Ruth S. Lingford (Department of Art, Film and Visual Studies)
First-Year Seminar 33O (Spring Term) Enrollment: Limited to 12
Thursday, 12:00-3:30 CANVAS SITE
Note: The length of the class meeting will allow for studio time. There will be screenings on Friday 12-2. While these are recommended, they are not mandatory.
Prerequisites: No previous experience of drawing or animation is required.
Students in this practice-based seminar will experiment with a variety of animation techniques, gaining new perspectives on time in the process. Drawn animation breaks down time into frames, helping us to understand time both as a liquid flow and a sequence of distinct infinitesimals. Pixilation, a technique from the beginning of cinema, allows us to interrupt and reassemble the continuity of movement. Stratacut lets us think of time as a solid. Editing gives us the power to manipulate time.
For the first half of the semester, students will be introduced to a new technique each week, and will be given an assignment to start in class and finish before the next one. The second half of the semester will be spent working on short individual projects, which may build into a longer class project.