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2009/2010

ANIMATION

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART

KENSINGTON GORE

LONDON SW7 2EU

T : +44 (0)20 7590 4444

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E : [email protected]

W: www.rca.ac.uk


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INTRODUCTION 6

WELCOME 6

DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY 6

DEPARTMENTAL AIMS 6

MA COURSE DESCRIPTION 7OBJECTIVES OF MA COURSE 7

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CURRICULUM 8

FIRST YEAR 8

TERM 1 8

INDUCTION 8

FIRST YEAR PRESENTATIONS 8

WORKSHOPS 8

FIRST YEAR PROJECT 9

TERM 2 9

FIRST YEAR PROJECT PRODUCTION 9

INTERIM EXAMINATION 9

WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOW 9

TERM 3 PLAN 10

EASTER VACATION 10

TERM 3 10

SECOND YEAR PRODUCTION ASSISTANT 10

REFLECTION TUTORIALS 10

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES 10

MA RESEARCH CONNECTIONS 10COLLABORATION 11

CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDIES 11

ANIMATION STUDIES 11

WRITING WORKSHOPS AND SCRIPT SURGERIES 12

DRAWING STUDIO 12

DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO 12

COMPETITIONS 12

SECOND YEAR 13

PRODUCTION FEEDBACK AND TUTORIAL SUPPORT 13

SUMMARY OF TUTORIALS DURING SECOND YEAR 13

PRE-ASSESSMENT 13

TERM 4 13

SECOND YEAR DEGREE PROJECT/S PRODUCTION 13

CHRISTMAS VACATION 14

TERM 5 14

PRODUCTION 14

WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOW 14

EASTER VACATION 14

TERM 6 14COMPLETION 14

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 15

PRODUCTION BUDGETS 15

CONVOCATION 15

AFTER GRADUATION 15

FESTIVALS 15REFERENCES 15

EVENTS 16

RCA ETHICS CHECKLIST 16

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGIES 17

MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESS 17

PERSONAL TUTORS 17

TUTORIALS 18

ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATIONS 19

COLLEGE-WIDE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 19

INTERIM EXAMINATION 19

MEMBERSHIP OF INTERIM EXAM BOARD 19

INTERIM EXAMINATION METHOD 20

REFERRALS AND FAILURE 20

FINAL EXAMINATION 20

PRE-ASSESSMENT 20

MEMBERSHIP OF FINAL EXAM BOARD 20

PRESENTATION AT FINAL EXAMINATION 21

FINAL EXAMINATION METHOD 21

REFERRALS AND FAILURE 21ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETRIEVAL OF FAILURE 22

MPhil/PhD PROGRAMME 22

RESEARCH STUDENTS 22

WRITTEN REQUIREMENTS FOR MA ANIMATION 23

FIRST YEAR 23

SECOND YEAR 24

EXHIBITING YOUR WORK 25

WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWS 25

FINAL SHOWS 25

FESTIVALS 25

INFORMATION PACK 25

DISTRIBUTION AND SALES 26

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 27

COLLEGE REGULATIONS (SELECTED EXCERPTS) 27

DEPARTMENTAL MONITORING AND FEEDBACK 28

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES 28

DEPARTMENT FORUM 28

SCHOOL MEETING 28

THE SENATE 29STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES 29

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Lecture Theatre 2 4129

Len Massey, Drawing Studio 4563

Stuart Croft. Moving Image Studio 4527

TERM DATESAutumn Term Monday 28 September 2009 Friday 18 December 2009

Spring Term Monday 11 January 2010 Friday 26 March 2010

Summer Term Monday 19 April 2010 Friday 2 July 2010

COLLEGE OPENING HOURS

Term Times

Monday Friday 8.00 am midnight

Weekends 10.00 am 6.00 pm

There are no circumstances under which students will be permitted to work in the

College beyond these hours.

Vacation

Monday Friday 8.30 am 6.00 pm

Bank Holidays 10.00 am 6.00 pm

The College is not open at weekends during the term breaks.

COLLEGE CLOSURES

Christmas 24 December 2009 3 January 2010

Easter 1 April 6 April 2010

May Day 3 May 2010

Spring Bank Holiday 31 May 2010

FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

ANIMATION ACCOMMODATION AND EQUIPMENT

DARWIN BUILDING

Fourth Floor Accommodation:

Staff Offices

Animation Studios

Digital Editing Room

Digital Lab

Digital Linetest room

Dark Room

Store

Fourth Floor Equipment:

Portable equipment

Sony DVCAM progressivescan camera

Sony HD DV cameras 1080i

DSLR digital cameras

DSLR Stopframe PCs systems

6 Bolex cameras

6 Aardmotors for Bolex cameras

Various light boxes, drawing discs, etc.

Main Studio:

2 cel and paper punches available to all students. To be used in the animation

studio

Linetest Room:

1 x Linetester using DV camera, etc.

Mac Linetester using DV camera or HD using Dragon capture system

4th Floor Digital Studio:

5 x PCs with Maya, Photoshop, Aftereffects, Audition, Adobe Premier,

Flash2 x Mac with word-processing, eg Word 2007, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet

access and B&W A4 printing

1x PC with Photoshop,Toonboom, A4 flatbed and sheetfeed scanning

Tape and Digital Transfer:

Beta transfer between digi beta and beta SP, VHS and DVD

4th Floor Digital Editing:

2 x G5 Quad Final cut Editing machine connected to Digital beta and Beta SP

G5 Quad Final cut and Shake compositing and Editing machine

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A microwave is also provided for students use. Please wipe it clean after use or

cover food before heating. (Baked beans tend to explode!). No metal food containers

please, plastic or ceramics only.

If you take any cutlery or crockery from the canteen, Artbar or RCAf please

remember to return to their rightful owners. The cost of lost cutlery and crockery isrecovered through canteen prices, so help keep them low.

NATIONAL FILM THEATRE AND BFI MEMBERSHIP

You can sign up for student membership. Membership entitles the holder to use the

British Film Institute library, 1 off all tickets to the National Film Theatre and priority

bookings for NFT screenings amongst other benefits.


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