Course Title: Writing For Animation
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C6045
Course Title: Writing For Animation
Portfolio: DSC
Nominal Hours: 68.0
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
ISYS5260 |
City Campus |
TAFE |
345T Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Course Contact: Brendan Lee
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4368
Course Contact Email: brendan.lee@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This course aims to develop the skills and techniques required to create animation screenplays and recognise the potential for difference between the traditional screenplay and the animation screenplay, and the context and culture of the form.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Prerequisites:
Storytelling
Introduction to Screenwriting
Writing for TV
Corequisites:
Writing for Television
Writing for Film
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
VBB495 Writing for Animation |
Learning Outcomes
Evaluate current Australian and overseas animation film product.
Develop the skills required for scripting animation
Analyse the professional roles and responsibilities of positions in an animation production team
Develop storylines and short scripts for animation
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will include:
Folio of stories appropriate for animation
Treatment for short script of between five and 15 minutes
One page synopsis
Draft of short animation script