TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be introduced to and learn the production process of animation and moving images within media 2) Will learn the basic concepts, principles and applications of the production process of animation and implement them in their own personal projects 3) Will be able to produce animated projects for artistic and commercial, animation, film, game and advertisement, geared towards varying media
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course focuses on the teaching of the basic concepts and principles of animation and the production process of moving images as well as the practical implementation of said principles. Allowing the student to gain practical knowledge of the production process of projects of animation and moving images, the aim is for the students to utilize this knowledge in the creation and design of their own original projects.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction: Scope and objectives of the course. 2nd Week The nature of motion and the motion-time relationship 3rd Week What is /Animation? History and types of animation. 4th Week Explaining the basic approaches and techniques in the creation of moving images. Exercise for the motion picture class: making a thaumatrope 5th Week Motion graphics, movie credits, and storyboarding. 6th Week Explaining the stop motion technique, showing and analyzing the stop motion movie sample 7th Week Designing movie credits with stop motion technique. Creating the film atmosphere (scene, setting, character creation, use of typography). Homework: Prepare the storyboard. 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Collection of materials, creation of stop motion models. 10th Week Starting the project. 11th Week Continuing projects and giving feedback 12th Week Continuing projects and giving feedback 13th Week Presentation, review and interpretation of final projects 14th Week Demonstrations and submission of completed projects.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Wigan, Mark. Basics Illustration 02: Sequential Images. AVA Publishing, 2007. Furniss, Maureen. The Animation Bible: A Guide to Everything - from Flipbooks to Flash. 2013. Priebe, Kenneth A. The advanced art of stop-motion animation. Cengage Learning, 2011. Krasner, Jon. Motion graphic design: applied history and aesthetics. Routledge, 2013.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Practice,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 5 Practice 1 5 Attendance 1 10 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 48 48 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 10 20 Total Workload 151 Total Workload / 30 5,03 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No