AUCB Study Abroad
Study Abroad Short Courses
Contextualising the Art of Animation
Study Abroad Animation Production Course Modules
Credit Points: 15
Study Time: 150 Hours
This unit focuses on critical and analytical considerations of the art of animation practice through key twentieth to twenty-first century theoretical developments. This unit gives you the opportunity to use the academic skills and under-standing acquired in the Autumn Term unit (3 October - 9 December 2011), Animation Research and Critical Theory, and will prepare you for more in-depth study.
Indicative Outline Syllabus
- Key critical theories and debates as relevant to animation
- Referencing and reinterpreting the past
- Notions of postmodernism
- Decoding visual culture
- Interpreting reality
- Storytelling
Through lectures; seminars; tutorials; screenings and independent study.
A2 To extend and deepen your knowledge and understanding of historical constructs in relation to contemporary animation.
A3 To develop skills required for critical analysis and reflection.
On completion of this unit you will be able to:
LO1 Demonstrate your competence and confidence in research, essay writing and academic conventions.
LO2 Demonstrate your understanding of contemporary practice in relation to historical constructs.
LO3 Demonstrate your skills in critical analysis and reflection.
Reference Material
The selection of books will vary according to your individual interests and chosen area of study. Unit tutors will provide you with guidance regarding key and recommended reference material.
Key
Brink-Budgen, R. (2000) Critical thinking for students - learn the skills of critical assessment and effective argument. Oxford: How to Books Ltd.
Strinati, D. (1996) An introduction to theories of popular culture. London: Routledge.
Woods, T. (1999) Beginning Postmodernism. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Recommended
Huyssen, A. (1986) After the great divide: modernism, mass culture, postmodernism. London: Macmillan.
Kellner, D. (1995) Media Culture London: Routledge.
