• Offered by School of Art and Design
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Visual Arts
  • Areas of interest Visual Arts, Creative Arts
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Beck Davis
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in Second Semester 2021
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In this course students explore animation or video in relation to non-linear and abstract imagery. The course introduces skills and technologies in compositing and projection to enable students to independently develop, in response to set projects, integrated works in animation or video. A studio theory component encourages students to critically engage with contextual and theoretical knowledge and incorporate this into their individual projects. Workplace health and safety instruction is an integral part of this course. This topic-based course alternates over two years (odd and even years). In odd years, the course focuses on light and colour. Even years will investigate form and space.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Competently utilise and integrate a range of higher level skills relevant to  3D and 2D animation in response to set tasks
  2. Independently explore the potential of technologies and equipment appropriate to 3D and 2D animation
  3. Independently and collaboratively experiment with the application of concepts and processes in response to a professional brief in relation to 3D and 2D animation
  4. Critically engage with historical and theoretical contexts in relation to 3D and 2D animation

Other Information

Students may enrol in this course more than once. This course may be taken up to two times for a maximum of 12 units credit. This course can only be counted once towards a major

Indicative Assessment

Portfolio of studio work (80%) Learning Outcomes 1-4
Journal/Documentation/Studio Theory presentation (20%) [Equivalent to approx. 2000 words] Learning Outcomes 2 - 4

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
 

The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.

Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact over 12 weeks: lectures, tutorials, critiques and supervised studio practice; and
b) 82 hours of independent studio practice, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed at least one of the following courses: ARTV1103, ARTV1104, ARTV2059, ARTV2615 or ARTV2617. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed any of the following courses: ARTV2107, DART2102 or DART2103.

Majors

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
12
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $3180
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $4890
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
Light and Colour
5631 26 Jul 2021 02 Aug 2021 14 Sep 2021 29 Oct 2021 In Person View

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