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Final Scene of Ricochet - Kontakt 5 Session.

18/04/2019

This blog post discusses two separate videos which each contain different versions of music accompanying the final scene of Ricochet. As a result this blog post is split into two parts. The music discussed in Part 1 can be found in the video attached to this blog entry. The music discussed in Part 2 can be found in the video posted after this entry.

Part 1

After watching Ricochet with new improvements and adjustments to the soundtrack, the project seemed to be coming together well, but the final scene stood out as the music in the conclusion required changes. In a 1-2-1 tutorial my course leader recommended trying to use the soundtrack to create dramatic qualities which emphasised the storyline, which helped with the decision to replace the final scene music with something more dynamic, making use of cinematic techniques to create an ending with additional impact. I booked a production studio in the dBs centre with the aim of creating the new approach in Native Instruments Kontakt 5.

My initial idea was to create a leitmotif for each character by assigning each actor with their own instruments and rhythm. The instrument part would switch, depending on which player was on screen taking their shot. The following quote supports this concept, “in filmic contexts the introduction of musical leitmotifs is highly conventionalized. Usually this introduction involves the simultaneous presentation of the character and his or her leitmotif” (London quoted in Green, 2010, p.86). Within Kontakt 5, I used ‘Albion ONE’ to create a brass section leitmotif for Pool Player 1, and ‘Session Horns’ with differing saxophone parts for Pool Player 2. The idea was that contrast between the instrument parts would add to the competitive atmosphere in the short film and build drama by highlighting the distinction between each player and the fact they are on opposite sides, both trying to win. Screenshots of the Kontakt 5 patches for both leitmotifs are below, displaying settings used and articulation applications:

Kontakt 5 - Albion ONE - Pool Player 1 Leitmotif

Kontakt 5 - Session Horns - Pool Player 2 Leitmotif

The use of different instrument articulations helped to make the music sound more natural and less like a digital creation. In this humanisation process, sounds like brass parts and horns can be developed to feel more realistic, as if the instrument is played by a human and not electronically synthesised. The ADSR tutorial states, there are methods of “using articulations in Kontakt to maybe bring a little more realism or some new creative choices to some of your parts” (Articulations in Kontakt, 2016). The first screenshot above shows three instances of Brass Legato instruments that apply different articulation settings. These articulations were modified every time it was Pool Player 1’s turn. I was able to create combinations of samples with different articulations, as described in the Albion One User Manual, “Albion ONE features our infamous “legato articulations”, which combine adjoining samples to give ultimate musicality” (Albion ONE Manual). These articulation settings can be seen in the bottom left of each patch in the screenshot, represented as musical notes. In the bottom left of the second screenshot above you can see a Latin articulation was applied. By following the same technique and changing the phrase each time the leitmotif came in, I could keep the consistency of instruments but make parts evolve to retain listeners’ interest.

Next, I created a drum loop consisting of a kick drum, hi-hat cymbal, and a woodblock to accompany the leitmotifs. By changing the relevant parameters for microphone placement, reverb, tuning, attack, hold, decay, and setting the mix of the kit to be acoustic rather than electronic - matching the humanisation qualities discussed above - I crafted a minimalistic drum beat to support the melodic elements. I arranged the drum beat so that while Pool Player 1 was on screen or engaged in his turn, only the hi-hat cymbals were present. When the visual content switched to Pool Player 2 the full drum part was present, adding to the leitmotif for each character while keeping a consistent beat. A screenshot depicting the Kontakt 5 drum patch is below:

Kontakt 5 - Drum Patch - Leitmotif Accompaniment

I also applied carefully placed octave doubling in an attempt to bring emphasis to dramatic on-screen moments such as players scoring, “historically, octave doubling is one of the ubiquitous archetypes of orchestral music, its function not only to amplify or clarify the relationship between various elements, but also used as a dramatic tutti effect” (The Idiomatic Orchestra). This technique involved placing notes which play simultaneously in three separate octaves to increase the impact of on-screen action. Finally, I altered the new parts’ dynamics with volume automation. With a more dynamic score, techniques like octave doubling were more powerful because of the increased dynamic range.

At the next production showcase for the module I presented the updated version of Ricochet with the newly developed final scene music (discussed above) to the class and the feedback was mostly positive, but there was some concern from my course leader and fellow students that the ending was not appropriate, and the atmosphere I had created was too different from the rest of the soundtrack, resulting in an inconsistent film score. I was advised to change this ending and pursue an extended version of the Hip-hop music section that occurs in the middle of Ricochet (1:27).

Part 2

On consideration, this seemed good advice as I too was unsure of the new part I had created in Kontakt 5 and after showing the project to other students and asking them some questions, I found that the concept of the leitmotif did not come across clearly enough. Leitmotifs are most powerful when used in long feature films rather than short films, and with the short duration of the film there was not enough time to build up a strong enough leitmotif that the audience would automatically associate a certain character with a specific sound or instrument part. As a result, I changed direction by building a more developed version of the Hip-hop element.

