School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Animation and Filmosophy
  • Unit Code

    FAV3116
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tania VISOSEVIC

Description

Is Peter Griffin the new Socrates? This unit takes the contemporary perspective of filmosophy as the method and means in which to theoretically interpret and critically evaluate animation texts. It will provide creative inspiration for practitioners and scholars alike, using animation to address the philosophical questions of life.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from FAV1111

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAV3216

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply an experimental/imaginative approach to animation as a creative practice.
  2. Critically understand the relationship between animation techniques and creative intention.
  3. Develop a capacity for conception, conceptualization and theoretical synthesis.
  4. Implement advanced research skills that are theoretically informed.

Unit Content

  1. Aesthetic possibilities of the animated form.
  2. Animation history and culture.
  3. Case studies of key animated texts.
  4. The study of film as philmosophy (filmosophy).

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered x 1 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, screenings and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkFilmosophy in Action40%
EssayFilmosophy Essay60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Animation and Filmosophy
  • Unit Code

    FAV3116
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Tania VISOSEVIC

Description

Is Peter Griffin the new Socrates? This unit takes the contemporary perspective of filmosophy as the method and means in which to theoretically interpret and critically evaluate animation texts. It will provide creative inspiration for practitioners and scholars alike, using animation to address the philosophical questions of life.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from FAV1111

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded FAV3216

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply an experimental/imaginative approach to animation as a creative practice.
  2. Critically understand the relationship between animation techniques and creative intention.
  3. Develop a capacity for conception, conceptualization and theoretical synthesis.
  4. Implement advanced research skills that are theoretically informed.

Unit Content

  1. Aesthetic possibilities of the animated form.
  2. Animation history and culture.
  3. Case studies of key animated texts.
  4. The study of film as philmosophy (filmosophy).

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered x 1 hour workshopNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, screenings and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkFilmosophy in Action40%
EssayFilmosophy Essay60%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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