Animation

Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom, Nottingham

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Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom , Nottingham

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W213

Campuses

City Campus

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2023

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,500 / year

Next Intake September-2023

Animation

About

The UK's animation industry is a global success, so there's never been a better time to start your career in this field.

As an ambitious storyteller and creative thinker, you'll explore all aspects of 2D and 3D animation on this innovative degree course. We'll equip you with the critical and technical skills required to become an animator, engaging in every aspect of animation production while gaining knowledge of animation history and context.

You'll explore the different areas of animation through studio practice, academic research, and independent study. By the end of the course you'll have developed project work and films that build into a professional show reel tailored to your own career aspirations, ready to launch your career .

You'll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.
Study the broadest range of disciplines from course staff with expertise in drawing for animation, storyboarding, 2D and 3D character animation, experimental animation, visual development, previs, lookdev, story development, production and direction.
Develop your professional skills through self-initiated work experience placements, industry competitions, collaborations with organisations and guest lectures.
During your time here, you will be given the opportunity to showcase your work to members of the creative industries. You may also be selected to showcase your work at international film festivals, such as the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

This course will give you the technical, intellectual, creative and professional skills you'll need to work successfully within the industry both nationally and internationally. Beginning with the principles of animation, you will learn how to animate in digital 2D and 3D. You will study drawing for storyboarding and visual development in a progressive, systematic way. This includes character and environment design, 3D production workflow, acting for animators and all stages of animation production.

Year One
Year Two
Final year

Animation Principles

(100 credit points)

Animation Principles will introduce you to the core concepts, principles, and foundational skills of animation practice. Studio-based seminars, tutorials and self-directed research aims to stimulate your intellectual curiosity and begin to realise your individual creative identity through short-duration, hands-on investigative exercises, to prepare you for animation production. At the end of each term you will have a body of work that evidences your engagement, understanding and achievement in the animation concepts and processes undertaken.

Animation Studies I

(20 credit points)

Animation Studies I explores animation and film's relationships with their audiences and how visual storytelling is performed through the formal elements of the medium: mise-en-scأ¨ne, composition, camera, editing, and sound. In this module you will be introduced to the power of animation and its influence on audiences. A series of screenings will provide you with a broad overview of current and historical approaches to visual storytelling. You will explore animation's relationship with its audience through formal communication and storytelling techniques. The purpose of the module is to develop your awareness of methods of original invention, broaden your artistic outlook, and hone your academic skills.

Animation Studio

(60 credit points)

Animation Studio aims to progress your character animation and visual development skills in your chosen technique, work collaboratively on a client-led live brief and produce an animated short. Additionally, you will be able to choose between discovering new ways to produce 2D animation for children's content or going deeper into 3D workflow.

Animation Studies II

(20 credit points)

Animation Studies II aims to develop a deeper understanding of the theories, ideas and cultural contexts that relate to and surround animation, its location in the world and its relationship to its audiences. This is explored through lectures, screenings, group discussions, workshops, and offsite visits.

CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking

(20 credit points)

Through active participation with team-based problem-solving, you will work together in mixed teams on a project where you will use your creative ideas to generate solutions to the challenge or brief. Your project will allow you to explore how creativity can make an impact in society, as you choose a theme of sustainability, social justice, enterprise and innovation or community. This collaborative learning experience will expose you to a range of new processes and approaches that will develop your creative thinking.

Optional module

You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

3D Materials and Exploration
Storyboarding: Visualising the story, enhancing the narrative
Character Ideation
Experimental Animation
Telling Stories
Model Making: Object and Narrative
Motion Graphics

Animation Specialist Project

(100 credit points)

Work developed in this module will become the core of your portfolio, resulting in the completion of a short film and reel or a specialist body of work and reel. Projects provide freedom to develop an authorial voice within short animated film form, further realising your design, motion and narrative ideas, or will allow you to develop an industry-ready body of work in an animation specialisation. You will be encouraged to develop work that represents genuine original storytelling, whether in a film or specialist pathway. In support of your practice you will reflect upon and evaluate your creative process, looking towards positioning yourself within the animation or associated industries.

Animation Studies III

(20 credit points)

Further develop your understanding of animation theories, ideas and cultural contexts, exploring and researching ideas that will inform your work for the Animation Specialist Project, and beyond career beyond graduation.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Your qualification	You could study
Secondary School Certificate (Tawjihi) Grade 75%+	International Year One courses at NTIC
Two year Post Tawjihi from Higher Technical Institutes or Commercial Institutes	Students who have studied for two years after the Tawjihi can be considered for Year One undergraduate courses
OND / HND and Associate Degrees	Advanced entry (Year Two or Three) undergraduate courses

Your qualification

You could study

Secondary School Certificate (Tawjihi)

Grade 75%+

International Year One courses at NTIC

Two year Post Tawjihi from Higher Technical Institutes or Commercial Institutes

Students who have studied for two years after the Tawjihi can be considered for Year One undergraduate courses

OND / HND and Associate Degrees

Advanced entry (Year Two or Three) undergraduate courses

Career

Employability is a key focus of this course, with modules including initiatives such as live projects and trips, and the opportunity to exhibit your work, which will help to raise your profile and enhance your future career.

This course will prepare you to work in the digital media field, in areas such as feature film animation, VFX, children's television, heritage interpretation, advertising, and games production.

You'll also develop transferable skills for alternative careers in media, freelance design, illustration, motion graphics, teaching and academia.

Connecting with industry and work placement opportunities

Industry professionals will visit the course to guest lecture and share their experiences. Live projects and competitions will help you to gain real experience of the industry, make contacts, and build your portfolio and CV.

You'll be encouraged to undertake short periods of work experience alongside your studies. You will normally complete these placements during holiday periods, but you will have the option of taking up to two weeks out of term time, which you can negotiate with your tutor.

In addition, you'll also have the opportunity to complete a longer work experience or placement, with the chance to gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice, dependent on duration. Course tutors and our Employability team are on hand to support you in applying for placement and professional practice opportunities.

YouFirst â€“ working with our Employability team

Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.

Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the Internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and for up to three years after completing your course.

Creative Industries Federation

We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK's creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.

NTU is in the UK's Top 15 for Art & Design in the Complete University Guide 2023.

What our students are doing now

07 Jan 2022

Specialist workshop with Jabari Cofer, Animation Lead at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Students attend a specialist workshop with Jabari Cofer, Animation Lead at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,500 / year

How to Apply

You can apply through UCAS. If you are not applying to any other UK universities, you can apply directly to us on our NTU applicant portal.

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