When developing the Hip-hop soundtrack, I added a variety of new elements. The most important of these included the creation of a new sub-bass and synthesiser part using Native Instruments Massive, and implementing the Shepard Tone - a psychoacoustic technique thoroughly explained in the presentation video attached to my proposal for this project (starting at 0:19 in the video following this post). Another important addition was the technique of chopping and reversing an atmospheric pad sample before finding and slightly boosting a resonant frequency with an increase of gain on a bell filter in Izotope Ozone 7 Equaliser that made the pad stand out and sit on top of the mix (heard at 0:00 in the video following this post). I then used Ableton Live’s ‘Redux’ stock plug-in, a bitcrushing effect, to add some character to the sound before processing it with ‘Ping Pong Delay’ followed by two versions of ‘Auto Filter’ which contained frequency automation moving across the frequency spectrum at differing times. This helped give the sound a morphing effect and add some interesting characteristics (occurring at 0:11 in the video following this post). By using sidechain compression on this track and other elements I was able to make the sound duck in volume whenever the kick or snare drum occurred, which both created greater movement in the track and made the kick and snare drum cut through the mix more prominently. The screenshot below documents this process:

Ableton Live - Auto Filter Automation

The newly developed Hip-hop piece seemed more appropriate for the visual material than the Kontakt 5 soundtrack discussed above in Part 1. Next, I received a final video edit from Dominika Zieba who as requested had swapped around the last two shots, resulting in a better conclusion for Ricochet. This, coupled with the new soundtrack ending seemed to have good potential, but before I put the pieces together I needed to add a title screen and credits. The version Dominika had sent started with a screen that read “Media Offline” and displayed a warning message. I used iMovie to swap this with a title screen and create transitions between the title screen, film, and credits.

Then into Logic Pro X, I replaced the video with the final version, and swapped the old Kontakt 5 final scene soundtrack with the new Hip-hop one. As there was content added at the start and end of the video, the soundtrack needed synchronising again. I then began to process all sound effects and pool location sound recordings by sending everything to ‘Bus 2’ which held compression, and ‘Bus 3’ which held reverb, in varying amounts using similar parameters to those used in Aperol Spritz (blog entry from 03/04/2019). However, this time I made use of a different reverb plugin, as I felt the “Chambers” space in the Reflektor reverb in Guitar Rig 5 was more appropriate for replicating the dimensions of the room. I sent the tracks to the reverb bus in differing amounts depending on the camera proximity and its position in relation to the sound on screen. A screenshot of the Guitar Rig 5 Reflektor Reverb patch is below, followed by a screenshot documenting the bus track technique:

Guitar Rig 5 Reflektor Reverb

Sending tracks in differing amounts to auxiliary tracks holding compression and reverb

Pitch shifting was not needed much in Ricochet, in comparison to Aperol Spritz where sound effects needed to be more and powerful and have more weight, as I wanted to retain the original qualities of the location sound recordings and maintain soundtrack believability

Finally, I created another version of the Ricochet’s title screen introduction music and changed it into a piece that could be used in the end credits. This process worked well, a significant technique used being impact sounds to signify the ending. As well as reversed impact sound effects, “UK broadcasters in recent years have developed a softer style, then drawn on dance and other forms of popular music and finally employed sound effects in the production of channel idents” (Brownrigg, Meech, 2002, p.345). The effect in this case was to add a slightly mysterious or menacing end to the piece, which seems to work quite well.

References

Articulations in Kontakt (2016) YouTube video, added by ADSR Music Production Tutorials [Online]. Available at: https://youtu.be/DP-kJikp1_M (Accessed 28 March 2019).

ALBION ONE Tenth Anniversary Edition User Manual (n.d.) 10th ed. [eBook]. Spitfire Audio, p.3. Available at: http://spitfire-www-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/manuals/AlbionONE_UserManual.pdf (Accessed 28 March 2019).

Brownrigg, M. and Meech, P. (2002) From fanfare to funfair: the changing sound world of UK television idents, Popular Music, vol. 21, (03), p.345 [Online]. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/853723?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents (Accessed 10 April 2019).

Green, J. (2010) Understanding the Score: Film Music Communicating to and Influencing the Audience, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 44, (4), pp.81-94 [Online]. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jaesteduc.44.4.0081?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents (Accessed 27 March 2019).

The Idiomatic Orchestra (n.d.) Octaves - The Idiomatic Orchestra [Online]. Available at: http://theidiomaticorchestra.net/octaves/ (Accessed 3 April 2019).

Bibliography

Film Scoring: What The Pros Know | Getting Started (2019) YouTube video, added by Rick Beato [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J8KrZjs6uk (Accessed 3 April 2019).

Hewitt, M. (2008) Music Theory for Computer Musicians 1st ed. [eBook]. Cengage Learning. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/33772841/Music_Theory_for_Computer_Musicians (Accessed 3 April 2019).

How to Imitate a Whole Lot of Hollywood Film Music In Four Easy Steps (2015) YouTube video, added by Scott Murphy [Online]. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSKAt3pmYBs (Accessed 3 April 2019).

MusicRadar (n.d.) The quick guide to creating a soundtrack [Online]. Available at: https://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/the-quick-guide-to-creating-a-soundtrack-156113 (Accessed 3 April 2019).

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danielcutajarpsychologyofplay · 6 years ago

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COOKIE CLICKER

Cookie Clicker is an idle game in which you must click on a giant cookie to increase your cookies per second without a concrete goal given. They way in which the game was provided in class was a competition with each classmate attempting to be the first to reach 100,000 cookies per second.

As a competitive player this sparked my desire to play. My source of enjoyment came from the fact I was maintaining a lead in front of everyone. I can say confidently if roles were reversed and I was finding out i’m far behind a lot of people I would have lost all my motivation to play.

