FANI7017 Critical Reflection Report Essay, University for the Creative Arts

ESSAY BRIEF    

The Critical Reflection Report is a written report on your own practice and needs to be informed by theoretical and contextual research, rather than being wholly descriptive.

You will need to structure your report around three key elements:
1.    Methodology: what technique did you use for your explorations? Why are you using it? How does it suit the subject matter of your practice? Or have you chosen the technique first and have chosen the subject matter to suit that?
2.    Context: which other animators use this or a similar technique? Which other animators make work with similar concerns, using similar subject matter?
3.    Theory: what issues arise from your practice? What are the contemporary concerns of your practice? Which authors have written about the technique you use and subject matter you examine?

This report should complement and support your practice - your film, visual development and short form animated experiments - and draw upon relevant sources that serve to help you position and explain your style, technique, content and
interests. The aim of this project is to help you develop critical debates in relation to your own practice as an animator and to build links between theory and practice.

Learning Outcome

L01 Develop a body of experimental work, which provides a comprehensive framework to inform subsequent units and objectives.
L02 Develop critical, analytical and research skills that will enable you to write knowledgeably and creatively about animation practice.
L03 Develop specialist knowledge and practice in your chosen area of animation practice

INDICATIVE READING LISTS
Barrier, M. (1999) Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Barrier, M. (2007) The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Benayoun, R. (1988) Le Mystère Tex Avery. Paris: Editions du Seuil.
Blair, P. (1994) Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons. Laguna Hills: Walter Foster Publishing.
Buchan, S. (2011) The Quay Brothers: Into a Metaphysical Playroom. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Canemaker, J. (1991) Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World’s Most Famous Cat. New York: Pantheon Books.
Canemaker, J. (1996) Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Life of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists. New York: Hyperion.
Crafton, D. (1993) Before Mickey: The Animated Film, 1898-1928. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Furniss, M. (1998) Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics. Sydney: John Libbey Publishing.
Godfrey, B. and Jackson, A. (1974) The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Book. New York: Harper & Row.
Halas, J. (1987) Masters of Animation. London: BBC Books. Halas, J. (1989) Computer Animation. London: Focal Press.