Course Title: 2D Graphical Animation

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: 2D Graphical Animation

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP3002	RMIT University Vietnam	Undergraduate	840H School of Communication and Design	Face-to-Face	Viet2 2022, Viet3 2022, Viet2 2023, Viet3 2023, Viet2 2024

Course Coordinator: Martin Constable

Course Coordinator Phone: +842836223670

Course Coordinator Email: martin.constable@rmit.edu.vn

Course Coordinator Location: 2.5.49

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Assumed Knowledge

As this course addresses animation, you will benefit from having a familiarity of traditional drawing skills. 

Course Description

You will develop the technical and conceptual skills related to the production of 2D animation. Specifically, you will learn the design principles behind such things as motion, colour, character and narrative and how they manifest in 2D animation. This course will address both traditional media (e.g. pencil on paper) and digital media (e.g. vector animation). 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes:

n/a

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. use a range of 2D animation tools and software to produce an animation.

2. apply knowledge of the underlying principles of 2D animation to design an animation.

3. plan, design and construct a 2D animation production from start to finish.

Overview of Learning Activities

You will learn the principles which you will apply within the environment of a digital lab through a range of in-class tutorials and exercises. These exercises will have been designed to support your progress in the assignments. Progress of the assignments will be subject to milestones and weekly review sessions.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

Students are advised to bring to class a sketchbook and pencil. The pencil should be of the traditional wooden variety, not mechanical.

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.

Assessment Tasks

• Assessment Task 1: Pre-production 20% CLO1, CLO2

• Assessment Task 2: Development and production
  40% CLO1, CLO2

• Assessment Task 3: Final presentation 
  40% CLO2, CLO3

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.