Spring 2024

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.

CTXA 524: Contemporary Topics: Animation Dreams and Consciousness (2.0 units)

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
19703R	037	Lecture	9:30-12:20pm	Monday	12 of 12	Kathy Smith	SCB207	PDF (613425 KB)

CTXA 535: Writing and Story Art for Vision and Motion (2.0 units)

Story, narrative structure and storyboarding techniques examined through a creative lens.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
19705D	037	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	7 of 16	Einar Arnason	SCB205

CTXA 547: Expanded Animation Production I (3.0 units)

Creating a one-minute animated film, installation, VR performance or new media project with sound, including development, pre-production, production and post-production.

• Prerequisite: CTXA 544 and CTXA 579

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
19718D	037	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 10	Gregory Garay,	SCB205
			7:00-9:50pm	Thursday		Norland Tellez	SCB202

CTXA 551: Stop Motion Performance (2.0 units)

Incorporating classic stop motion techniques for puppet performance and animation. Emphasis on timing, performance, movement, animation and gesture.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
19707D	037	Lecture	7:00-9:50pm	Tuesday	9 of 13	Musa Brooker	SCB207

CTXA 575: Cinematic and Media-Based Installations (2.0 units)

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
19708R	037	Lecture-Lab	4:00-6:50pm	Thursday	8 of 8	Elisabeth Mann	SCA258	PDF (508604 KB)

CTXA 590: Directed Research (1.0-12.0 units)

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
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

CTXA 592: Master Class in Expanded Animation (2.0-6.0 units, max 12)

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
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)

CTXA 594b: Master's Thesis (2.0 units)

Credit on acceptance of Thesis.

• Prerequisite: CTXA 594A

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
19733D	037	Lecture	10:00-11:50am	Wednesday	9 of 16	Kathy Smith,Elisabeth Mann, Maks Naporowski	SCB205