The moment the challenge was over and I confirmed in my head that I won I easily deleted all my progress and permanently closed the game whilst others actually kept playing throughout the day in other lessons.

Judy Willis states that “After making a prediction, choice, or action, and receiving feedback that it was correct, the reward from the release of dopamine prompts the brain want to repeat that action and receive more dopamine-pleasure.” This might be an indicating factor in the addictive nature this game has. Despite the lack of a clear goal, the constant rewards given from simply pressing a button is what releases dopamine and keeps the player at a constant high.

Endorphins are also a contributing factor to the constant playing. Dominika Kuczyńska explains that “endorphins cause really good mood (also euphoric) and provide energy to “go an extra mile”, decreasing the feeling of being tired.” The goals set have gradually increasing time between them and endorphins keep us in the track of pursuit knowing you are inching towards that dopamine release you so desperately want.

“The second psychological underpinning of incremental games is our accumulation desire and loss aversion. Our brains are wired to dislike losing things we have, and, conversely, to give us a strong desire to accumulate things.” As explained by Alexander King.

Understanding this concept it reinforces the addiction aspect and explains why all my classmates did was click. For my playstyle, I looked at it more from a strategic perspective, I waited to be able to make big purchases that would give me the most cookies in the shortest time for the sake of the class challenge. I don’t feel like I was sucked into the obsession of clicking as much as others as I didn’t feel the reward from clicking most of the time albeit occasionally.

The highest surge of dopamine I had was at the end of the challenge when I was the first to reach the established goal. The moment it was confirmed I won I legitimately sold everything I purchased and severely tanked my progress and felt nothing of it.

I had no desire to continue and that could possibly be that I need much more substantial rewards to be motivated. I might not have dopamine releases from the click of a button but need something that I myself consider a challenge or achievement to succeed in.

References:

King, A. (2015) Tutsplus. Numbers Getting Bigger: What Are Incremental Games, and Why Are They Fun. <https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/numbers-getting-bigger-what-are-incremental-games-and-why-are-they-fun--cms-23925>

Kuczyńska, D. (2016) Daftmobile. Short story about the brain chemicals and how they affect players. <https://blog.daftmobile.com/short-story-about-the-brain-chemicals-and-how-they-affect-players-d078792139ec>

Willis, J. (2011) Psychology Today. Neuroscience Insights from Video Game & Drug Addiction . <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/radical-teaching/201110/neuroscience-insights-video-game-drug-addiction>

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romualddem · 7 years ago

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Two 4 One

with work by Dominika Olszowy, Alex Rathbone, Antoine Donzeaud, Cezary Poniatowski @ BWA Zielona Góra 27 Oct—26 Nov, 2017

Two 4 One, Antoine Donzeaud, Alex Rathbone, Dominika Olszowy, Cezary Poniatowski, 2017, installation view © Courtesy the artists and BWA Zielona Góra

You wanted to become a creative leader with a strong vision. Think of people who create exceptional things at a strategic and creative level. The same goes for these, who constantly change all the rules in the market. They are visionaries, but are very involved in the details at the same time. Real builders. You wanted to be one of them.

It started with the click of a button which was often enough to let others know you liked them. You could be liked back for it. Posting a photo of your favourite's artist piece was easy. But making an art piece required certain skills and a bit of flair. More and more you had become fond of less popular channels that you could use without being obliged to actually double check before releasing anything there, as there were almost no appreciation, neither dislikes from the other users. You were familiar with niche outlets that had almost zero subscribers. You started to think of becoming an artist yourself. You decided to secretly keep track of one, when he was working on an exhibition. He used various media and had an outspoken position because of the recent work. He has been also widely presented in institutional venues and amongst the art fairs. With a great feedback it leaded him to the leading position. The exhibitions he was working on were planned much in advance and all of them had a curator, a text and reception. Everything seemed to be going great also in this case. Except for the budget which was less than pitiful (...).

Curated by Romuald Demidenko As part of the Open Triennale at Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko

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Hi dominika. I'm so glad you liked your reading although my last mood board picture got messed up, sorry for that. I loved the exchange! My future lover is fine af and he'll be a good guy? I mean that's very rare but good for me lol. I like the fact that we'll have common interests or will be similar. I like having easy relationships. Our intimate moments are very satisfying 🙈 waiting for them to happen. And i love the pictures, they're so cute! Thank you for the reading and for the mood board darling.

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unixcommerce · 6 years ago

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The Best UK Animation or VFX Courses

The animation and VFX scene is growing everyday with almost all feature films now containing some clever CGI. Even the movies with no monsters or other worlds have cleverly swapped out landscapes and beautiful scenery usually changed or added after filming that you would never notice was not real.

The United Kingdom has a booming scene with studios such as MPC , Framestore, Dneg, Passion Pictures and many more, even Industrial Light & Magic have set up shop in London while working on Star Wars. With artists from around the globe coming to the UK to work in an historic city, full of different cultures, London is an attractive experience for any budding artist.

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To help with the huge task of choosing not only the right course, but city to start your journey we have created a list of the top Universities and colleges in the UK to launch your career in animation or VFX.

We interviewed the best to ask interesting facts like what their students went on to create and a showreel, and put them all together on one page to get you going.

