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Course Overview

Delivered by award-winning practicing animators and directors, this course develops your skills to work in the animated film and TV industry as a 2D artist, animator, stop-motion artist, model maker and compositor in animation. This course includes an optional work placement year, at no extra cost.

Our students benefit from an amazing learning environment, taking advantage of our many specialist studios, bringing new technologies and skills together in the creation and transformation of what is traditionally known as 2D animation and stop-motion animation.

Through a series of animation exercises, you are provided with an opportunity to learn animation principles in a traditional animation studio setting. This takes place in the first six weeks. The application of animation principles to a short character sequence features in the remainder of the module.

You develop further the drawing and animation skills developed in year one with particular reference to character animation in a 2D environment.

Character Animation

You further develop your 2D character animation skills and learn how to animate creatures and non-character-based objects. You also create special effects animation such as fire and water. All of this work references real-world observation, but you are also encouraged to develop your own visual style.
The assessment requires you to complete a portfolio of polished 2D animated exercises plus a final short animated piece.

Stop-Motion

This module develops the animation methods, materials, techniques and principles used in stop-motion animation productions. Working to a creative brief and using suitable materials, objects, animate-able puppets, or models and sets, you create a short animation sequence using a stop-motion technique of your choice.

You develop a stop-motion method such as 3D claymation, object animation, puppet animation, model animation, substitution or replacement shapes, cut-outs, pixilation and so on. In creating the animation sequence, the objects or characters used for the sequence may be animated within a physical set or green screen for combining with a 2D or 3D virtual set.

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

  • Year 0 entry (UCAS code I158 BA/2DASMFY): flexible, each application is considered on a case-by-case basis

  • Year 1 entry (UCAS code I156 BA/2DASM): 96-112 points and portfolio.

We may also be able to help you meet the entry requirements through our Summer University modules.

Portfolio
Your portfolio should demonstrate basic skills in drawing and visual invention. 

Maths and English
Acceptable qualifications in maths and English include:

  • GCSE grade 4 (or higher)
  • Level 2 Key Skills (Communication and Application of Number)
  • Level 2 Functional Skills.


We also accept alternative equivalent or higher level qualifications.

Fees

Fee for UK applicants
Full-time: £9250 a year

Part-time: £4500 (120 credits)

Fee for International applicants

£13000 a year


This information was accurate on : 29/04/2021
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