Course Overview
Work with artists and professionals across creative industries. Your lecturers and guest speakers will include award-winning directors, producers, actors, writers, editors, and composers from the fields of animation, film, TV, and games. You will use state-of-the-art spaces and equipment including Ideas Labs, Animation Labs with industry-standard software such as Maya, Nuke, and Unreal Engine, a 300sqm film studio, a dedicated green screen studio, and professional standard post-production facilities and recording studios.
You will have opportunities to tour studios, connect with established industry professionals and develop a strong awareness of the needs of the industry as you develop your creative and technical skills. This course prepares you for a successful and fulfilling career in animation and VFX. You will develop your portfolio to meet current industry requirements as you work closely with highly experienced staff and industry professionals.
Key Facts
- Full-time- 3 years
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- UCAS – 104-112 tariff points from A levels or combination with AS / EPQ / BTEC/ Cambridge Technical.
- A-Levels- BBC-BCC
- BTEC/Cambridge Technical- DMM-MMM
- Access to HE Diploma- Pass
- IB- 28 points
- IELTS- 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5.
Career
This degree will prepare you for your career in 3D animation or VFX.
Within a month of graduation, over 75% of our first graduating cohort have landed jobs at major London studios including The Moving Picture Company (Blade Runner 2049, The Jungle Book) and NVIZ (Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Witcher).
Our BA (Hons) 3D Animation & VFX program can open the door to careers in:
- Games
- VFX
- Animation
- Television
- FilmAdvertising
- Design
- Engineering
- Teaching
Course Content
- Art and Visual Design: An Introduction
- Animation and VFX Foundation
- Character Animation Fundamentals
- Character Asset Creation
- Live Action and CG Compositing
- Animation Skills Development
- Asset Creation Skills Development
- Film Making Practice and Previz
- Motion Capture
- VFX Production
- Final Major Project
- Film Festivals
- Advanced Skills Project
- Industry Preparedness