ARTX-E1024 - Documentary Animation, Lecture, 25.3.2024-12.4.2024

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students broaden their understanding of nonfiction animation. They deepen their knowledge of storytelling in documentaries and how animation expands the range and depth of what documentary can show us about the world.

 

 

Credits: 6

Schedule: 25.03.2024 - 12.04.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Tuula Leinonen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    The course explores documentary animation; the ways in which animation is used in documentaries and how they create a narrative around a theme. The course highlights films that push the medium of animated documentary forward into exciting new territories.

     

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Active participation in the organized teaching. Performing the given assignments according to instructions and within given timeframes. Supporting peer learning.

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact teaching 48 h, Independent studies 114 h.

    At least 80% participation in face-to-face teaching is mandatory to complete the course. If, due to absences, the student does not achieve the learning outcomes defined in the course description, the remaining 20% may have to be compensated as determined by the responsible teachers of the course. All absences must be reported to the teachers in charge. The responsible teachers of the course will specify the necessary compensating assignments.

     

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Material will be announced on the course pages

     

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Language : English

    Teaching Period : 2022-2023 No teaching
    2023-2024 Spring IV

    Enrollment :

    Group size (max.) 8

    Registration for courses: Sisu.

    Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

     

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