89218 Immersive Media Studio: Experience
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Credit points: 12 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Description
In this studio students can choose from a number of available project options (real or imagined) in which they plan an animation response that both challenges and engages the audience in ways that are new and innovative. In some instances students may negotiate a personally directed project (individual or group) relevant to their academic and professional interests.
Throughout this studio students research and design an immersive animation experience considered in relation to new animation delivery platforms, technologies, materials, audiences and the context in which the animation occurs. Students are encouraged to research, experiment and plan an animation experience that is well considered and results in a well-crafted animation design solution.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Ability to position work within a wider social and cultural context |
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| 2. | Possession of professional levels of craft skills appropriate to the discipline |
| 3. | Possession of a cultivated habit of researching within design practice |
| 4. | Possession of a developed aesthetic sensibility |
| 5. | Capacity for sophisticated engagement with design language |
| 6. | Ability to contextualise work within current and historical animation practice and theory |
| 7. | A disposition to adopt practices and approaches that embed reflection |
| 8. | An understanding of ethical practice |
| 9. | Willingness to experiment, take risks, and explore alternative directions |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to undertake an ethical approach towards Animation. (A.2)
- Ability to understand an international context, where Animation is seen as an integral part of cultural production. (A.4)
- Ability to understand and challenge animation design conventions (I.1)
- Ability to produce inspirational responses in the integration of animation learning experiences (I.3)
- Ability to demonstrate professional skills in Animation production (P.2)
- Ability to critically select and utilise both analogue and digital animation technologies (P.3)
- Ability to locate and document appropriate animation research resources and to make active use of this information (R.1)
- Ability to make active connections between diverse forms of information through animation design research and analysis (R.2)
Teaching and learning strategies
This studio aims to develop students’ skills in independent/self directed/negotiated research and practice. It provides an opportunity to integrate conceptual and practical skill sets developed through the other studios, and focuses on the completion of a major self-determined and self-generated project. The studio prioritises learning outcomes in: research, critical thinking, creativity, judgment, technical mastery, problem solving and conceptual thinking.
The emphasis is on independent/self directed/negotiated projects which are supported by tutorials and group critiques. A weekly 1 x 3hr studio session will include class discussions, student presentations and studio time for project development. Individual student meetings will be scheduled where applicable. Added to this there is an expectation of approx 10 hrs of self-directed practice outside class hours each week. Work will be evaluated based on aesthetic and conceptual qualities, innovative approaches to the medium, and overall effort.
In the studio sessions students will work on their design projects with a studio mentor. Prior to each studio session students will be required to prepare questions for their studio mentor relating to the design projects they are working on. At the beginning of each studio the mentor will discuss with the entire group the challenges they are facing with their projects. The mentor will then prompt students faced by similar challenges to form small groups to facilitate collaborative discussions. The mentor will be reviewing the work on a regular basis and will provide feedback verbally. It will be the students responsibly to record any feedback provided in studio. During pin-ups and presentations students will be expected to actively participate in collaborative peer review feedback exercises.
Content (topics)
The subject is organised around an initial ideas development period of weekly exercises to strengthen student's conceptual skills followed by the production of a final project.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Research and Project Proposal
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): A.2, A.4, I.1, I.3, R.1 and R.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Work in Progress Assessment
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 2, 5, 7 and 9 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): I.1, P.2 and P.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 30% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Completed Project and presentation
| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): A.2, A.4, I.3, P.2, P.3, R.1 and R.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type: | Presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Groupwork: | Individual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 50% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
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