Animation (with Foundation Year)

Why choose this course?
The Animation degree offers practical study, enabling you to bring characters to life. This specialised Animation programme will transform you into a versatile creative in the art of the moving image. Designed and developed from the ground up with employability at the core, you will develop skills in animation, motion graphics and design.

You will finish your studies with the professional skills and creative thinking strategies to pursue a career within animation studios, work as a freelance artist, or start your own studio.

You will:
- Learn the principles of visual communication and drawing and apply them to character design, background design, storyboarding and scene layout.

- Explore the principles of animation and develop a solid foundation for your future career.

- Develop ideas and work towards creating a short film to be submitted to film festivals, both nationally and internationally.

- Explore animation techniques to build up a professional show reel.

- Specialise and develop a final degree project that will push on the boundaries of your skills to ensure you stand out from the crowd in the job market.

Key Course Features:
- If you have been out of education for a while or looking for a career change and undecided as to which discipline to choose, a foundation year is an opportunity to explore and develop core skills in art and design.

- Exceptional facilities, including a stop-motion studio equipped with Dragonframe software, professional camera equipment, and pre-rigged stages with grips, stands, and lights.

- Access to computer suites featuring the latest Adobe, Toon Boom, and Maya CG software.

- A free subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud for the duration of your study.

- Continued support, drawing upon our extensive knowledge, experience, and industry connections to provide you with everything necessary to evolve into an innovative storyteller and artist.

- Intimate and exclusive class sizes, frequent 1-2-1 contact, an open studio policy and flexible workspaces.

- Strong regional and national commercial links, opportunities for work experience, and regular industry interactions and are affiliated to Design bodies, for example D&AD, IOA, Manchester Animation Festival with an emphasis on competition briefs and collaboration.

- The conclusion of the course involves a formally curated gallery exhibition of your final project.