BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DIGITAL ARTS ANIMATION
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Arts Animation
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DIGITAL ARTS ANIMATION
The Digital Arts Animation major at the Art Academy Digital Arts Animation Majors will alternate
invites students to study the compositional elements that between working with others and developing
are associated with time-based imagery, understand the personal productions. DAA Majors are expected
language of moving images, and explore how these specific to complete personal bodies of work in which
principles are manifested in 2D, 3D, and 4D compositions. they establish their voice and prepare portfolios
Digital Arts Animation students choose from a variety of that demonstrate not only their technical skills but
courses that allow them to focus on or broadly experiment also their creative vision.
with narrative or more graphical aspects of motion media.
All classes are designed with the idea that application Education Digital Arts Animation Majors are
of contemporary digital media is meant to fluidly evolve prepared to enter an ever-changing digital
and to use creative methods in conjunction to create new landscape in which software changes and
imagery and more complex illusions. merges. This degree track focuses on fluid motion
between digital practices and the strategies
Digital Arts Animation Curriculum to acquire new skills and find resources, while
Educational Objectives | Digital Arts Animation Major understanding that the digital world is in the
process of perpetual updating.
Creativity Digital Arts Animation Majors engage
in a diverse range of processes that produce History Digital Arts Animation Majors are
creative and relevant results. A variety of creative prepared to understand the historical context of
processes are introduced from different animation their craft through research and exposition. The
techniques to creative methods to explore the program focuses on both the historical groundings
concept of time. DAA majors learn to create of animation practice as well as contemporary
narratives as well as experiences. global digital issues.
Curiosity Digital Arts Animation Majors are Community Community is a key component of
encouraged to explore new forms of animation, the Digital Arts Animation major. DAA students
inventing imagery that may be completely will often be expected to collaborate with their
unique. Through research and experimentation, peers. At times, Animation and Digital Arts can
they will seek the possibilities that these forms be tedious monumental tasks that can only be
of expressions can offer. Students are also completed with a crew. Students are prepared
expected to investigate the positions that pique to step into different roles and cooperate to build
their interest in the grand machinery that is the collective projects.
Animation Industry.
Individuality Even though Animation is often
considered to be more of a collaborative effort,
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Educational Outcomes | Digital Arts Animation Major
Introductory to Intermediate Intermediate to Advanced
• Learn and apply introductory skills in a variety of time- • Expand technical skills in 2D or 3D animation through
based art practices. completion of projects.
• Develop understanding of time composition and its • Explore resources available to research and acquire new
relationship to 2D composition. technical and conceptual knowledge in preparation for
self-directed work.
• Acquire technical knowledge of stop motion and key
frame animation. • Develop personal visual style of animation.
• Gain working knowledge of Adobe software that deal • Develop and complete animation sequences.
with time (Premiere, Animate). • Acquire understanding of the contemporary animation
• Acquire knowledge of the history and contemporary landscape.
development of the moving image in the context of fine • Acquire skills in sound recording in studio and field
arts. recording.
• Gain working knowledge of the vocabulary of film • Be able to deliver relevant narratives to a diverse
language, types of shots, transitions, and editing. audience about work that will validate, defend, or
• Apply basic principles of character staging, shot convince the audience of the best solution.
progression, camera angles, lighting tones, & camera • Develop creative relationship between video and sound.
moves with in-class exercises & assignments.
• Acquire knowledge of sound editing in multiple software.
• Create a series of hand-drawn storyboards
demonstrating knowledge of sequential narration with • Gain working knowledge of synchronism between sound
accurate perspective and placement of characters. and images.
• Practice visual methods of expressing character • Gain working knowledge of the technologies involved in
attitudes and acting that relate to storytelling. sound display.
• Acquire understanding of basic narratology principles • Acquire knowledge in key-frame based animation and
and explore different types of narrative structures. motion graphics using After Effects.
• Learn technical knowledge of the Adobe Animate • Increase Video Editing skills, using Premiere Pro
interface. extensively.
• Acquire understanding of keyframe animation. • Develop sophistication in time-based composition.
