BA Examination
Contents
Required Records
Attention: projects missing these deadlines will not be accepted for the final exam.
Friday, 14. June 2019
until 12:00 (CET) use the Template for Studentfilm and Template for Studentpage to add all information about you and your films made at this school to our aniwiki.
Monday, 17. June 2019
until 23:59 (CET) upload all files according to the Project Submission to the server. The location will be communicated a week in advance.
Zip the following files, give the zip a logical name and copy it to the same folder as the film above.
- 6 Stills
- a picture of the filmmakers
- a short biography of the filmmakers and the synopsis of the film in German and English in a plain text file
- a list of the credits in a plain text
Presentations and Jury 19.-21. June 2019
The presentations in front of the jury in the REX cinema are held between Wednesday 19. - Friday 21. June 2019 in the cinama REX - room 045. The jury members this year are Haas Jürgen (Head), Gasser Christian, Ehmann Jochen, Mumford Jane and an external juror. The presentation of the projects is public and can be held in german or english depending on the external jury member.
Read more about the judgement criteria on the official information.
You are allowed to choose one practical criteria (i.e. animation, story, character design, editing, post-production etc...) and one presentation criteria (command of language, free speaking, structure of presentation, technical knowledge transferral, graphic layout of presentation slides etc...) of your choice to help boost your results. See timetable below for the deadlines of naming both criteria.
Werkschau 2019
The Werkschau takes place from Friday to Sunday 21. - 30. June 2019 at the Messe Luzern . The vernissage starts Friday 21. June 2019 at 18:00 (CET).
Exhibition buildup is from Monday to Friday 17. - 21. June 2019, the dismantling on Monday 1. July 2019. Responsible for the coordination is the artistic assistant .
Premiere 2019
The premiere starts on Wednesday 26. June 2019 at 18:00 (CET) at the Cinema Maxx, Emmenbrücke, followed by an aperitif.
Diplomas 2019
The diplomas will be given to you on Saturday 28. June at the Messe Luzern 2019. The invitations will be sent to you from the offices of Hochschule Luzern.
Friday, 5. July 2019
until 12:00 (CET) mail the musiclist for the SUISA to the artistic associate. To promote your film online create a short trailer and upload to the server (location will be communicated). The trailer will be uploaded to our vimeo site and can be linked to your vimeo account. Do not upload your final film immediately to an online platform without consulting Chantal Molleur first. You can upload you entire film after it has done its first round of important festivals (usually about a year) to your platform of choice. Please create a link to our site as the producer of your film.
Timeline 2019
Also see at the entries starting with "3BA" on the Animation Students Calendar.
| Date | Task | Details | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13. Sept | Pitch | Poster deadline
Anyone who wishes to present a project can send us a poster (according to guidelines to be found on the student server) and the filled-out factsheet (will be sent to you by the ASO/ASI). The school will take care of printing the posters. |
E-mail to Artistic Associate (ASO) CC Artistic Assistant (ASI) by 9:00 |
| 18. Sept | Pitch | Pitch Day
Each pitch must be done in under 5 minutes. |
Room 145, 15:00 |
| 20. Sept | Pitch | Pitch choice deadline
Choose which 3 projects are your favourites and which 3 projects you could imagine working on, naming specific functions. |
E-mail to ASO by 11:00 |
| 24. Sept | Thesis | Kick-Off
Christian Gasser and Franziska Trefzer give you the first information on your coming work. |
Room 140, 10:00 |
| 24. Sept | Pitch | Selection Results
The ranking of Pitches is presented and suggestions made as to how to form groups. |
Room 140, 14:00 |
| 25.-28. Sept | Pitch | Selection Feedback
Meetings with Jürgen Haas, Ted Sieger and Paul Bush can be requested to help form groups or receive further feedback on the results of the Pitch Selection. |
Room tba |
| 15. Oct | Thesis | Name your topic and mentor
Note: you should have contacted the mentor of your choice beforehand to make sure they have the capacity. |
E-mail to ASO by 11:00 |
| 29. Oct | Thesis | Exposé deadline
upload your PDF named year_yourname_titleofwork_Exposé (i.e. 2018_SaraSmith_WordsandImages_Exposé) to a folder on the server |
Upload to server
by 11:00 |
| 31. Oct | BA project | Name your mentor
Note: contact the mentor of your choice beforehand to make sure they have the capacity to take on your project |
E-mail to ASO and project-mentor by 11:00 |
| 5.Nov -
23.Nov |
BA project | Project preparation module
with Ted Sieger and Paul Bush |
Room 140 |
| 26.Nov - 14.Dec | BA project | Dossier module
you will develop with Ted Sieger and Gerd Gockell a written dossier and a storyboard to apply for funding |
Room 140/145 |
| 3. Dec | Thesis | First draft deadline
upload your PDF named year_yourname_titleofwork_Draft (i.e. 2018_SaraSmith_Words_Draft) to a folder on the server |
Upload to server
by 11:00 |
| 21.Dec | BA project | First draft deadline
upload your PDF named year_projectname_Draft (i.e. 2018_BestFilmEver_Draft) to a folder on the server |
Upload to server
by 11:00 |
| 3.-4.Jan | BA project | Animatic editing session 1
a session with Dominik Gehring to discuss and evaluate the state of your project's current animatic. |
Location and timetable tba by ASO/Gehring |
| 7. Jan | BA project | Dossier deadline!
