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Program of Cartoon and Animation

ANI421

3D ANIMATION STUDIO III

Course Code
ANI421
Semester
Seventh Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
2 + 4
ECTS
6
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study4
SemesterSeventh Term (Fall)
ECTS6
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Revealing original works with skills of basic art and design
  2. Establishing connections with the basic art and design skills to other areas
  3. Ability to see in artistic and creative way
  4. Two and three dimensional thinking
  5. Transferin three to two dimensional and two to three dimension
  6. Expressing thoughts with three dimensional
  7. Critical thinking
  8. Thinking in context
  9. Abilty to work in a particular subject limitations
  10. Expressing conceptual thinking and thoughts verbally and visually.
  11. Solving design problems and generating orginal ideas
  12. Ability to comply with existing laws and regulations and to take ethical responsibility
  13. Developing and monitoring the changing technology and choosing the appropriate self
  14. Having the basic technical and application information regarding cinematography and transfering these knowledges while filming
  15. Having the basic technical and application information about sound and voiceover and transfering these knowledges while filming
  16. To be able to make the moving images by effects
  17. Having the basic principles while filming an animation and transfering these knowledges while filming
  18. Designing 3 d animation film process with all details
  19. In art design field ability to work interdisciplinary
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesYes(ANI324)
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsANIMATION PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND VIDEO EDITING, ORGANIC AND HARD SURFACE MODELING, CINEMATIC NARRATIVE AND STORYBOARDING, CHARACTER AND SCENE DESIGN, SOUND AND VOICEOVER TECHNIQUES, VISUAL EFFECT DYNAMICS
Course DescriptionIn this course, students are creating a 3D animated film
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction to the Course
2nd Week Finding Ideas for a Short Animated Film
3rd Week Story and Concept Design
4th Week Screenplay, Character, and Environment Design
5th Week Screenplay and Lined Script
6th Week Storyboard
7th Week Animatic
8th Week MIDTERM
9th Week Modeling
10th Week Modeling
11th Week Modeling
12th Week Rigging
13th Week Rigging
14th Week General Evaluation
Recommended or Required ReadingAndy Beane - 3D Animation Essentials. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012.
Jon Krasner - Motion Graphic Design & Fine Art Animation. Elsevier, Focal Press, 2004.
Sergei Eisenstein - Kısa Film Senaryosu. Agora Kitaplığı, 2008.
William Vaughan - Digital Modeling. New Riders, 2012.
Jeremy Birn - Digital Lighting and Rendering, (3rd edition). New Riders, 2014.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Questions/Answers
  • Problem Solving
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 1 15
Practice 7 15
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 15 15
Course hours 14 6 84
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 9 9
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 1 1
Homework 7 3 21
Workshop 7 3 21
Total Work Load180
Total Work Load / 30 (h)6
ECTS Credit of the Course6
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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