Undergraduate Course: Animation 4D: Promotion and Distribution (DESI10093)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is intended to prepare students for life as a creative professional after leaving university. It enables them to identify platforms for their current work, sources of funding for future projects, and potential employers. |
| Course description |
This is an advanced animation course that deals with what happens next, i.e. after graduation, and how to develop a plan that will help sustain the production of animation by students beyond their studies here.
The course will cover:
Working for others;
Working for yourself;
Specialist recruitment agencies;
IP, how to register it, protect it and make money from it;
Sources of funding for independent film production;
Rates, exactly what is your time worth?
Do you have to relocate?
Sources of support, communities and trade unions;
Festivals here and abroad;
Subsidised attendance at festivals;
Developing an online presence;
Writing your CV;
Making a show-reel
This course will require students to develop three outputs: a CV, a show reel, and a career plan that details and schedules activities for the next year, and details further objectives for the next four years after that.
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- DISTILL: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with clarity, precision and economy in your CV.
- PACKAGE: Produce an animation show-reel that presents your work effectively.
- SUSTAIN: Produce a viable career plan that can support your ambitions.
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Reading List
Johnson, S. The Economist Guide to Intellectual Property Economist Books (2015)
Smith, S. Intellectual Property Revolution Rethink Press Ltd. (2015)
Levy, D. B. Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive Allworth Press (2006)
Levy, D. B. Animation Development Skyhorse Publishing (2009)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Sustaining creative practice, forward planning, community engagement, networking, promotion |
| Keywords | Sustainable practice,Career planning,Funding,Promotion |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Jared Taylor
Tel: (0131 6)51 5964
Email: jared.taylor@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Jane Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5713
Email: jane.thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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