Motion Capture Studio

Hello, I'm Professor Fethi Kaba. I am the Head of the Department of Cartoon and Animation, Faculty of Fine Arts, Anadolu University. Cartoon Research and Development Center is a center established in 2015 with the cooperation of Anadolu University and Bursa Eskişehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA). There are various studios in our center, including a Motion Capture workshop, Cintiq workshop, a cinema camera, a Rander Farm. All these things we have said are in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Our Cintiq workshop is located in the computer lab z18, while the Motion Capture studio is the workshop we are in now. Rander Farm is also located right next to the z17 workshop. In our center, we plan training first. In other words, we established the center for our students to receive a better education. Since animation is an art field that progresses very parallel with technology, it was planned that our center would benefit from technological innovations as much as possible and that technological equipment would be acquired. We achieved this to some extent with the center we established in 2015. Later, with the contributions of the rector of Anadolu University and our current dean, we were able to take this technological structure one step further. Our students can benefit from this, as well as companies coming from outside can carry out both animation and MoCap studies here. Especially game companies and advertising agencies can come and make use of the Motion Capture studio. Current studies in our center are usually on commercials. We help computer game companies especially in getting Motion Capture data. In this sense, we received the data of a commercial film and at the same time produced the movement data for several game companies here at our center. In our digital drawing workshop, our students can make designs by constantly following up-to-date topics. Since animation is an art branch parallel to technology, it is a must to have a strong technological infrastructure. In our project, which we realized with the contributions of WebCa and Anadolu University, we especially attached importance to bringing technology to the fore. In this sense, we established the Motion Capture workshop and the Cintiq workshop. We have completed our technological infrastructure in these workshops that our students benefit from. However, we have been able to take our technological structure further by establishing a new computer laboratory with the contributions of Anadolu University's rectorate and dean's office. Our goal is to further expand our Motion Capture workshop and carry out studies in this field. First of all, I recommend the candidates who will choose this department to love this field and have skills related to drawing. When I say drawing ability, I mean keep your paper and pen with you at all times, draw what’s around you, draw from your imagination, create stories, try to draw these stories, and if this is not enough for you and you think you are inadequate, try to get training on these subjects in courses related to this job. Because animation is one of the areas that requires the most skill. Because you need to be able to see and draw a form, a figure in three dimensions. This is only possible with a lot of work. I wish success to the students who will take the exam.