Escape Studios

Escape Studios are a specialist VFX training facility in London. They are an industry standard in the world of VFX’s I attended myself many years ago, but since then they were acquired by Pearson College London and offer undergraduate, postgraduate degrees, and short-courses.

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Honours)/MArt The Art of Visual Effects (Integrated Masters)

MA Visual Effects Production (3D)

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Students from Escape go onto work at all the large post houses:

ILM

Bluebolt

Unit

Framestore

Climax

Pixar

The Mill

Double Negative

MPC

Cinestite

Read about success stories here.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

It can safely be said that any block buster you see at the cinema has had an “Escapee” work on it, spanning back years to today’s feature films and Many TV shows, Commercials. Recent features are:

Paddington

Thor Ragnarok

Fantastic Beasts

Coco

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

We have over 100 alumni that have worked on films that were nominated for at least one BAFTA, Oscar, VES, or Golden Globe award in 2018.

We had many alumni working on the following winners:

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Drama, BAFTA Best film, BAFTA

Outstanding British Film

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 – VES awards

Star Wars the Last Jedi – VES awards, BAFTA Special Visual Effects

Paddington 2 – BAFTA Outstanding British Film

How would you describe your courses?

We’ve been developing VFX talent since 2002 and we’ve helped thousands of students break into the industry.

Do you dream of working in the Visual Effects (VFX) industry on the latest commercial or next blockbuster? Our course is perfect for those looking to gain knowledge of 3D VFX and Compositing, the degree will provide you with the professional skills that the industry is looking for or even to start your own studio.

Learn to be a creative artist from day one – working in industry-style studio’s using the latest tools and techniques and working as part of a team on high quality creative projects. You’ll have intensive, hands-on tutorials with industry-trained tutors, who alongside practising professionals will provide regular feedback on your work.

You’ll graduate studio ready with a professional portfolio of work to show employers and a degree validated by the University of Kent – known as the UK’s European University, it is ranked 23rd in The Guardian University Guide 2017.

Bournemouth University

What animation courses do you offer?

BA Hons – Computer Animation Art and Design

BA Hons – Computer Animation technical

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Our graduates work all over the world, and many are employed by the industry’s leading animation and production houses, software houses, computer game, and digital media companies.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Our NCCA graduates have gone on to work on some of the most successful films of the past decade, including Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Interstellar, Gravity and Alice in Wonderland

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

BAFTA’s

Oscars

How would you describe your courses?

Our computer animation courses are exceptionally well regarded within the industry and as a result, our graduates rarely struggle to find work once they finish their course. In fact, 70% of our students are working or studying within six months of finishing their course.

During your degree you will have the opportunity to work with some of the UK’s leading computer animation organisations, through the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), and can make valuable contacts before you graduate.

Student Testimonial

It’s almost impossible to go to any large computer animation company and not find a Bournemouth 3D graduate. Currently there are six working at Animal logic, but I’ve worked some shorter stints at 3D companies where the graduate number has been close to 100.

Miles Green, BA (Hons) Computer Visualisation & Animation graduate and FX Supervisor at Animal Logic

UCA Farnham

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) Animation

BA (Hons) Games Art

BSc (Hons) Games Technology

Extended Diploma in Games & Animation

MA Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Studio AKA (Hey Duggie!) – Grant Orchard and Emma Wakeley

Cloth Cat Cardiff – Head of Animation, Adam Bailey

Aardman – Commercial Director, Rebecca Manley

The Line – Storyboard Artist, Francesca AdamsAnimade, Slurpy Studios, Moth Collective

FrameStore (Fantastic Beasts 2) – Rob Shears

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Wes Anderson’s new feature film (Isle of Dogs) – Shelley Nichols

Scott Dawkins – Star Wars Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War

Anthony Faulkner – Avengers: Infinity War and Pacific Rim: Uprising

Rob Shears – Fantastic Beasts 2

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Three of our students were commissioned by Random Acts to make 2 short films whilst they were still undergraduates – the films then toured the country as part of the ICA’s Playback festival and the directors of those films Elmaz Ekrem, Dominika Ozynska and Gabbriella Ditton recently featured in an article by It’s Nice That about the best new female talent in British Animation.

How would you describe your courses?

BA (Hons) Animation:

With a focus on art and design, this course will allow you to bring characters and worlds to life and explore your imagination through 3D animation.

BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts:

With an emphasis on production design, you’ll graduate from Computer Animation Arts as a skilled artist in both 2D and 3D production.

BA (Hons) Games Art:

You’ll develop a deep grounding in 2D and 3D development through to production, current tools and technologies, games design disciplines, critical thinking practice and the widening context of gameplay.

You’ll also learn observational drawing and explore art styles, whilst concepting interactive and digital environments.

BA (Hons) Games Design:

Our Games Design course will give you the opportunity to explore the growing indie games industry and how you can apply your creativity to develop a career in the field.

Using top-of-the-range software, you’ll be able to focus on your own individual approach to game design as you develop a broad range of skills and techniques that will enable you to launch into a career after you graduate.

BSc (Hons) Games Technology:

You can be at the forefront of new gaming technology through this course, founded on the principle of User-Centred Design (UCD). You’ll learn how to consider users throughout each stage of the game design and development process.

Extended Diploma in Games and Animation:

On this course, you’ll develop skills and knowledge in a variety of areas including drawing development, 2D animation, digital and motion graphics, 3D modelling, the games and animation industry and sound for game and animation.

