The Camera in Animated Film 2

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Subject guarantor:

Ivan VÍT

Name of lecturer(s):

Ivan VÍT

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

To introduce students with the particular camera resources in animated film in the creative and technical sense.

The student should be able, upon completion, to professionally communicate with colleagues in post-production in future creations.

As well the lectures will guide the students to a better understanding of the cameraman's work with which they will have future contact. This enables better orientation in the potential and limits in animated image creation.

Mode of study:

Instruction is through lectures with practical examples of the technology and techniques in tha Animation People film studio.

As well the students will get a chance to observe current filming, or prepared scenes in which the filming modes and potential is presented.

Student will to a large extent be presented with international animation creations with consideration of the various scanning technologies.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Fundamental knowledge from the „Film technology“ course.

Fundamental knowledge about recording animated films.

Course contents:

1/ The fundamental physics concepts in film and a review of some elements from the „Film Technology“ course.

2/ Various technology and possibilities in recording animated film with an emphasis on „hand animation.“

3/ The technological processin completion and postproduction in animated film and potential intervention into the image during and after filming.

4/ Lighting an animated scenes and the dependent fundamentals between the screenwriter and the „camera“ in an animated work.

5/ Historical and contemporary technology; using traditional processes and potential with current digital technology.

6/ The basics of digital recording with a preference for optical imaging.

7/ Fim aids and practical experience in filming a completed animated work.

Recommended or required reading:

Filmová technika a technologie, J. Myslík

Film a filmová technika, SNTL 1974

Creating 3-D Animation, P. Lord, B. Sibley ISBN 0-8109-1996-6

The complete Kodak Animation Book ISBN 0-87985-330-1

Student filmamakers Handbook, Kodak, 1995

Glosary and Multilingual Lexicon, Cartoon / Media

www.awn.com

www.animation.cz

www.stopmotionanimation.com

http://www.cartoon-media.be

Zlatý věk české loutkové animace (M. Kačor a kolektiv) Mladá fronta 2010

The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation

(Kit Laybourne) - Three Rivers Press

Knihy vydávané v souvislosti s animovanými filmy (Making of) např:

(The Making of Fantastic Mr. Fox, A Film by Wes Anderson Based on the Book by Roald Dahl

The Nightmare Before Christmas) atd..

Assessment methods and criteria:

Aktivita na přednáškách

Course web page:

Note:

www.stopmotionanimation.com

Schedule for winter semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2015/2016:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (qualification subject)