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HISTORY OF ANIMATION
After completing this course, students will be able to define and identify animation as a particular form of visual communication and also will be able to identify the major technological developments and aesthetic movements in the history of animated filmmaking.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course | Learning Outcomes (at course level)
| Learning and teaching strategies | Assessment Strategies | |
Paper Code | Paper Title | |||
BMA 211 | History of Animation (Theory)
| Students will be able to:
CO28. Learn about Origin of Animation and Early Animation Devices. CO29. Describe the Pioneers of Animation. CO30. Demonstrate animation techniques and analyze Traditional animation- Full vs. Limited animation. CO31. Learn about Indian animation history. | Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, reading assignments, Demonstrations, Group activities, Teaching using advanced video tools.
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.
| Assessment Strategies Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
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Origin of Animation, Precursors to Animation, Paleolithic Cave Paintings, Early Animation Devices: The Persistence of Vision, The magic lantern (1650), Thaumatrope (1824), Phenakistoscope (1831), Zoetrope (1834), Flip book (1868), Praxinoscope (1877).
Pioneers of Animation: ÉmileCohl (1857 – 1938), Winsor McCay (1869-1964), , Eadweard J. Muybridge 1893, J. Stuart Blackton (1900), Georges Méliès (1902), QuirinoCristiani (1896 – 1984), LotteReiniger (1899 – 1981), UbIwerks (1901 – 1971), Willis O’Brien (1886 – 1962), Mitsuyo Seo (1911 – 2010), KarelZeman (1910 – 1989), Norman McLaren (1914 – 1987), Bruno Bozzetto (1938 – Now).
History of Edison Motion Pictures, Film Projectors for Motion Pictures, The Lumiere Brothers, History of Film Stock, The History and Innovators of Multiplane Camera, The Silent Era: Walt Disney: history, technology and innovation, Best Animation Studios: Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Studio, Pixar Studio, Dreamworks Animation, Fox Studio, Looney Tunes, Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, Tata Elxsi.
Animation Techniques: Traditional animation- Full vs Limited animation, Rotoscoping, Stop motion- Cutout animation, Silhouette animation, Graphic animation, Puppet animation, Brickfilm, Model animation, Go motion, Clay animation, Object animation, Pixilation, Puppetoon, Computer animation- 2D animation and 3D animation, Other Techniques of Animation- Drawn on film animation, Paint-on-glass animation, Pinscreen animation, Sand animation.
Animation in India and its History, Clair Weeks- Pioneer of Indian Animation, Animated Film Timeline, The Debut of Mickey Mouse, The Fleischer Brothers: Inventors, Cartoon Makers, Popeye, Superman, Tom and Jerry, The First Full-Length Animated Film, Disney's Golden Age of Hollywood Animations in the 40s, Japanimation or Anime, A Boom in CGI Animation in the 90s, The Present State of Animated Films, The Ultimate 3-D.
- Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, “The Illusion of Life”, Disney Publications.
- Charles Solomon, “History of Animation”, Random House Value Publishing; Revised edition (16 October 1994).
- Sylvain Chomet and Steven Cavalier, “The World History of Animation”, Aurum Press Ltd (1 September 2011).
- Tony White, “Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator”, Focal Press.
- Richard Neupart, “French Animation History”, John Wiley & Sons (21 February 2014).
- “The History of Moviemaking: Animation and Live-Action, from Silent to Sound, Black-And-White to Color (Voyages of Discovery)”, Scholastic Trade; Spi edition (1 October 1995).
