BA(Hons) Animation

Year 1

The first year introduces you to industry standard 3D software and techniques. You will receive tuition in traditional stop frame animation techniques to underpin and inform your computer generated animation projects. You will study the history of animation and explore the generation of concepts and the processes required to create animation. You will also choose from elective modules which focus on drawing for animation, digital narrative technology, editing and the creative and technical rigours of sound and music within digital production.

Core modules:

• Animation 1 (Introduction)
• Visual Arts
• History of Animation
• Animation 2 (Production)

Optional modules

• Drawing for Animators
• Creative Media Analysis
• Introduction to Digital Editing
• Creative Sound and Music

Year 2

The second year further develops your skills and concepts. You will produce creative projects allowing you to design and develop a character and then animate it utilising both stop frame and computer generated 3D techniques. A video compositing module enables you to combine production processes and incorporate sound and music into creative digital projects. You will also produce short projects featuring production management aspects and entrepreneurial techniques in order to align you with business and industry.

Optional modules:

• Animation Production
• 3D Character Creation
• Character Animation
• Animation and Compositing with Sound

Optional modules:

• Digital Narrative Technologies
• Digital Environment Art

Year 3

The modules in the third year allow you the freedom to plan and develop your own content and production methods. The Creative Portfolio Development module will enable you to produce your individual show reel. You will have developed specialisms from the broad range of targeted study in previous levels and both the Practice Based Dissertation and portfolio modules will enable you to promote yourself to the animation and related media industries.

Core modules

• Creative Artefact Production Planning
• Practice Based Dissertation
• Creative Portfolio Development