Emnebeskrivelse for 2024/25
Art Fundamentals
CGA1001
Emnebeskrivelse for 2024/25

Art Fundamentals

CGA1001
The course aims to develop observational drawing technique, with particular attention paid to figure, form, light, perspective and composition.
The course aims to develop observational drawing technique, with particular attention paid to figure, form, light, perspective and composition. The course will use traditional materials in a studio environment. The ability to draw from observation is a fundamental skill for someone looking to work in the creative industries.
Restricted to students at the Bachelor studies in CG art and Animation, Games and Entertainment Technology, Film and TV production and connected studieprograms at our international partner programs

On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

Knowledge

  • Make appropriate use of fundamental concepts and vocabulary
  • Analyse the role of adaptations in storytelling,
  • Connect developments in the history of art in Europe, America and Asia to the development of the technologies and methods that underpin today’s moving pictures industries.

Skills

  • Reflect upon implications of film in society,
  • Connect theoretical concepts and ideas such as form, style, and genre to practical execution,
  • Utilise their understanding of human perception in working with media technologies.

General Competence

  • Trace and describe the history of moving images as part of a wider art and media history, focusing on the development of important film movements that have shaped our current ideas about what film can be,

Articulate the practical, social and ethical implications of Moving Pictures Storytelling in a range of contemporary and historical contexts.

No costs except semester registration fee and in some cases, syllabus literature.
Mandatory
  Theory-based lectures, practical demonstrations, independent practical exercises.
Evaluation using mid-term and final surveys. Students are also encouraged to participate in the central quality surveys.

Compound Assessment: (individual) 

MA1 Portfolio 40%

OP1 Assignment 30%

OP2 Assignment 30%

Grade: Pass or fail