Animation

Acting & Directing

Course No. TIM230.1  Credits: 3

Acting/Directing is an Intense production course designed for aspiring Art Directors, Screenwriters and Actors who wish to pursue a career in film and/or animation. The course requires both performance and cinematic practice. Directors will create and produce short scenes taking on the full responsibility of creating clear communication using the audio/visual language of cinema and focusing on the developing and execution of performance on screen. Beyond just holding the responsibility of successful execution of a project, directors will also switch roles with the actor, working from the other side of the lens to better understand the acting process and what kind of specific direction an actor needs to perform according to another director's vision. 3 credits.

Advanced 3D Animation

Course No. TIM208/308/408  Credits: 3
Faculty Anthony Scalmato

Pre-requisites: Intro to 3D Modeling and Intro 3D Animation.

BFA Thesis and Exhibition

Course No. TIM401/TIM402
Faculty Kristen Baumliér-Faber

These courses provide a platform for senior Animation, Game Design, and TIME-Digital Arts students who are BFA candidates. The courses are structured to support the individual in shaping her/his own project and the production of all elements of the BFA Thesis, strong conceptual skills developed through a professional planning and a good researched idea are core to this process.

Experimental Video

Course No. TIM240/340/440  Credits: 3
Faculty Kasumi | Sarah Paul

This is an advanced video course, investigating the scope of symbolic and improvisatory cinematic storytelling. Students will explore unconventional methods of video acquisition, manipulation, processing, editing and display. Students will be able to delve into media hybrids, and rather than established narrative forms, underscoring metaphorical poetic styles that inform the structure of the work. Emphasize will be towards development of acute observational skills and innovative visualization techniques, encourage divergent thinking and cognitive flexibility. This course is for students who have a sustained interest in using video technology as part of their art-making. Note: Experimental Video (or Motion Graphics) is a required course for all Video majors and Animation majors. Required materials: A 7200 rpm hard drive, a set of headphones and a notebook.

Experimentation in Electronic Arts I

Course No. TIM316  Credits: 3

This is a seminar class that guides students in the development and realization of a semester long research project in electronic arts. Projects can be in a wide range of areas, hybrid thinking and intermedia approaches are strongly encouraged. Topics in the theory and history of contemporary art related to current and emerging practices will also be discussed. The class is designed to allow for synthesis of content from earlier studies into significant finished work that will be shown in an exhibition planned, managed and coordinated by the students under the direction of the instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits.

Experimentation in Electronic Arts II

Course No. TIM416.2  Credits: 3
Faculty Nicholas Economos

This is a seminar class that guides students in the development and realization of a semester long research project in electronic arts. Projects can be in a wide range of areas, hybrid thinking and intermedia approaches are strongly encouraged. Topics in the theory and history of contemporary art related to current and emerging practices will also be discussed. The class is designed to allow for synthesis of content from earlier studies into significant finished work that will be shown in an exhibition planned, managed and coordinated by the students under the direction of the instructor. Offered spring. 3 credits.

Game Production II

Course No. TIM321  Credits: 3
Faculty Knut Hybinette

This course is an advance team based course where the whole class is one team for one semester and continuation from Game Production I. Students will create one fully functional Indie Game or Experimental game during the semester. Student will work to develop game from interactive technology that extends beyond the traditional videogame. This could include education, medical, training, autism, conceptual/artistic, policy exploration, analytics, visualization, simulation, the arts, and therapy. This class is required game majors and other advance digital majors. Student activities in this course will reflect the game production pipeline, including project pitches, definition of requirements and design detail. Required: Requirement for Game Majors. Pre-requisite: Game Media Prodcution I.

Image, Narrative, and Sequence

Course No. IME267  Credits: 3
Faculty Elizabeth Halasz | Larry O'Neal | Mary Jo Toles | Nicholas Economos

The concentration of this course is an intensive study on discussion and research of the aesthetics, techniques and problems of pre- production for digital media visual storytelling, for both linear and non-linear output. We will investigate ways in which to use more than characters to define mood and forward the narrative. We will focus on how elements such as subject/object positioning, background, props, timing, audio, camera angles, lighting, graphic design, composition of frames, and using suitable text enhance the communication of your ideas. We will hold regular presentations and critiques analyzing your composition of all visual and audio elements in progress and discuss methods in which to enhance everything to work together to tell a more complete, fully realized narrative. Emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary experimentation, students are encouraged to pursue personal and independent expression while giving full attention to researching and developing original concepts.