| Course Name | Stop Motion Animation |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDM 307 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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| Course Language | English | ||||||||
| Course Type | Elective | ||||||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | ||||||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | ||||||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Critical feedbackLecture / PresentationField work/Application | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | ||||||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | ||||||||
| Course Objectives | The course is designed to expand students' basic experience in animation theory, videography and editing. The course examines and applies animation in connection with both cinema and fine arts. The course also helps students to add new works in their portfolio. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The aim of this course is to teach students the basics of stop motion animation both historically and conceptually. The course also helps students to produce their own animations with applied lessons. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to produce animated short films for their own portfolios by learning to see the animation theory from an object oriented view. |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to class | |
| 2 | History of stop motion technique and concept of tricky cinema | |
| 3 | 12 Princibles of Animation | |
| 4 | Motion Workshop I: Flipbook Workshop / Film Demonstration | |
| 5 | Motion Workshop II: Claymotion / Film Demonstration | |
| 6 | Project Workshop I: Plot & Storyboard | |
| 7 | Project Workshop II: Commentary on first shots | |
| 8 | Midterm | Delivering of a 30 seconds animation. |
| 9 | Digital Techiniques of Stop Motion Animation | |
| 10 | Project Workshop III: Developing a script for one-minute stop motion film | |
| 11 | Project Workshop IV: Preparing Moodboard | |
| 12 | Film Demonstration / Discussion on storyboard desings and first shots | |
| 13 | Final evaulation of projects | |
| 14 | Final | Delivering of a 1 minute stop motion film |
| 15 | Evaluation | |
| 16 | Evaluation |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Geoffrey Nowell-Smith - The Oxford History of World Cinema |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 50 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 40 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 2 | 60 |
| Total |
| 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 | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 36 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 50 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | |||||
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