Throughout the course, you’ll have the time to experiment with the different techniques and decide which area within the industry you’d like to specialise in when you come to choose your undergraduate degree.

MA Animation:

This course has a long history of nurturing creative, innovative and challenging alumni. You’ll be supported in developing practical skills while fostering a high standard of diverse critical approaches.

UCA Rochester

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts

BA (Hons) Games Design

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

FrameStore (Fantastic Beasts 2) – Rob Shears

TT Games (Lego) – Lewis Blythe

Supermassive Games (Until Dawn and Rush of Blood) – Charlie Scott

Two Point Studios – Prem Fatek

Splash Damage – Oskar Woinski

SEGA PlaySport

Playground Games – Razvan Pajanu

Lost Forest – James McAndrew

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Scott Dawkins – Star Wars Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War

Anthony Faulkner – Avengers: Infinity War and Pacific Rim: Uprising

Rob Shears – Fantastic Beasts 2

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Guns Goats & Glory has bane shortlisted for the new TRANZFUSER Surrey dev hub (set up by the UK Games Fund) for the national competition, which will run for 3 months in June, July, August 2018. Their game will be showcased at the national games conference EGX at the Birmingham NEC.

University of Falmouth

What animation courses do you offer?

BA Hons – Animation and Visual Effects

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

3D Animator: Aardman Animation and Double Negative

2D Animator: DHX Media

Character Designer: Spider Eye and Hello Games

VFX co-ordinator: Ubisoft, Framestore and Cinesite

3D Modeller: TT Fusion

Production Assistants: MPC Vancouver, Illion studios, Arthur Cox and Spider Eye

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Productions featuring Falmouth graduates include Dalmation Street (Disney/Passion Pictures), Captain America: Civil War, Spectre, Star Trek Beyond, Assassin’s Creed, F1 2016, The Jungle Book and The Legend of Tarzan.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Graduate Erin Morris was awarded the Best Short Film Award at the Miami Jewish Film Festival for her short animation Strings.

Graduates Mads Ogaard and Katie Wyman won the Undergraduate Craft Skills – Production Design award for their film, I Am Dyslexic, at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Student Television Awards 2017.

How would you describe your courses?

Students learn and develop animation skills using industry-standard software, working creatively across a range of subjects, from traditional art practices to the complex work of visual effects. Supported by academic and industry experts from all forms of animation and visual effects, you’ll experience a professional studio environment. Discover all forms of animation, trying your hand at 2D and 3D computer, stop motion and experimental work. You’ll work in groups on projects that range from short assignments and live briefs through to films for festivals and competitions. You can also work on our in-house micro-budget feature film programme.

You can also find out more about what the students and graduates get up to on their blog.

Student Testimonial

I came to Falmouth as a mature student. Three years later I had my first television credit, an agent, determination to succeed and the direction to get me there. Falmouth gave me that, no question.

Pete Jordi Wood, BA(Hons) Digital Animation graduate who’s worked with BBC2, Channel 4 and E4

University of Middlesex

What animation courses do you offer?

BA Hons – Animation

BA Hons – 3D Animation & Games

BA Hons – Visual effects

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Natalia Biegaj (Charles Howarth – Art Director and Animator, The School of Life – Freelance Animator and Art Director, NB Animation – CEO)

Kuba Ba Lu (Treatment Visual Productions Ltd – Junior Animator, Sherbet – Flash Animator)

Luke Curtis (Brewery – 3D Visual Effects and Animation, Treat Studios – Animator)

Lana Simanenkova (Animade – Senior Creative)

Rebecca Balint (King Rollo Films – 2D Animator, Kavaleer Productions – Animator, Cloth Cat Animation – Animator)

Harriet Titlow (Sherbet – Assistant animator, Cartoon Network – Design Assistant)

Alex Crowley (Sweet Take Studio – Motion Graphics Animator, Aardman Animations)

Eleonora Quario (Lupus Films – Assistant animator, Passion Pictures – Assistant animator, Blinkink – Assistant Animator, Studio Aka – Assistant Animator, IOD productions – 2D Assistant Animator on ‘Isle of dogs’)

Greg Haworth (Hibbert Ralph Animation Ltd – Storyboard Artist, RM2 – Animator/ Creative Editor)

Antonia Diakomopoulou (Brilliant PR – Creative and Motion Designer, Vivliokid – Project Manager, Animator and Illustrator)

Adara Todd (Ladybird Films Ltd – Production Assistant, Tiger Aspect – Animation and Kids Department Assistant)

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Rebecca Balint: 2D Animator on ‘Poppy Cat’ children’s television series

Izabela Barszcz: Sherbet – Animator on ‘The Banana Massacre’; Freelance animator on music videos including ‘Hiatus – Night Jar’

Harriet Titlow: Assistant Animator on ‘The Hunger Strikes’; Design Assistant working on ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ children’s television series

Alex Crowley: Aardman Animations – Assistant Animator on feature film ‘Early Man’

Tom Jarrett: Worked on music videos for ‘Showtek & Moby – Natural Blues’ and ‘Age of L.U.N.A – Sweetness’

Eleonora Quario: Assistant animator on titles including ‘Ethel & Earnest’ and ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’; Assistant animator on ‘Gorillaz – Saturnz Barz’; Assistant Animator on ‘Elton John – Rocket man’; 2D Assistant Animator on ‘Isle of dogs’

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Adara Todd’s graduation film ‘Twiddly Things’ was awarded the prestigious Best of the Fest award at TriForce short film festival.

