1st semester
• Explore
Worldbuilding I ECTS 6
• STORY AND DIRECTING
Short formats
One-Frame/three-frame stories
Basic principles of dramaturgy
• ARTWORK
Image composition in 1- and 3-picture stories
Visualising film ideas by thumbnails storyboard
• ANIMATION
Animatic
• TECHNOLOGY
Paper and Pencil
Dragon Frame Linetester
• Sound
–
Technic IECTS 3
• Story and Directing
Basics Sound
Basics Video Editing
• Artwork
Drawing Skills
Basics Character-Design
• Animation
–
• Technology
Basics Da Vinci (Film Editing)
Basics Reaper (Sound Editing)
• Sound
Basic Sound Design
Basics I ECTS 15
• Story and Directing
Narration by Animation
• Artwork
Variable image composition through movement
• Animation
12 Principals of Animation
• Technology
Paper and Pencil
Dragon Frame Linetester
TV Paint
• Sound
First Steps Sound and Animation
• Story and Directing
Writing, Implementation
Storyboard
Teamwork
• Artwork
Character Design
Set Design
Image Composition
Camera
• Animation
Straight Ahead Animation
Animation in Space
• Technology
Digital: Dragon Frame
analogue: Basics Puppet- and Set Building
Basics Lighting
• Sound
Sound design for this project
• Story and Directing
–
• Artwork
Modeling
Camerapositions
Simple Colour and Texture
• Animation
Simple Animations in CGI
• Technology
Blender
• Sound
–
Theory ECTS 4
Animation-specific Narrative and Design
Theory Week 1: Animation und Zeitgeschichte. Dokumentarische und politische Animationsfilme.
Theory Week 2: Elective
+ Modules (ISA, Focus) ECTS 2
2nd semester
• Broaden
Worldbuilding IIECTS 6
Concept Art, Script4
• Story and Directing
Research of A World
Synopsis
Script
Plot
• Artwork
Research of A Visual World
Depending on Story
Concept Art
Compositions
• Animation
–
• Technology
2D: TV Paint
CGI: Modelling Rigging etc
Stop Motion: Adv. Puppet Building / Set Building
• Sound
–
Basics II, 2D, CGI, Stop Motion2
• Story and Directing
Research of A World
Synopsis
Script
Plot
• Artwork
Research of A Visual World
Depending on Story
Concept Art
Compositions
• Animation
–
• Technology
2D: TV Paint
CGI: Modelling Rigging etc
Stop Motion: Adv. Puppet Building / Set Building
• Sound
–
Animation IIECTS 6
Animation II, CGI, 2D, Stop Motion5
• Story and Directing
Narration by Animation
• Artwork
Staging
• Animation
2D: Walk Cycles, Action Shots, Lip Synch
CGI: Animation Basics, Walk Cycles
Stop Motion: Walk Cycles, Action Shots
• Technology
2D: TV Paint
CGI: Animation Tools
Stop Motion: Motion Control
Voluntary: After Effects
• Sound
–
Sound II1
• Story and Directing
–
• Artwork
–
• Animation
–
• Technology
–
• Sound
Sound Design for 3rd Year Graduation Projects
Broad or DeepECTS 9
+Colabor Crosscurricular Offers
• Story and Directing
+Colabor: Course-dependent
• Artwork
+Colabor: Course-dependent
• Animation
+Colabor: Course-dependent
• Technology
+Colabor: Course-dependent
• Sound
+Colabor: Course-dependent
Closed Subject ModuleECTS 6
Experimental Animation
• Story and Directing
Experiment
Principals of Projecting Formats
• Artwork
Analogue Film Design
Large Formats
• Animation
Practices
• Technology
Analogue Materials
Mapping Software
• Sound
Sound in Space
Found Footage
Expanded Animation I
• Story and Directing
Experiment
Principals of Projecting Formats
• Artwork
Analogue Film Design
Large Formats
• Animation
Practices
• Technology
Analogue Materials
Mapping Software
• Sound
Sound in Space
Found Footage
TheoryECTS 4
Theory Week 3: Research Methods for World Building
Theory Week 4: Elective
Excursion Annnecy
SurplusECTS 1
Writing Workshop I
3rd semester
• Implement
Project18
Specialisation3
Choice 2 of 5:
Story II
• Story and Directing
Dramaturgy in Short Formats Leading a Team
• Over all
Pitching
Client Communication
Teamwork
Story
Storyboard
Animatic
Project Management
Producing
Concept Art II
• Artwork
Character Design
Background Design
Layout
• Over all
Concept Art
Factsheet
Moodboard
Character Design
Turnaround
Thumbnails
Set Design
Environment Design
Storyboard
Layout
Designing via Technology
Animation III
• Animation
Physicality of Movement
Psychology of Movement
Secondary Action
Acting
Body Language
Facial Expressions
Gestures
• Over all
Narration by Animation
Division of Labour
Time Management
VFX I
• Technology
Compositing in Nuke or After Effects
• Over all
Implementing and broaden technology skills
SOUND III
• Sound
Foley
Mixing
Mastering
• Over all
Narration with Sound
cooperation with composers
Theory
Basic of Film Language
Introduction to Scientific Writing
Surplus ECTS 1
Writing Workshop
+ Modules (ISA, Focus) ECTS 2
For exchange students ECTS 6
Echange Logbook II
4th semester
• Deepen
Elective Deepening
Expanded Animation II
• Story and Directing
Narration in Large Formats
Commissioned Work
• Artwork
Concept art for Large Formats
Abstractions
• Animation
Economical Animation
• Technology
Open, After Effects
• Sound
If applicable: Sound Design
VFX II
• Story and Directing
Music clip Directing
• Artwork
Concept Arts in Combination of Real Action Shots and CGI
• Animation
Project-depending
• Technology
Nuke
Houdini
• Sound
If applicable: Sound Design
Experimental Narration
• Story and Directing
Short Format Experimental Narrations
Experimental Writing
• Artwork
Experiment Based Ideation
• Animation
Open
• Technology
Project-depending, Analogue and Digital
• Sound
If applicable: Sound Design
+ ColaborECTS 9
Interdisciplinary courses of study
• Aniticipate
Open Subject Module, Various Offers of All Programs ECTS 6
Motion Graphics
• Story and Directing
Info-based storytelling
• Artwork
Motion Design / Typography on Screen
• Animation
Animated Typography
• Technology
Software open
• Sound
If applicable: Sound Design
Unity and Blender
• Story and Directing
Description of Settings
• Artwork
Basic Design in VR
• Animation
Real-time Animation
• Technology
Unity and Blender
• Sound
Basic Sound Design if Needed
White Card
TheoryECTS 3
AniDoc, Film Essay, Non Fiction, Propaganda
Theory Week 7: Seminar Word
Theory Week 8: Elective
Surplus ECTS 1
Writing Workshop
For exchange students ECTS 6
Exchange Logbook II
5th semester
• ExecuteECTS 15
Project Development6
• Story and Directing
Story
Team Building
• Artwork
Produktion Design
• Animation
–
• Technology
–
• Sound
1st Sound Concept
Dossier3
• Story and Directing
Budget, Financing
Storyboard / Animatic
• Artwork
Storyboard / Animatic
• Animation
Breakdown
• Technology
Kitsu
• Sound
Layout Sound for Animatic
Preproduction6
• Focus
Elective SkillsetECTS 9
Concept art
Storyboard, Decoupage
Story
Animation
VFX
• Story and Directing
tbd. / variable
• Artwork
tbd. / variable
• Animation
tbd. / variable
• Technology
tbd. / variable
• Sound
tbd. / variable