Overview

This unit will introduce students to key management and crew roles, their responsibilities and common workplace practices within the global animation industry. Students will explore these roles and demonstrate knowledge of key management strategies applied in the development, production, and post-production of animation.

Requisites

Prerequisites

125 Credit Points in BA-ANI Bachelor of Animation
OR
75 Credit Points in Animation Co-Major
OR
37.5 Credit Points in Animation Minor
OR
212.5 Credit Points in Animation related double degrees

Equivalent
DDD20030 - Producing and Production Management for Animation

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe key management roles and responsibilities found within the global animation industry
  • Identify appropriate documentation and tools used to plan and manage sequences of animation
  • Demonstrate professional competencies in the planning, management and production of an animated story
  • Evaluate management workflows and the application of production techniques during the creation of an animated story

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		 1.00  12 weeks  12
On-campus
Class		 2.00  12 weeks  24
Specified Activities
Various		 6.00  12 weeks  72
Unspecified Activities
Various		 3.50  12 weeks  42
TOTAL     150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 30% 2,3 
Case StudiesIndividual 20% 1,2 
PortfolioIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • The animation producer and key crew roles
  • Responsibilities during development, production, and post-production
  • Maintaining a collaborative working environment
  • Planning, budgeting, scheduling and tracking
  • Talent recruitment, rates, releases, intellectual property, copyright and key contracts
  • Distribution, marketing and licensing
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.