Antonio Busto’s graduation film ‘The Day I Killed My Best Friend’ short listed for international animation festivals.

Lana Simanenkova’s graduation film ‘Heads and Tails’ shortlisted in animation festivals internationally.

Giulia Riva’s 2nd year film ‘Do you Remember’ – Short listed in international animation festivals.

How would you describe your courses?

You will hone your skills through demonstrations and practical work in our studios and workshops, as well as lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, visits and your own personal research. You will also have the opportunity to attend presentations by professional animators and interview them to learn more about their work. You will give presentations, take part in class discussions and work on group projects, essays and practical assignments.

We take pride in our approach to teaching on our BA Animation degree. In a 2016-17 external examination, we were praised for the use of clear language in our briefs, assessment criteria and learning outcomes, and for the way we support our students’ learning.

Student Testimonial

Being part of the course helped me to realise my potential and gave me some great work experience opportunities. I worked on the visuals for The Who’s US Tour 2011 and also went to Milan for the Design week in May 2012 to work on the live visuals for Bombay Sapphire Gin. After graduating, Kuba joined Treatment Studios, a collaborative association of designers, directors and content producers who create visuals for live music tours, concerts, events, award ceremonies, large-scale theatre productions and operas.

University of Hertfordshire

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) 2D Animation and Character for Digital Media

BA (Hons) 3D Computer Animation and Modelling

BA (Hons) 3D Games Art & Design

BA (Hons) Visual Effects for Film and Television

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

2D, 3D and VFX: employed in over 300 companies worldwide; Industrial Light and Magic, Laika, Disney Production, Cinesite, Double Negative, Framestore, The Mill, Moving Picture Company, Third Floor Inc, Animated Storyboards, Blue Zoo, Glassworks, Jellyfish Pictures, Illumination Mac Guff, Lucasfilm, BBC, Method Studios, Nexus Productions, CNBC, Pixomondo, Prime Focus, Realtime UK, Rewind, Saddington & Baynes, Sherbert, Smoke and Mirrors, Studio AKA and many more…

Games Art: graduates employed in over 200 companies worldwide including: Epic Games (US), Square Enix, Electronic Arts, Activision, Frontier, Sony (London and Cambridge), Blitz Games, Creative Assembly, Space Ape Games, Rare-Microsoft Games ,Splash Damage, Eutechnyx Ltd, FreestyleGames, Jagex, Kuju, Nintendo, Outso, Real Time Worlds, Rebellion Games, Traveller’s Tales, Ubisoft (Singapore), Zoe Mode, Rockstar and many more…

Visualisation: Bentley Motors, McLaren F1, Taylor James, Foster and Partners, Uber, Burrows CGI, River Film Communication, Random 42.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Grads have been working on all the recent set of Star Wars films, Ready Player One, Fantastic Beasts, the sequel to that film. The Lion king, Pacific Rim 2, Netflix’s Altered Carbon, the TV show Thunderbirds, the film Annihilation, Disney commercials for products and toys. The list is pretty long but those are some of the highlights.

Students have worked on films such as Gravity, Inception, Avatar, Box Trolls, Dark Knight, Hellboy, Thor 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harry Potter films, Prometheus, Narnia films, John Carter, Total Recall, Hunger Games, Godzilla etc

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

In terms of awards our students have won Oscars at framestore, mpc, and double negative for Blade Runner, Gravity, and the Jungle Book.

4th Place Best Game Design & Development School 2017

5th Place Best Feature Animation School 2017

10th Place Best Digital Illustration School 2017

Animation – Film of the Year – Runner Up 2017 (Lunette)

Console & PC – Game of the Year – Runner Up 2017 (Fringe)

Internships -Visual Effects – Double Negative Winner 2017 (Brad Healy)

2 students were Animation Finalists (Phoebe Warries and Jake Goode)

2 students were Next Gen Gaming Finalists (Callum Tweedie Walker and Jordan Moss)

Best Next Gen Gaming School 2016

Fourth Place Animation VFX School 2016

Fourth Place Motion Graphics School 2016

Fourth Place Illustration School 2016

Shortlisted over 140 times in international animation competitions, including Royal Television Society Awards, Virgin Media Shorts, Animex, Shanghai World Expo, Animamundi, KLIK!, British Animation Awards, BFI Future Film Festival, Anifest, Aniwow, Melbourne International Animation Festival, London International Animation Festival, Tricky Women, Brisbane International Animation Festival, Bradford Animation Festival, Anima Brusssels.

How would you describe your courses?

All four degrees share a common first year where everyone gets a taster of each pathway. From the second year onwards each degree strand starts to specialize into their chosen pathway. Then in the final third year they can collaborate with whoever they want to make their final film.

There is a change for a sandwich year if they want as well.

To sum us up, while lots of training companies train you on software to create the art. Our thinking is to reverse that around. We teach them how to be creative as the first priority and how to achieve their visions.

Lots more information here.

If you want to see what our current second year VFX are up to here is a link.

Southampton Solent University

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) – Animation

BA (Hons) Digital Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Pretty much everywhere. Graduates have ended up in all the main houses in Soho working on VFX, some have gone to Aardman, some worked with Sylvain Chomet, a couple ended up at Weta in New Zealand.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Basically everything you see in the cinema, you can be sure some of our grads have worked on it, but Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Various RTS awards, and screening a competition success round the world. Several films screened at Annecy etc.

