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Expanded Animation (CTXA)
- link: cinema.usc.edu/expandedanimation Fall and Spring semester D class assignments are available by contacting expandedanimation@cinema.usc.edu. Please include your first and last name, USC ID#, USC email address, and the class number, title, and section number. If you are not an animation MFA student, please indicate your grade level and program major. Once you receive notification of D-clearance, your D-clearance will only be effective until its expiration date, so please register ASAP. All elective courses will change from "D" to "R" after the end of early registration. You must attend the first session of a course or you may be replaced by a student on the waiting list, even if you are registered.
Principles of 2-D and 3-D digital animation applied to scientific themes and research topics.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19722R | 037 | Lecture-Lab | 9:00-11:50am | Friday | 6 of 14 | Maks Naporowski | SCA356 |
Explores the relationship of science, philosophy and art to new forms of animation practice, including Artificial Intelligence with a focus on dreams and consciousness.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19703R | 037 | Lecture | 9:30-12:20pm | Monday | 12 of 12 | Kathy Smith | SCB207 | PDF (613425 KB) |
Examines post-graduation opportunities in Expanded Animation: arts, research, academia and industry. Includes grant writing, independent filmmaking, art galleries, festivals, starting a business and financing.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19717D | 037 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 10 | Sheila Sofian | SCA258 |
Creating a one-minute animated film, installation, VR performance or new media project with sound, including development, pre-production, production and post-production.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19718D | 037 | Lecture-Lab | 4:00-6:50pm | Tuesday | 5 of 10 | Gregory Garay, | SCB205 | ||
7:00-9:50pm | Thursday | Norland Tellez | SCB202 |
Seminar and practicum featuring an inclusive investigation of contemporary animation theory and practices, with an emphasis on non-mainstream and marginalized themes, voices and methodology.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19714D | 037 | Lecture | 4:00-6:50pm | Wednesday | 6 of 10 | Elisabeth Mann | SCA259 |
The history and practice of media-based installation art, from site-specific architectural projection mapping, to activist and public art, video sculptures and immersive, physical transformations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19708R | 037 | Lecture-Lab | 4:00-6:50pm | Thursday | 8 of 8 | Elisabeth Mann | SCA258 | PDF (508604 KB) |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19716D | 037 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | Elisabeth Mann | OFFICE | ||
19723D | 037 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 10 | Maks Naporowski | OFFICE | ||
19745D | 037 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 2 | Kathy Smith | OFFICE |
A special projects course in which students study and create new works with a visiting master artist, animator, or researcher.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Advanced Storyboarding: Inside the Animation Story Room | ||||||||||
19742D | 037 | 2.0 | Lecture | 7:00-9:50pm | Monday | 8 of 12 | Miguel Jiron | SCB207 | PDF (427335 KB) |
Credit on acceptance of Thesis.
- Prerequisite: CTXA 594A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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19733D | 037 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 9 of 16 | Kathy Smith,Elisabeth Mann, Maks Naporowski | SCB205 |