COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Digital Design in Motion
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
VCD 428
Fall/Spring
2
2
3
4
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course aims at teaching the technical and conseptual fundementals of video and its production in the frame of visual comunication design requirements; to imagine and frame narratives as moving images; tocreate storyboard and animatics to present their visual ideas.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • create storyboards and animatics using mixed media techniques to communicate their animation, motion graphics and video project ideas
  • to re-create the production steps of any motion project in real life commercial scenarios
  • to edit, reformat and prepare moving images for the final presentation medium
  • to conceptualize and create narratives within moving image techniques and concepts
  • to create storyboard and animations to express their moving image projects
Course Description This course covers the concepts and techniques for storyboards and animatics which are the first steps of any motion graphic project. The students will learn to communicate their ideas more effectively by visualizing their ideas with the help of storyboards and animatics for any motion graphic project before production.
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Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Essential techniques and concepts
2 Rotoscoping I
3 Rotoscoping II
4 Project 1: capture a ‘moment’ on nearby streets, storify it and create a simple animatic.
5 Project 1: Add an opening scene, motion graphics & text, add closing scenes. Add audio
6 Project 2: Idea development and storyboarding for a imaginary Tv show of students choice.
7 Project 2: storyboarding
8 Project 2: animatics
9 Project 3: develop and idea for the title sequence of your selected movie
10 Project 3: create an animatic for the title sequence. Class discussion for project 4
11 Project 4: scenario
12 Project 4: storyboard
13 Project 4: animatic
14 Complete your project 4 animatic.
15 Preview of the course
16 Final Exam
Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
20
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
4
70
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
32
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
2
Study Hours Out of Class
0
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
2
4
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
4
9
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
    Total
108

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to apply the fundamental principles of design in creating visual narratives and messages, using physical and digital media,

X
2

To attain complex problem-solving skills, using various design methods,

X
3

To have a clear understanding of creative/art direction,

X
4

To be able to use the advanced theoretical and applied knowledge attained in the areas of Visual Communication Design,

X
5

To act with social and ethical awareness and to take responsibility, both individually and collectively, for developing aesthetic and effective design solutions,

X
6

To be able to investigate, interpret and evaluate the developments on Visual Communication Design in the world and in Turkey,

X
7

To have an advanced level of knowledge and experience in producing/editing still and moving images,

X
8

To attain proficiency in using related software, media, and communication technologies,

X
9

To gain reflexive and critical thinking abilities,

X
10

To undertake self-directed and continuous education in the discipline, to develop a lifelong learning attitude,

X
11

To be able to collect data in the areas of Visual Communication Design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1),

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently,

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest