2018-2019 / ASPE0010-1

Animation

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) ((Master international))5 crédits 
 Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course envisages some historic and theoretical questions relative to animation film. It is more particularly interested in the western cartoon movie, gives an important place to the history of the American cartoon and questions the conception of these artificial characters that are the figurines of the cartoon film.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course contributes to the analysis of the representations of the body in the cinema. He also gives theoretical and esthetic references to the students who discover the peculiarities of the cartoon film.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good knowledge of the history and the esthetics of the cinema.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

A written analysis of a a cartoon film. 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

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Recommended or required readings

Required reading:

  • Dick Tomasovic, Le Corps en abîme. Sur la figurine et le cinéma d'animation, Pertuis, Rouge Profond, 2006.

Assessment methods and criteria

Personal work is used as a basis for the final evaluation.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

« I know this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law. »
Bugs Bunny, High Diving Hare (Friz Freleng, 1949)

Contacts

Dick Tomasovic
Dpt. Information et Communication
Théorie et pratique du spectacle
Place du XX août, 7
4000 Liège
dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be
00 32 4 366 32 88