3rd year: Winter semester
AniTrailer + AniSpace
Students specializing in animation and interactive media begin their...Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings...3rd year: Summer semester
Diploma module 1: Research
By the end of the summer semester in the 3rd year of study, each student at...Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 3rd year, students from all...Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings...AniTrailer + AniSpace
Students specializing in animation and interactive media begin their project-based study at the Animation Institute with a cross-institutional semester project. They produce trailers (AniTrailer) as well as interactive media installations, live interactions, or VR and AR applications (AniSpace) for the International Animation Festival and the FMX in Stuttgart. In joint workshops, students develop their initial ideas, and work in interdisciplinary teams. Projects are then supervised by teaching staff conceptually, technically, and during implementation. The support sessions take place on a weekly basis. The semester presentation takes place in March the following year in the form of presentations (AniTrailer) i.e. as a test setup, or a technical rehearsal (AniSpace).
Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings take place at regular intervals.
Examples:
- Workshop: Character Animation
- Film Making Basics
- New Technology / Virtual Film-making
- Pipeline and workflow
- Look-development
Diploma module 1: Research
By the end of the summer semester in the 3rd year of study, each student at the Institute must develop four project ideas, and produce a project outline.
Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 3rd year, students from all areas of study discuss the progress of their projects.
Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings take place at regular intervals.
Examples:
- Workshop: Character Animation
- Film Making Basics
- New Technology / Virtual Film-making
- Pipeline and workflow
- Look-development
4th year: Winter semester
Diploma module 2: Concept & art
In the fourth year of study, diploma projects are planned in detail and...Diploma module 3: Pre-production
All artistic and production issues must be resolved by the end of the...Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 4th year, students from all...Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings...4th year: Summer semester
Diploma module 4: Production
Preliminary progress results are presented at the end of the 4th year of...Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 4th year, students from all...Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings...Diploma module 2: Concept & art
In the fourth year of study, diploma projects are planned in detail and implemented. Up to the Christmas break in the 4th year of study, the best ideas are fully developed and presented in a project portfolio.
Diploma module 3: Pre-production
All artistic and production issues must be resolved by the end of the Winter semester in the 4th year of study.
Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 4th year, students from all areas of study discuss the progress of their projects.
Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings take place at regular intervals.
Examples:
- Workshop: Character Animation
- Film Making Basics
- New Technology / Virtual Film-making
- Pipeline and workflow
- Look-development
Diploma module 4: Production
Preliminary progress results are presented at the end of the 4th year of study (in July). All necessary production steps must be completed by the end of the calendar year (December).
Weeklies
Once a fortnight in the Summer semester of the 4th year, students from all areas of study discuss the progress of their projects.
Seminars
Seminars (interdisciplinary and/or inter-year) and individual/team meetings take place at regular intervals.
Examples:
- Workshop: Character Animation
- Film Making Basics
- New Technology / Virtual Film-making
- Pipeline and workflow
- Look-development
Diploma
Diploma Modul 5: Distribution / project completion
Projects must be completed by the diploma examination, held in March. The...Weeklies
Once a fortnight, diploma students from all areas of study discuss the...Diploma Modul 5: Distribution / project completion
Projects must be completed by the diploma examination, held in March. The following must be included; a master of the finished project, detailed documentation in the form of making-ofs, trailers, montages, publicity material and a financial and administrative project report. All diploma projects must be presented at a final diploma examination.
Weeklies
Once a fortnight, diploma students from all areas of study discuss the progress of their projects.