How would you describe your courses?

BA Animation classically trains animators for the boutique industry, and or graduation as film making auteurs. BA Digital Animation is more targeted at producing people who want to work in the Big vfx houses on block buster projects. Both courses classically train them with sculpting, painting, and drawn animation on paper.

Student Testimonial

I am ever-grateful for the tuition and support received on the Southampton Solent animation degree. The course structure gave an insight into what is required as a professional and also focused on the fundamental principles needed to be an animator. Without this vital training I would have struggled to forward my career and pursue my ambition.

—Ryan Herbert, Graduate

UWE Bristol

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) – Animation

MA Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Blue Zoo, Framestore, Aardman, BDH, Lupus, Cartoon Network, Brown Bag, Richard Purdum, Astley Baker Davies, Cloth Cat, A Productions, Hello Charlie.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Shaun the sheep, Pirates, Early Man (Aardman), Frankenweenie, Life of Pi, Isle of Dogs, Chuck Steel Night of the Trampires,

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Many regional RTS student animation awards over the last 10 years. Special awards for craft and audio. Representation at international animation festivals.

How would you describe your courses?

This practice-based production course not only develops your creative flair but also provides you with highly sought-after technical skills.

Learn through making using industry standard equipment. Practical work is balanced by theoretical study, work experience and research activities, all deigned to prepare you for work within a commercial environment. Live briefs, work based placements and networking events assist the transition from education into professional practice.

Join a long-established, highly creative animation community in which students are known and valued for their individual creative flair. You’ll be taught by a team with extensive commercial animation experience, with regular contributions from commercial practitioners. This, coupled with our strong links with the UK’s major animation companies, will ensure you benefit from professional expertise throughout the programme.

Kingston University London

What animation courses do you offer?

Digital Media Technology BSc(Hons)

MA Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Double Negative

MPC

Framestore

Prime Focus

BBC

Many smaller tv and video production companies

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Avatar, Gravity, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Mowgli, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, John Carter, Dunkirk, Star Trek…lots more mostly in compositing.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Whilst at university – final year project and best academic achievement awards.

How would you describe your courses?

Due to restructuring we have merged several courses into new one, called Digital Media Technology starting Sept 2018 and so are able to offer more option modules through pathways. This course will teach specialist skills needed for this highly competitive media and VFX areas. These include fundamentals of media, 2D and 3D computer graphics, introduction to computer programming, motion graphics, UX design, visual effects and much more through the option modules such as digital games creation.

In addition to the formal teaching on the course, students will also have the opportunity to participate in industry visits in central London – the home of many digital media and creative companies.

Teeside University

What animation courses do you offer?

BA(Hons) Computer Animation

BA(Hons) Computer Character Animation

BA(Hons) 2D Animation

BA(Hons) Visual Effects

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

We have a large number of graduates working the film and TV industries at companies which include ILM, Double Negative, Framestore, MPC, the Mill, Passion Pictures, Glassworks, Jellyfish, Studio Soi, Prime Focus, Pixar, Disney, Cinesite, etc.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

You would be hard pressed to find any film or TV project in the last 10 years that did not have Teeside graduates working on it. We could give you a list but it would be massive and include every major motion picture utilising VFX, plus TV series and documentaries.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Our students have contributed to Oscar and Bafta winning projects.

How would you describe your courses?

Outstanding facilities, including animation studios, motion capture studio, green screen studio (including motion control cameras) and traditional animation facilities.

What we teach, the s/w and facilities we use reflects what we know the industry is doing. We host the Animex festival every year to bring together industry professionals from around the year along with our own students to exchange ideas, run workshops, present awards etc.

More info at animex.tees.ac.uk.

De Montfort University

What animation courses do you offer?

BA(Hons) Animation

BA(Hons) VFX

BSC (Hons) VFX

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Walt Disney Animation Studio

Brown Bag Films

Studio Soi

Double Negative

Munk Studios

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Disney’s Frozen and Big Hero 6

The Amazing World of Gumball

Hercules

Avengers

Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Some have worked on features that have won Oscars.

How would you describe your courses?

BA Animation explores both 3D and 2D digital techniques fundamentally with character animation at its heart. Overall it aims for a holistic approach to its delivery. It covers a broad range of contextual studies, such as animation history, animation trends and the creative industries. It explores storytelling, character development and interpreting script into storyboards. We give the students the opportunity to improve key traditional art skills, both in the life room and out in the environment. They get to explore a range of stylistic approaches to improving their creative and design vocabulary.

We train our students in software such as TV Paint, Cell Action, and Maya and other supporting industry related software. We teach 3D digital model making, focusing on efficient topology and effective texturing techniques. We embed animation principles through short experimental animation and explore story telling with longer projects.

Year 1 is a foundation in animation that introduces both 2D and 3D tools and techniques. Students have the choice in year 2 to focus on either 3D or 2D. Year 3 is driven by two independent projects producing creative and industry focused animations. To kick start a career in animation.

Student Testimonial

I was very certain I wanted to work in the film industry and the skills I learned on my course, even the ones I don’t use nowadays, helped me get to where I am today.

– Ben Carlson

University of Dundee

What animation courses do you offer?

