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Diputació de Tarragona

Animation

Animació
In the Higher Education Course in Animation, students acquire the ability to create, manage, and oversee audiovisual animation projects; and incorporate movement into the elements that make up a visual communication piece.

EADT students master a wide variety of cutting-edge software in the world of animation

This course trains animation professionals and enables them to develop the pre-production, production, and post-production phases of any animated audiovisual piece in any graphic, artistic, advertising, and/or fictional project. A range of possibilities that provides the student with a solid foundation to delve into the fascinating world of animation.

Those who complete the training cycle obtain a Higher Technician degree, which allows them to enter the labor market and perform tasks such as the following:

Design, organization, and management of animation projects / Creation of scenarios, backgrounds, objects, and/or characters using traditional and digital 2D and 3D techniques / Analysis of proposals and the conduct of documentary and graphic research for animation projects in different fields / Applying animation techniques to artistic, graphic, and advertising projects.

Title: Higher Technician in Plastic Arts and Design in Animation.

Level: Higher level of professional education in Plastic Arts and Design. Level 1 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES).

Total course duration: Two thousand hours distributed over two academic years.

ECTS Credits: One hundred and twenty

Professional Artistic Family: Graphic and Audiovisual Communication.

European Reference: ISCED-5b (International Standard Classification of Education).

The general competencies describe the combination of skills, motivations, and traits required to perform effectively in a wide range of job roles within the specialty.

  • Carry out animation projects, either for personal use or commissioned by companies, institutions, or other professionals.
  • Plan the development of the animation project by defining the expressive, functional, and technical aspects.
  • Assess and facilitate teamwork.
  • Organize and execute the different phases of the project and quality controls.
  • Ensure that the project optimally conveys its communicative objectives.

Professional competencies are those linked to the job, encompassing all the skills and aptitudes that help them perform their work successfully.

  • Communicates messages efficiently using plastic and visual language.
  • Creates visual communication projects using animated images that integrate, where appropriate, persuasive, informative, and identifying elements.
  • Plans and develops animation projects suitable for previously determined narrative and technical specifications.
  • Selects and manages optimal sources and resources for executing the animation project.
  • Communicates messages through animated images for different media.
  • Establishes quality controls for each phase of the project process.
  • Defines the most suitable post-production processes within the animation project.
  • Follows the specific regulations governing audiovisual communication projects.
  • Coordinates effectively for the development of the animation project.

Center Curriculum Specification for the First Year of Animation (2024)
Modules and Training Units Hours per Course ECTS Credits
M01 Computer Media 99 6
TU01 Bitmap Image Processing 33 2
TU02 Vector Image Processing 33 2
TU03 Specialty Software 33 2
M02 Training and Job Orientation 1 33 2
TU01 Occupational Risk Prevention and Environmental Protection 33 2
M03 History of Animation 99 6
TU01 Analysis of Artistic Work and Design 33 2
TU02 Evolution of Art and Design in Relation to Social Changes, Aesthetic Ideas, and Technology 33 2
TU03 Overview of Contemporary Works and Authors of the Specialty 33 2
M07 Fundamentals of Visual Representation and Expression 99 6
TU01 Plastic and Visual Elements: Morphology and Dynamics of Composition 33 2
TU02 Light and Color: Relationships and Symbolic Values 33 2
TU03 Form and Space: Analysis, Representation, and Creative Interpretation 33 2
M09 Photography 99 6
TU01 Photographic Language 33 2
TU02 Photographic Technique and Digital Image Processing 33 2
TU03 Photography and Audiovisual Creation 33 2
M10 Animation Techniques 297 17
TU01 Fundamentals and Techniques of Animation 66 4
TU02 2D Animation Techniques 66 4
TU03 3D Animation Techniques 99 5
TU04 Stop Motion Animation Techniques 66 4
M11 Drawing Applied to Animation 1 66 4
TU01 Analytical Descriptive Drawing: Construction, Structure, and Two-Dimensional Representation 44 2
TU02 Interpretation Drawing: Communicative and Expressive Dimension 22 2
M12 Audiovisual Language and Technology 132 8
TU01 Introduction to Audiovisual Media: Communication and Audiovisual Language, Expressive Resources 33 2
TU02 Techniques and Technologies of Audiovisual Realization and Postproduction 49.5 3
TU03 Audiovisual Animation 49.5 3
Total Hours and ECTS Credits 924 55
Group Tutoring 33  

Center Curriculum Specification for the Second Year of Animation (DECREE 245/2016)
Modules and Training Units Hours per Course ECTS Credits
Audiovisual Language and Technology 99 5
TU02.2 Communication and Audiovisual Language: Expressive Resources 33 1
TU03.2 Techniques and Technologies of Audiovisual Realization 33 2
TU04.2 Techniques and Technologies of Audiovisual Postproduction 33 2
Training and Job Orientation 66 3
TU01 Legal Framework of Plastic Arts and Design: Essential Properties 22 1
TU02 Incorporation into Work: The Job Search Process 22 1
TU03 Business and Entrepreneurship: Self-employment 22 1
Integrated Project 99 10
TU01 Integrated Project 99 10
Animation Projects 2 150 7
TU02.2 Project Development: Pre-production 32 1
TU03.2 Project Development: Production 66 3
TU04.2 Project Development: Post-production 40 2
TU05 Analysis and Presentation of Animation Projects 12 1
Animation Techniques 2 240 6
TU03 Traditional 3D Animation 120 3
TU04 Digital 3D Animation 120 3
Drawing Applied to Animation 2 63 6
TU02.2 Human Figure and Movement 15 1
TU03.2 Human and Animal Figure: Expressiveness 15 1
TU04 Space: Natural and Urban Landscape 36 2
Image Theory 66 3
TU01 Image Theory 66 3
Script and Narrative Structure 99 6
TU01 Principles of Narratology 23 2
TU02 Narrative Structure 33 2
TU03 Introduction to Scriptwriting 43 2
Total Hours and ECTS Credits 885 46
Group Tutoring 33  
Internship Phase in Companies, Studios, or Workshops 280 12

Center Curriculum Specification for the Second Year of Animation (2024)
Modules and Training Units Hours per Course ECTS Credits
M02 Training and Job Orientation 2 66 4
TU02 The Legal Framework of Plastic Arts and Design 33 2
TU03 Incorporation into Work: Business and Entrepreneurship 33 2
M04 Animation Projects 231 14
TU01 Introduction to Projects: Objectives and Basic Requirements 33 2
TU02 Project Methodology and Planning 82.5 5
TU03 Project Execution 82.5 5
TU04 Project Evaluation and Presentation 33 2
M05 Integrated Project 99 10
TU01 Integrated Project 99 10
M06 Professional Project Management 165 12
TU01 Professional Project Management 165 12
M08 Image Theory 66 4
TU01 Image and Communication: The Visual Discourse 33 2
TU02 Definition and Construction of the Image 33 2
M11 Drawing Applied to Animation 2 66 3
TU03 Retouching and Finishing Drawing with Computer Tools 66 3
M13 Script and Narrative Structure 99 6
TU01 Narrative Structure and Scriptwriting 49.5 3
TU02 Script Development and Application to the Specialty 49.5 3
Total Hours and ECTS Credits 792 50
Group Tutoring 33  
Internship Phase in Companies, Studios, or Workshops 284 12