Course Title: Design animation and digital visual effects

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5284

Course Title: Design animation and digital visual effects

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 80.0

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)
COSC6013C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Garry Amy

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: design.tafe@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to design animation and digital visual effects for screen productions. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	CUFANM503A Design animation and digital visual effects
Elements:	1. Clarify design requirements
	2. Generate and assess ideas
	3. Conduct research and experimentation
	4. Produce draft design specifications
	5. Finalise design specifications

Learning Outcomes

Designers who specialise in animation or visual effects apply the skills and knowledge described in this unit. They work closely with people such as directors or producers to prepare design specifications for animation or visual effects for projects, which range in scope from television commercials to aspects of feature films, an entire animated film or interactive games.

A high level of creative conceptualisation is required, along with an ability to undertake background research.

Overview of Assessment

Evidence of the following is essential:

   -  design specifications for animation and digital visual effects that:

      *  are well documented and clearly presented

      *  supported by appropriate research

      *  meet production requirements

   -  ability to work effectively as a member of a production team

   -  effective verbal presentation skills.