Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2011-2012 > School of Film and Television > Animation

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Animation Model Four-Year Plan

Faculty

Chairperson: José Garcia-Moreno

Associate Professors: Rob Burchfield, José Garcia-Moreno

Assistant Professors: Adriana Jaroszewicz, Thomas F. Klein

Major Requirements

Lower Division Requirements:

35 semester hours of lower division courses distributed as follows:

ANIM 100, 110, 120 (completed with a grade of B [3.0] or better), 220, 230, 250, 260; ART 153, 154; 2 semester hours of Drawing for Animation (ART 200, 201); FTVS 210; and SCWR 220.

ART 153—also counts as a creative arts core class.

FTVS 210 also counts as a critical arts core class.

Upper Division Requirements:

ANIM 490, 495, 496 and at least 12 semester hours of upper division electives.

Minor Requirements

18 semester hours divided into 9 semester hours of lower division work from:

ANIM 100, 110, 120; and 9 semester hours of upper division Animation work under the direction of the Chairperson and/or Animation committee.

The proper sequence of these courses should be discussed with the student’s advisor.

Objectives

The department proposes that Animation at LMU represents a solid cross-disciplinary pre-professional degree in animation studies. Accordingly, we choose to stress a solid lower division knowledge base across the salient animation disciplines taught in any given animation curriculum. Moreover, we choose to stress a higher dimension of flexibility in upper division courses to allow students the freedom to determine their course and career destinations within the protocols of a classical Ignatian education.

Our goal via this curriculum is to foster the unique personal vision of each of our students in addition to supporting the collaborative filmmaking process. Hence, we propose that students create their own personal films during their first year, a group project in their second year, another individual project in their third year, culminating in a final group project during their senior year.

We hope to nurture animation artists to be prepared to assume creative leadership roles in the animation industry—whether it will be in the studio system or as independent artists. We further aspire to cultivate developing artists that reflect the School of Film and Television’s primary focus of new storytelling grounded in humanism, innovation and diversity. We will provide a curriculum that reflects our desire to instill in young filmmakers the idea that industry connectivity is key. And while we choose to be reknown as world-class storytellers, we insist that this be grounded in strong technical/craft ability.

Learning Outcomes

To promote the unique personal artistic vision of each of our students in addition to supporting the collaborative filmmaking process.

To foster a higher order of industry connectivity
To develop humanistic animation storytellers, grounded in the pillars of innovation, diversity and social justice
To prepare students for the ever evolving world of technological change that they will experience
To prepare the students for active creative leadership roles in the new emerging industries—whether it will be in the studio system or as independent artists
To prepare students for the challenging advent of life-time learning

Our curriculum is integral, and by definition, interdisciplinary. We consider these to be hallmarks of Animation Education in the 21st century. The reality of modern animation is that the final product can represent a myriad of delivery platforms, but the core will be based on a classical approach to the fundamental aspects of the teaching of animation production.