Undergraduate Course: Animation 4D: Promotion and Distribution (DESI10093)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is intended to prepare students for life as a creative professional after leaving university. It enables them to identify platforms for their current work, sources of funding for future projects, and potential employers. |
| Course description |
This is an advanced animation course that deals with what happens next, i.e. after graduation, and how to develop a plan that will help sustain the production of animation by students beyond their studies here.
The course will cover:
Working for others;
Working for yourself;
Specialist recruitment agencies;
IP, how to register it, protect it and make money from it;
Sources of funding for independent film production;
Rates, exactly what is your time worth?
Do you have to relocate?
Sources of support, communities and trade unions;
Festivals here and abroad;
Subsidised attendance at festivals;
Developing an online presence;
Writing your CV;
Making a show-reel
This course will require students to develop three outputs: a CV, a show reel, and a career plan that details and schedules activities for the next year, and details further objectives for the next four years after that.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 5,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
168 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework, comprising:
33.3% CV (Document, minimum 1 side A4, maximum 2 sides, that communicates clearly the student's abilities and ambitions).
33.3% Showreel (Online film, maximum duration 1 minute 30 seconds, that demonstrates selected highlights of the student's portfolio of previous work, edited together in an appropriately professional manner, designed to engage the attention of prospective employers).
33.3% Career Plan (Document, 1000 - 1200 words detailing student's career hopes , and a short, mid, and long term career plan, identifying potential employers, festival opportunities, or further study appropriate to the realisation of the student's identified ambitions).
Relationship between Assessment and Learning Outcomes:
LO1 only is used to assess the CV
LO2 only is used to assess the Showreel
LO3 only is used to assess the Career Plan
All Learning Outcomes weighted equally.
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| Feedback |
1. Documentation of individual feedback and indicative grades via VLE for formative assessment at the midpoint of course;
2. Documentation of individual feedback and final grades via VLE for summative assessment at the end of course;
3. Self-evaluation is also carried out by student at formative and summative submission points and hosted on VLE
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- DISTILL: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with clarity, precision and economy in your CV.
- PACKAGE: Produce an animation show-reel that presents your work effectively.
- SUSTAIN: Produce a viable career plan that can support your ambitions.
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Reading List
Johnson, S. The Economist Guide to Intellectual Property Economist Books (2015)
Smith, S. Intellectual Property Revolution Rethink Press Ltd. (2015)
Levy, D. B. Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive Allworth Press (2006)
Levy, D. B. Animation Development Skyhorse Publishing (2009)
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Sustaining creative practice, forward planning, community engagement, networking, promotion |
| Keywords | Sustainable practice,Career planning,Funding,Promotion |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Jared Taylor
Tel: (0131 6)51 5964
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Ruth Lee
Tel:
Email: |
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