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Unit of Study COMM2003 - Animation Theory and Practice (2021)

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    Familiarity with industry standard design software would be an advantage.

Unit description

Develops students' knowledge of the theory and practice of digital multimedia communication and production. Students apply previously learned skills in digital media by integrating text, still images, audio, video and animation, to the planning and development of a basic online animated production.

Unit content

Animation introduction, theory and techniques overview
Ideas generation & story development
Visual style & character design
The animation production process
Sound Design
The origins of animation
21st-century animation
Projection Mapping
Interactive, Non-linear and Experimental animation

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Location Domestic International
Online
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe and critically analyse theoretical and practical issues involved in multimedia communication and production

demonstrate skills in software packages required for producing a multimedia product

understand and demonstrate concepts of developing and constructing time-based media projects

develop a capacity for self-learning and research in the production of a multimedia project

demonstrate skills in project management of a multimedia project.

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