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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ACTING IN ANIMATION ANI445 - 2 + 2 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Elif Sipahioğlu
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Establishing connections with the basic art and design skills to other areas
2) Critical thinking
3) Thinking in context
4) Abilty to work in a particular subject limitations
5) In art design field ability to work interdisciplinary
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONIn this course students will experienced to move their figure in an animation. Learning proper acting will help the figures and animations to make more real.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Introduction.
2nd Week Differences between Actor and Animation Artist.
3rd Week Seven essential acting principles.
4th Week The psychological gesture and atmosphere.
5th Week Character performance.
6th Week Heroes and Villians: character structures and differences.
7th Week Movement and body language.
8th Week MIDTERM
9th Week Video referance.
10th Week Character tempo and rhythm.
11th Week Character analysis.
12th Week Laban movement theory.
13th Week Final Project practice.
14th Week Final Project practice.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGHooks, Ed (2011) Acting for Animators 3rd Edition. Routledge Publishing.
Chekhov, Michael (2014) To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting Martino Publishing.
Meisner, S., Longwell, D., Pollack, S (1987) Sanford Meisner On Acting, Vintage Press
Boleslavsky, Richard (2013) Acting: The First Six Lessons. Echo Point Books & Media; Enhanced ed.
Hagen, Uta (1991) A Challenge for the Actor . Charles Scribner's Sons; First Printing edition
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Case Study,Problem Solving,Practice,Project,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Assignment1215
Practice1215
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14228
Preparation for Final exam11010
Course hours14456
Preparation for Midterm exam188
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework12224
Workshop12224
Total Workload152
Total Workload / 305,06
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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