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Animation Studio 3A (FLTV30023)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 25On Campus (Southbank)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
Availability | Semester 1 |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Building from Animation Studio 2B, this subject extends skills and knowledge to an advanced level in concept research and development, screenwriting, storyboarding, character and world design, animation performance, animation testing and pre-production planning.
Students will research, write, develop and design an original animation project to go into production in Semester 2, creating a pre-production folio, a screenplay and an animatic to a professional standard that will be production ready by the end of semester.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- demonstrate advanced research skills for an animation production;
- demonstrate the ability to analyse and critically evaluate animation concepts, scripts and design in development;
- design a methodical pre-production workflow bringing an idea from concept to production readiness;
- prepare and organise pre-production materials to brief a creative team;
- devise animation experiments that test techniques and tools;
- create characters, worlds, scenes and actions expressed through a screenplay and storyboard;
- review screenplays and storyboards to be production ready.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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FLTV20013 | Animation Lab 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
FLTV20016 | Animation Studio 2B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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FLTV30019 | Animation Research 3 | Not available in 2024 |
12.5 |
FLTV30020 | Animation Studio 3 | Not available in 2024 |
50 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Folio of pre-production exercises requiring approximately 60 hours of work to complete.
| Week 6 | 30% |
Short screenplay requiring approximately 60 hours of work to complete.
| Week 9 | 35% |
Practical project of an animatic requiring approximately 60 hours of work to complete
| Week 12 | 35% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes and submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinators Christie Widiarto and Rosalie Osman Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 84 hours, comprising two 3.5-hour workshops per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 408 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
Last updated: 3 November 2022