• Gain working knowledge of the 12 Principles of • Practice different ways Photoshop, Premiere Pro,
Animation. Audition, and After Effects can be used in collaboration
to create a final time-based composition.
• Develop drawing skills in relation to animation.
• Learn to combine animated typography, sound, and
• Acquire knowledge of tasks and stages of animation and video in dynamic compositions.
its industry.
• Complete self-directed research and/or collect source
• Gain working knowledge of the interface of 3D Animation materials to inform their projects.
software such as Blender or Unity.
• Draw on their technical knowledge to expand their visual
• Gain understanding of UV Maps in order to create language.
textures for 3D models.
• Acclimate to unstructured studio time and increase self-
• Develop understanding of Orthographic maps. discipline and self-motivation.
• Acquire working knowledge of how to render and create • Create original work based on a personal vision
composite images. statement.
• Introduction to Basic Animation in 3D modeling software. • Increase student’s ability to develop work with awareness
of the contemporary landscape of animation and related
media.
• Complete a thesis paper and produce work that is the
basis for a visual thesis exhibition, which provides a
capstone experience.
• Give a public, professional presentation.
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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DIGITAL ARTS ANIMATION
Natural Science Elective 3
LIBERAL ARTS
DRxxx Drawing Elective 3
FYE: STUDIO ARTS
Required
FY101 Communication 3 Social Science Elective 3
FY102 Ideation 3 Humanities Elective 3
FY105 Digital Literacy 3 Liberal Arts Electives 9
FY106 Discovery and Voice 3
SENIOR YEAR EXPERIENCE
LA481 Senior Thesis 3
Global Art Histories (replaces
FYE: LIBERAL ARTS
AH104 3
AH110)
SA482 Senior Seminar 3
Issues and Ideas in Modern and
AH105 3
Contemporary Art History
SA491 Senior Pathway Studio 1 6
HU101 Artist as Writer Workshop 3
HU102 Artist as Reader Workshop 3 SA492 Senior Pathway Studio 2 6
DA213 Art and the Moving Image 3
Courses for
Required
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS
DI G I TA L A R T S A N I M AT I ON M A J OR
Major
DA214 Storyboarding and Sequencing 3
Contemporary Vision and Voice
DA314 3
in Animation and Motion Media
CA201 Introduction to 2D Animation 3
Chose 2 of the Following:
CA202 Introduction to 3D Animation 3
Motion Graphics and Special
DA311 3
Effects
DA312 Animation for Narratives 3
DA313 Sound and the Moving Image 3
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Going Big: Professionalism
PC201 3
Workshop
Professional Practice
PCxxx Coursework (Choose from 3
approved options)
Loraine Wible, MFA
Head of Digital Arts Animation Major
STUDIO ELECTIVES 27
ART HISTORY
AH2xx Any 200-level Art History Elective 3
AH3xx Any 300-level Art History Elective 3
CRITICAL THINKING
AH211 Introduction to Visual Culture
Choose One
HU201 Aesthetics 3
HU210 Introduction to Philosophy
32DA312 Narrative Animation in 2 and 3
Required Courses, Digital Arts Digital Arts Animation Majors Dimensions (3)
Animation Major: Choose Two of the following This course is an advanced 2D/3D
Courses: animation course furthering technical
DA213 Art and the Moving Image (3) skills. In Narrative Animation in 2 and 3
This course is an introduction to the DA211 Introduction to 2D Animation (3) Dimensions, students create complex
basic elements of time composition. Students enrolled in Introduction and ambitious projects and gain career-
Students enrolled in Art and the to 2D Animation learn the process specific competencies in both 2D and
Moving Image will explore concepts of sequential storytelling, animated 3D animation technologies. Students
such as persistence of vision, time sequences, and motion graphics. will learn the structures necessary to
cycles, speed, rhythm, and the Focusing on traditionally analog forms create complete animation work, as well
principles of editing. Students will of animating, students learn current as acquire proficiency in contemporary
make different types of time-based industry practices of production practices essential to animation
visual compositions and explore a workflow pipeline including design, industries. (Prerequisite: DA213)
variety of methods, both traditional and preproduction, and final rendering.
digital, to create the illusion of moving Students also gain skills in digital media DA313 Sound and the Moving Image (3)
pictures (Prerequisite: FY101, or FY102, to create their imagery and learn digital This course focuses on creating and
or Permission from Course Faculty and editing techniques and processes. recording sound for time-based media.
