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Program of Cartoon and Animation

ANI509

VISUAL PERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION

Course Code
ANI509
Semester
Second Term (Spring)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
2
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study1
SemesterSecond Term (Spring)
ECTS2
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Establishing connections with the basic art and design skills to other areas
  2. Ability to see in artistic and creative way
  3. Critical thinking
  4. Thinking in context
  5. Abilty to work in a particular subject limitations
  6. Expressing conceptual thinking and thoughts verbally and visually.
  7. Solving design problems and generating orginal ideas
  8. Ability to comply with existing laws and regulations and to take ethical responsibility
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionIn this course students will be learned symbols, icons which are very important to creating visual communications. Students by seeing and understanding these visual perception elements in animations they will understand how to effect spectator.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week The Journey of Human Existence in Nature, Understanding Architecture
2nd Week Art and Image, Space and Art
3rd Week New Horizons in Art, The 19th Century and a Changing World, Realism, The Birth of Modern Art
4th Week The Story of Still and Moving Images, Light, Shadow, and Movement, The Invention of Photography, Image and Movement, The Invention of Cinema
5th Week Visual Literacy, Interpreting What is Seen, Showing Instead of Telling, Visual Communication
6th Week Our Digitalized World, Writing, Alphabet and Communication, Virtual Reality
7th Week MIDTERM
8th Week Semiotics, Basic Principles of Semiotics, Literature and Semiotics
9th Week Visual Semiotics, Visual Indicators
10th Week Cinema as a Semiotic Code
11th Week Stages of the Semiotic Film Analysis Method
12th Week PRESENTATION
13th Week PRESENTATION
14th Week PRESENTATION
Recommended or Required ReadingSemboller ve İşaretler, Kathryn Wilkinson, Alfa Yayıncılık
Türk Sembolleri, Gözde Sazak, İlgi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık
Mitolojiler ve Semboller, Mehmet Ateş, Milenyum Yayınları
Semboller, F. Zen, Destek Yayınları
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Presentation
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Case Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 30
Assignment 2 30
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 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 1 14
Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 6 6
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 2 2 4
Total Work Load64
Total Work Load / 30 (h)2.13
ECTS Credit of the Course2
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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