Course: Specifics of Animated Communication

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Course title Specifics of Animated Communication
Course code KAAT/DXSAC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Slivka Ondrej, prof. ak. mal. ArtD.
Course content
Basic topics: - history of stories told by images, - design trends in the development of animated film, - target groups of present-day animated works, - developmental psychology of the child spectator, - book illustrations and animated films, - specifics of the design component of animated works.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecturing, Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Graduate will acquire theoretical knowledges and practical experiences in sphere of animation. Get an overview of exceptional Czech and Slovak animated films and their creators.
Graduate will acquire theoretical knowledges and practical experiences in sphere of animation. Get an overview of exceptional Czech and Slovak animated films and their creators.
Even the students from the studios that do not deal directly with audiovisuals will learn the "film language" of individual genres.
Even the students from the studios that do not deal directly with audiovisuals will learn the "film language" of individual genres.
He can "read" body language.
He can "read" body language.
He had learned the rules of animation and ways to break them.
He had learned the rules of animation and ways to break them.
He can define the differences in the sound design of animated and feature films.
He can define the differences in the sound design of animated and feature films.
Skills
He (she) can use his (her) theoretical knowledge of non-verbal communication and body language in the animation.
He (she) can use his (her) theoretical knowledge of non-verbal communication and body language in the animation.
He can translate the principle of staging and exaggeration into expressive drawing and storytelling.
He can translate the principle of staging and exaggeration into expressive drawing and storytelling.
He can distinguish which story is suitable for an animated film and vice versa, which is not.
He can distinguish which story is suitable for an animated film and vice versa, which is not.
He can decide for which animation technique which story is suitable.
He can decide for which animation technique which story is suitable.
He can work as an image or sound designer in an animated film.
He can work as an image or sound designer in an animated film.
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Conversation
Analysis of the student's performance
Conversation
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • Anima Mundi / Julius Wiedemann. Animation Now. Kolín / R., Taschen, 2007. ISBN 978-3-8228-3789-4.


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