40%)
• Workshop Participation - Ongoing (10%)

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completing this subject students will be able to:-

• communicate in visual form;
• lateral thinking and problem solving;
• apply practical knowledge to practical problems.