Course: Studio 9

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Course title Studio 9
Course code KGI/IL9
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 11
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Fučíková Renáta, akademický malíř
Course content
- during the postgraduate study of the key atelier subjects (from UUD/IL8 to UUD/IL11), for their term project (TP) and seminar work the students choose an illustration task with the focus on: - graphic techniques - comics; illustration for children - drawing and painting in illustration - illustration for the poetry and prose; creating bibliophiles The choice of specialization during this term is wholly up to the student. - setting rules for mutual communication; deciding on TP topics - continuous TP elaboration and consultation - continuous elaboration and consultation of seminar tasks - continuous submission of individual tasks

Learning activities and teaching methods
Project-based instruction, Instruction based on dialogue, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Seminar
  • Individual project (40) - 100 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 130 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 55 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
on a broad spectrum of basic illustrating means, about their possible mutual compositional and functional relationships, about the technical and technological methods of illustrating creation, about historical and contemporary stylish canons of illustration, about gradation of narration and the creation of simple game and educational interactive elements, about designing variants of the artwork with respect to correctly linking its intended function with aesthetic criteria, about mechanism of communication with the client to determine his/her requirements, about ways of critically assessing his/her own work in a discipline context, about the possibilities of full participation in the production team dealing with complex tasks, about ways to justify and defend your own design activity in relation to other members of the production team, about the appropriate forms of presentation and promotion of the illustrator project
Skills
chooses the appropriate illustrating technique with respect to the given topic, synthesizes the text part into an art abbreviation, proposes and creates simple game and edukative elements that stimulate the interaction of the reader / viewer with the work, chooses the appropriate mock-up technology and suggests the process of manufacturing the final artwork, reflects his work in historical and contemporary contexts, reflects his work in the context of professional, technical and technological processes, with erudition, presents his work to the professional community is able to accept and use creatively the critical and critical response, submits his proposal and selection to the contracting authority and explains it with respect to specifications and the requirements, critically assesses his/her own work in the field context and style framework, explains and defends his/her choice from other members of the production team, he is able to accept and assert in a way the evaluation and critical response, chooses the most suitable variant of the final illustrator project and creates complex design documentation, chooses appropriate forms of presentation and promotion of a illustrator project
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
about a wide range of basic illustrative means about their possible mutual compositional and functional relationships, about technical and technological ways of illustrating creation, about historical and contemporary style canons illustration, o gradation of narration and creation of more complex game and educational interactive elements about designing variants of a work with regard to the proper connection of its intended function with aesthetic criteria, on ways of communicating with the sponsor in order to determine its requirements, on ways of critically assessing one's own work in a sectoral context about the possibilities of managing a production team dealing with complex tasks about ways to justify and defend your own design activity in relation to other members of the production team about suitable forms of presentation and promotion of illustrative project about designing innovations in technology and functionality of illustrative projects in both classical and digital media about the possibilities and limits of involvement in interdisciplinary cooperation over illustrative projects about the basics of editorial work
Skills
selects a suitable illustrative technique with respect to a given topic synthesizes the text part into an art shortcut Designs and creates advanced gaming and educational elements that encourage reader / viewer interaction with the work selects the appropriate production technology of the mock-up and proposes the technological procedure for the production of the final work, reflects its work in historical and contemporary context, reflects its work in the context of professional, technical and technological processes, with erudition presents his work to the professional community is able to accept and use creatively the evaluation and critical response submit his proposal and selection to the Contracting Authority and justify it with regard to the specifications and requirements identified; critically assesses their own work in a professional context and style framework manages a production team dealing with complex tasks justify and defend his selection before other production team members selects the most suitable variant of the final illustrative project and creates comprehensive design documentation for it, selects suitable forms of presentation and promotion of the illustrative project proposes innovations in technology and functionality of illustrative features in both classic and digital media justifies the value of illustrative projects in interdisciplinary contexts proposes a series of publications, while respecting the conceptual tightness and binding graphic and typographic elements that are based on a common formal concept
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar classes
Skills
Skills demonstration
Students' portfolio
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Continuous assessment
Practical exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Project
Practical exam
Competences
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • BECK, Lauren a IONESCU, Christina., ed. Visualizing the text: from manuscript culture to the age of caricature.. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-61149-646-8.
  • Blažej, Bohuslav. Grafická úprava tiskovin : Učebnice pro 4. roč. střední prům. školy grafické, stud. obor polygrafie. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990. ISBN 80-04-23201-9.
  • Bohatcová, Mirjam. Česká kniha v proměnách staletí. 1. vyd. Praha : Panorama, 1990. ISBN 80-7038-131-0.
  • Heller S. & Arisman, M. (eds). Inside the Business of Illustration. New York: Allworth, 2004.
  • Heller S. & Arisman, M. (eds). The Education of an Illustrator. New York: Allworth.
  • Heller, Steven; Landers, Rick. Raw Data : infographic designers' sketchbook. 2014. ISBN 978-0-500-51745-1.
  • Hlušička, Jiří. Současná světová grafika : deset brněnských bienále. Praha : Odeon, 1986.
  • Holešovský, František. Glosy k vývoji české ilustrace pro děti. Praha : Albatros, 1982.
  • Holešovský, František; Stehlíková, Blanka. Čeští ilustrátoři v současné knize pro děti a mládež. Praha : Albatros, 1989.
  • Kneidl, Pravoslav. Z historie evropské knihy : Po stopách knih, knihtisku a knihoven. Praha : Nakl. Svoboda, 1989. ISBN 80-205-0093-6.
  • Kress and van Leeuwen. Reading Images 2nd edition. London: Routledge, 2006.
  • Meggs, Philip B. A history of graphic design. New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN 0-471-29198-6.
  • Najbrt, Vladislav; Běhal, Miroslav; Potužáková, Vladislava. Redaktor v tiskárně. 1. vyd. Praha : Novinář, 1979.


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