Animation
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Applicants will also need four GCSEs at grade 4/C or above including Maths and English Language.
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Applicants will be expected to have at least 80 UCAS points which may be derived from a Level 3 qualification in a related subject or A Levels.
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About this course
Across the disciplines of Film, Games and Media; Animation skills are highly sought after. Studying for a Foundation Degree in Animation at Warwickshire College and University Centre, you will embark upon acquiring an Animation Skills Framework which will allow you to go forward and work either solely or collaboratively in this creative industry.
You will not only learn the latest technical skills in order to be industry ready but you will learn integral supporting creative skills in visual communication, life drawing, collaborating, and innovations and trends in Animation. For your FdA in Animation with us, you will begin by learning the principles of animation, using 2D and 3D software, live drawing, communicating creative ideas and capturing human behaviour and the mechanics of movement through your own artistic visions. This will be unified with visual storytelling techniques, and all skills and techniques will work to underpin the creation of an animation pipeline.
You will then go on to; learn the techniques involved in sound design, model making and advanced storytelling techniques which requires an understanding of the contemporary screen and the differing digital platforms for exhibiting your creations. All we ask of you is to bring your imagination and creative flair, be experimental and push boundaries in creativity. If you feel that you have this vocational calling, then this is the course for you.
The Awarding Body for this course is Warwickshire College.
Modules
Modules may include:
Year 1 - Level 4
Academic Study Skills, Employability and T-Shaped
Animation Fundamentals
Art Fundamentals
Modelling Fundamentals
Real-Time Interaction
Storytelling Techniques and Character Development
The Craft of Motion Graphics
Year 2 - Level 5
Work-based and Placement Learning
Body Mechanics
Rigging
Modelling for Animation
Digital Drawing
VFX
Work-Based and Placement Learning is a fundamental and mandatory aspect of all Warwickshire College degrees. Students are expected to complete 100 hours of work-based or placement learning by the end of Level 5.
For further details about this course, please refer to the programme specification here: https://blob.wcg.ac.uk/pdf/definitive-programme-specification-ba-hons-animation-v4-acc-90b3afff35b1f6d029104553e691e337.pdf
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated, please contact us for the latest information.
Assessment methods
The modules are integrated into a programme of continuous assessment through assignments.
There are no exams associated with this course.
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