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2025-2026 / ASPE0010-1

Animation

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in performing arts, professional focus (Master international)5 crédits 
 Master in performing arts, teaching focus (Réinscription uniquement, pas de nouvelle inscription)5 crédits 
 Master in performing arts, professional focus in cinema and performing arts5 crédits 

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course addresses the major historical and theoretical questions related to animated cinema. It focuses particularly on Western animated film, devotes significant attention to the history of both cartoon animation and stop motion, and examines the conception of those artificial beings that are the figures of animated cinema.

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

The course, very illustrated, requires the active participation of the students.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Required reading:

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

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Further information:

The examination consists of the oral defense of a written, personal, and original work previously submitted in accordance with the instructions given during the course.

The use of artificial intelligence is permitted with caution and critical awareness (A.I. produces numerous errors, biases, or entirely fabricated information on a daily basis; therefore, its use must always be accompanied by the necessary precautions: a critical examination of the answers provided, and systematic verification of sources and information). Artificial intelligence may support personal work, but it must NEVER replace it.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

« 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 Département Médias, Culture et Communication Théories et pratiques du spectacle Esthétique du cinéma et des arts audiovisuels Université de Liège Place du XX Août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 32 79 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@uliege.be

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