Tuesday and Thursday 8:00-11:00
Professor: Colin Ives
email: ives@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wed. 2:00-3:00 PM or by appointment

“Born from animation, cinema pushed animation to its boundary, only to become one particular case of animation in the end.”

Lev Manovich, What is Digital Cinema?

This class will focus on the issues that have arisen with the advent of digital cinema. We will combine traditional and digital techniques to develop experimental animations. The animations — ones that we study and create — will be both figurative and abstract, but always experimental in that they will push the boundaries of representation and/or narrative structure. Students will also be encouraged to push the boundaries of their own creative expression in an attempt to explore non-discursive modes of articulation and communication.

In this class, participation will be considered almost as important as finished projects. This means active engagement in group projects and discussions, working to make critiques a helpful give and take of ideas on each others’ projects, and of course, good attendance; If you are not in class you can not participate. Unexcused absences will count against your grade. If you have a necessary absence it is your responsibility contact me and complete the missed work as soon as possible. There is often a workshop every week and in order to keep our discussion on track it is essential that everyone have their projects ready. Lateness on assignment will also count against your grade.