School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsThe Animated Image: Histories and TheoriesWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101254.3
Discipline: VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
10898 - Design Issues 4B: Animating the Image
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points at level 1
About this Unit
This unit explores the histories and theories of animation, from its origins to its contemporary critical practice. The unit covers independent and experimental animation: digital animation and special effects; anime; and the subversive impulse in adult animation. The lectures involve viewing a broad range of works from these areas, followed by tutorial-based close readings of the works. These close readings will facilitate an understanding of the artform’s aesthetic, socio-cultural and technological aspects, contextualising it within the history and theory of art and design—live action cinema, photography, painting, video, TV—and popular culture more generally.
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