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Class Narrative Language in Film and Animation

  • Presentation

    Presentation

    In this classes, students watch films and do their analysis and criticism, 
    according to theoretical principles of editing, composition and rhythm.
    Students acquire the capacity for critical thinking in the face of narrative visual content. 
    In parallel, the students apply this knowledge in the practical construction of 
    storyboard and animatique, for the production of short animation shorts of mixed technique,
     where the interest in conducting the audio visual narrative prevails, in terms of framing and rhythms, 
    essential to the construction of a movie.
  • Code

    Code

    ULHT613-17031
  • Syllabus

    Syllabus

    Introduction to the basics of cinematographic language applied to cinema and animation cinema.
    
    The construction of the image. The framework, the diegetic and non-diegetic space.
     The plan and the sequence. Basic notions of continuity and assembly. Building point of view.
    
    Basic notions of narrative construction. The linear narrative and the non-linear narrative.
    
    The language of cinema as a model of representation of reality. Transparency and aesthetics.
    
    Use of storyboard and animatic as essential elements for planning in animation cinema.
    
    Introduction to the pre-production stages of an animated short film; The importance o
    f planning and subdividing tasks. Key drawings and intervals.
  • Objectives

    Objectives

    Knowledge development about cinematographic language and its application to animation cinema.
    
    Develop basic knowledge about the production of short films from storyboard and animatic.
    
    At the end of the semester the student should be able to:
    
    - know how to analyze the essential components of a short film (be it real image or animation);
    
    - know how to give an informed opinion about the cinematographic construction of a film, looking at
     its technical and conceptual components;
    
    - know how to define strategies to develop an original concept based on basic elements such 
    as a drawing, photo or text;
    
    - know how to develop a storyboard and animatic that communicate original concepts;
    
    - define a visual strategy and its technical application in the service of a specific concept.
  • References

    References

    DANCYGER, Ken (2002) ¿ The Technique of film and Video Editing. New York: Focal Press

    FURNISS, Maureen (1999) ¿ Art in Motion. John Libbey

    HALAS, John & Whitaker, Harold (2009) ¿ Timing for Animation. Burlington: Focal Press

    KATZ, Steven (1991) ¿ Film Directing Shot by Shot ¿ Visualizing from concept to Screen. Michael Wiese Productions

    LAYBORNE, Kit (1998) ¿ The Animation Book. Crown Publications

    RABIGER, Michael (2003) ¿ Directing, Film Techniques and Aesthetics. New York: Focal Press

    RUSSETT & Starr (1988) ¿ Experimental Animation. Da Capo

    SULLIVAN, Karen, Gary Schumer e Kate Alexander (2008) ¿ Ideas for the Animated Short Finding and Building Stories. Burlington: Focal Press

    WELLS, Paul (2006) ¿ The Fundamentals of Animation. AVA Publishing

    WILLIAMS, Richard (2009) ¿ The Animator¿s Survival Kit. London: Faber & Faber

     

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