Animation (with Foundation Year)
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Acceptable qualifications in maths and English include: • GCSE grade 4 (or C or higher) • Level 2 Key Skills (Communication and Application of Number) • Level 2 Functional Skills. We also accept alternative equivalent or higher level qualifications.
Any combination of level 3 qualifications - each application is considered on a case-by-case basis.
About this course
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**Course overview**: This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you don't have sufficient grades to join Year 1.If you would like a creative career as an animator in film, television or games then this is the course for you. You choose to specialise in one of two areas - real-time games animation and motion capture or character animation for film and television.
You cover fundamental skills common to all animation roles including 2D and 3D animation, cinematography and pre-visualisation, 3D modelling and sculpting, rigging and simulation and look development.
Depending on your specialism, you study character animation, creature animation, motion capture, lip sync, performance capture and acting. You develop skills in both real-time and rendered animation which are widely used in games, film, and television production. In group modules, you work with games students to produce fully-functional games, or with visual effects students to create an action packed feature film sequence or a short film. In your final year you create your own project, allowing you bring together everything you have learnt and prepare for industry.
**Top reasons to study this course**
1. Industry links: take part in Animex, our annual international animation and games festival featuring experts from Rockstar, Pixar, Disney and Sony.
2. Graduate Success: our graduates have worked on many movies and AAA games including Spiderman Far From Home, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Red Dead Redemption II.
3. Professional accreditation: This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.
**After the course**: Our graduates are working in major studios around the world including Rockstar Games, The Imaginarium Studios and Industrial Light & Magic. They have worked on feature films including Spiderman Far From Home, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jurassic World 3, and on AAA games including Red Dead Redemption II, Spiderman: Hidden Agenda and Horizon Zero Dawn.
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