Late delivery implies the immediate disqualification from the BA-process. No FX possible. Upload your PDF named year_projectname_Dossier (i.e. 2018_BestFilmEver_Dossier) to a folder on the server |
Upload to server
by 23:59 |
| 8. Jan | BA project | Dossier deadline
4 printed physical copies. 1x SRF, 1x jury, 1x archive, 1x office |
On desk of ASO by 16:00 |
| 9. Jan | BA project | Animatics presentation
ZHdK film-music composing students will visit us and receive a short presentation of your films after which you can network. |
Cinema REX 10-12:00 |
| 9. Jan | BA project | Animatics upload
upload your animatics (converted down to under 500MB!) named year_projectname_AnimaticV1 (i.e. 2018_BestFilmEver_AnimaticV1) to a folder on the server (tba by ASO) |
Upload to server
by 16:00 |
| 18. Jan | Thesis | Last chance for feedback
from your mentors before handing in your thesis. |
Individually by E-mail |
| 4. Feb | Thesis | Thesis deadline digital & analogue
Late delivery implies the immediate disqualification from the BA-process. No FX possible. - upload your PDF named year_yourname_titleofwork_Thesis (i.e. 2018_SaraSmith_WordsandImages_Thesis) to a folder on the server (tba by ASO) - put 3 physical copies onto the ASO's desk or, in case the office is closed, leave them somewhere in the atelier and e-mail the ASO their location |
Both by 16:00 |
| 5. Feb | BA project | Kick-Off Lineproducing
you will meet your Lineproducer and she will introduce you to the production pipeline and instruct you on how to cooperate with her. |
Room 151, 10:00 |
| 11. Feb onwards | BA project | Voice recordings
possible from second week of February onwards. Get in touch with Thomas Gassman if you want to reserve a session. |
Sound studio |
| 14/15 or 20/21Feb | BA project | Acting reference shots: visiting actresses and actors will work with you on key shots of your film. They will be recorded for further use. | Room tba, all day |
| 26. Feb | BA project | Animatic editing session 2
a second session with Dominik Gehring to discuss and evaluate the state of your project's current edit. |
Location and timetable tba |
| 5. Mar | BA project | Sound design
send a current animatic (compress it!) with your music layout and a description of your sound design concept to Thomas Gassmann and Christof Steinmann |
E-mail them by midday |
| 6. Mar | BA project | Mitarbeiterbörse / Helper's market
get helpers on board by holding a presentation of your project for lower classes and alumni where you can tell them what you're looking for. |
Room 151, 17:30
with apéro! |
| 11./12.Mar | BA project | Sound design meetings
with Thomas Gassmann |
Infos tba by Thomas |
| 13. Mar | Exam | Examination criteria (practical work)
Choose a subject from your project to be judged by in particular (for example set design, concept art, story, animation, character design, editing etc...) Any changes in your subject after that must be discussed with Jürgen Haas! |
E-mail ASO by 11:00 |
| 21./22.Mar | BA project | Animatic editing session 3
last session with Dominik Gehring to discuss and evaluate the state of your project's current edit. |
Location and timetable tba |
| 2. April | BA project | GO or No-Go
All projects present their most recent Animatic along with the current state of their Lineproducing. Jürgen Haas, Thomas Gassmann and Luana Derungs will evaluate if proceeding with foleys is realistic. If not, alternative steps will be recommended (in the most extreme cases, Foleys/Sound can be delayed until next year or transferred to an external producer). |
Room 151, 9:00-15:00 |
| 23. April - 2. May | BA project | Foley recordings
with Dieter Hebben. PICTURELOCK for Foleys 1 day before recording session date (will be communicated by Thomas Gassmann or ASO) |
Sound Studio |
| 29. April | Thesis | Thesis Mentors' grades and feedback
sent to Jürgen Haas and ASO (will not be communicated to Students yet) |
E-mail ASO by 11:00 |
| 10. Mai | Promo | Postcard & poster file deadline
The prototypes can be found on the server > studierende > Vorlagen > Poster/Postkarten. Think about creating your own e-mail for on the postcard (i.e. contact@yourfilmname.com) Important: Film title will be fixed from this point on! |
Upload to server by 16:00 |
| 13. Mai | BA project | Deadline for short text to your project for the HSLU Werkschau exhibition. Information regarding this will be sent by ASI or ASO in the weeks preceding. | E-mail ASO by 11:00 |
| 24. Mai | BA project | Fantoche preview version
HSLU students are uniquely allowed to send unfinished works-in-progress to be viewed by the Jury. So if you're lucky, your film can then be screened as a premiere at the Fantoche International Animation Festival in September! |
Upload to server by 23:59 |