Registrar.) (Prerequisite: FY101, or FY102, or In Sound and the Moving Image,
Permission from Course Faculty and students will create soundtracks,
DA214 Storyboarding and Sequencing (3) Registrar.) sound design, and recordings (both on
Storyboarding and Sequencing is an location and in our recording booth) for
introduction to ideas of sequencing DA212 Introduction to 3D Animation (3) different kinds of time-based works.
and narrative building. This course Students enrolled in Introduction to Students will study the works of Foley
focuses on the basic vocabulary of film 3D Animation learn introductory skills artists, sound designers, composers,
theory (shots, angles, movements). The essential to various digital 3D animation and field recorders and how their work
class will also explore editing concepts software programs. They will apply affects moving images. (Prerequisite:
and devices as well as narratology these skills while creating 3D works DA211 or DA212)
notions such as narrative arc, narrative such as conceptual modeling, lighting,
time, plot structure, and elements surfacing, and rendering animations Course descriptions for SA482 Senior
of characterization. (Prerequisite: for multiple time-based industry Seminar, SA492 Senior Pathways
Approval of Course Faculty and applications from commercial to Studio 1, and SA492 Senior Pathways
Registrar.) conceptual. Students will gain insight Studio 2 are in the Studio Arts Course
in digital arts production and more Descriptions portion of the Catalog.
advanced sculpting that may be used Students may enroll in any Studio Arts
for alternative applications, including course per the prerequisites specified
DA314 Vision and Voice in 3D printing. (Prerequisite: FY101, or for the course.
Animation and Motion Media (3) FY102, or Permission from Course
This course focuses on advancing Faculty and Registrar.)
techniques and affirming students’
voices and vision. In Vision and Voice in DA311 Motion Graphics and Special
Animation and Motion Media, emphases Effects (3)
will be personal growth, technical skills, This advanced course focuses on
appropriate craft and execution, and introducing technical skills in motion
conceptual development in relation to graphics and special effects for time-
contemporary practices in animation based media using Adobe After
and motion media. Strategies and Effects and Green Screen technology.
methods to create self-directed work Student will create multi-layered, time-
will be explored as students prepare based designs using key framing and
for the Senior Pathways Studio courses computer coding. Motion Graphics and
and select a Professional Pathway in Special Effects will introduce concepts
their senior year. (Prerequisites: DA213 such as multichannel display, interactive
and DA214). designs, immersive designs, and their
use in the landscape of contemporary
new media. (Prerequisite: DA213)
33Digital Arts Animation: Sample Schedule
First Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Communication 3 Ideation 3
Discovery and Voice 3 Drawing Elective 3
Digital Literacy 3 Artist as Reader Workshop 3
Artist as Writer Workshop 3 Art History 3
Studio Elective OR Arts and
Art History 3 3
The Moving Image
Total 15 Total 15
Second Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Storyboarding and Se-
3 Intro to 2D OR Intro to 3D 3
quencing
Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3
Going Big: Professionalism
Studio Elective 3 3
Workshop
Liberal Arts OR Liberal Arts OR
3 3
Critical Thinking Elective Critical Thinking Elective
Art History Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
Total 15 Total 15
Third Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Contemporary Vision and
Digital Animation Elective 3 Voice in Animation and 3
Motion Media
Studio Elective or Digital
3 Studio Elective 3
Animation Elective
Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3 Art History Elective 3
Professional Practice
Liberal Arts Elective 3 3
Course
Total 15 Total 15
Fourth Year
Fall Semester Spring Semester
Senior Pathway Studio 1 6 Senior Pathway Studio 2 6
Senior Thesis 3 Senior Seminar 3
Studio Elective 3 Studio Elective 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3 Liberal Arts Elective 3
Total 15 Total 15
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