MSc in Animation & VFX – 1 year study

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Students have gone onto work for studios such as Industrial Light & Magic, MPC, Double Negative, Cartoon Saloon, Animated Storyboards, Outplay Entertainment, One of Us, and more.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Recent graduates have worked on Star Wars The Force Awakens, Star Wars Rogue One, Ready Player One, Outlander, The Crown, and more.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Mitigating Circumstances by Kieran Duncan, Tom Paxton & Stephanie Flynn (a film completed on the course) was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA

Bouy by Olly Blake and Natasha Dudley (a film completed on the course) won Best Combined Animation at Dingle 2016.

How would you describe your courses?

The MSc in Animation & VFX is a blend of creative and technical visual storytelling. We focus on teaching the professional production pipelines that you will utilise in this industry. You will engage with high-end production techniques and values, and you will create a narrative based film, showreel/breakdown reel, as part of your final expo. We also regard research, development and intellectual rigour very highly. You will investigate your practice, and reflect on your own creative journey through the duration of the course.

We have great connections to the animation, film, television, video-games and comics industries, and many of our graduates have gone on to work around the world, for some of the top studios and franchises. Other students have pursued further academic advancement, by continuing on to a PhD or work in education.

Student Testimonial

The MSc Animation & VFX course allowed me to further broaden my knowledge within the discipline. It taught me the right tools that I needed to know and how to utilise them in a professional manner. By using the connections it has with major VFX houses in the UK I was able to land a job and take my first steps into the industry. I honestly don’t think I would be where I am today without the help of the course and the tutors.

— Amit Dev, Junior Modeler, Industrial Light & Magic (Star Wars: Rogue One)

University of Edinburgh

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Animation students from ECA have gone on to work for Laika, Tim Burton, Aardman, Ko-Lik Films, Cartoon Saloon, Mackinnon & Saunders, Rock Star North, Channel 4, BBC 4, CBBC and CBeebies.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Our students have previously won awards at Annecy, the Royal Television Society (RTS), the BAFTAs, and the Emmys.

How would you describe your courses?

Our multiple award-winning programme differs radically from most animation programmes in that we teach the full spectrum of production methods. You will learn about 2D and 3D techniques, using both cameras and CGI, as well as puppet based stop-frame. You will work individually or in a team to make films, documentaries and installations.

Central St Martins

What animation courses do you offer?

MA Character Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Nexus, d-neg, MPC, Cinisite, Rushes, Passion Pictures, Lupus, Illuminated, Moth Collective, Blink, Blue Zoo, Framestore, Disney, DreamWorks, Blue Sky, The Mill, Milk, Picasso Pictures, Weta digital, Peerless, Sony.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Jungle Book, Ethel And Earnest, The Snowman And Snowdog, The Illusionist, Lord of the rings, Harry Potter, John Carter, Exodus, Blade Runner, Iron Man. Sherlock Gnomes, Paddington 1 and 2, War Horse, Fantastic Beasts, Gladiator, Alien Covenant, Frozen, Zootopia, Wreck-it Ralph, Big Hero 6, Kung Fu Panda, etc.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Audience award: Zagreb. “Leave A Print”.

How would you describe your courses?

We are an animation course that puts the emphasis on story and performance. We provide training and guidance for complete beginners and the very experienced. If you want to act with animation, come to us.

Student Testimonial

It has helped me to learn more about my craft, to really immerse myself in it for a year, and make several contacts that have been invaluable to my professional career after the course.

— Carlos Fraiha, alum

Ravensbourne

What animation courses do you offer?

BA(Hons) Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

We have students at: Framestore, Dneg, ILM, The Mill, Smoke and Mirrors, MPC, Bluezoo and JellyFish.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Films: Star Wars The Last Jedi, Jungle Book, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-man into the Spider-Verse. TV: Dennis and Gnasher, Diggby Dragon, Floogals.

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Most recent, Xanthe Sinclair, a level 3 student has come runner up in the “Search for a Star” competition hosted by the games industry.

How would you describe your courses?

Focusing on fundamental animation skills in both 2D and 3D software, students will also explore storytelling techniques through layout and cinematography, whilst exploring roles in modelling, rigging and basic code throughout the three levels. Primarily vocational, levels 4 and 5 will nurture students to integrate and collaborate with other disciplines both internally and externally, to help prepare students to advocate and apply their original thinking and ideas to a more personal approach in level 6.

Ravensbourne animation course has established strong ties and working relationships with some of the top animation companies, including Framestore, Double Negative, Blue Zoo and Jellyfish to name a few. With a growing alumnus in the animation industry, this has given the course further recognition and the opportunity to build new relationships. Students visit working studios, attend industry workshops, receive industry mentoring and feedback on their work, whilst working on live projects and briefs throughout their studies. The course aims to continue building on this success, by exploring new and upcoming sectors including, medicine, forensics, education and charity work, whilst building new internships and work placements within the industry. Alongside this, students are encouraged to enter competitions and attend industry events to gain recognition and build industry contacts early on in their education, to help prepare for life after Ravensbourne.

UAL London College of Communication

What animation courses do you offer?

BA(Hons) Animation

How would you describe your courses?

BA (Hons) Animation is a practice-led course, enabling you to choose one of four specialist pathways that reflect industry specialisms: Animation Arts, 3D Computer Animation, Visual Effects (VFX) and Games Arts.

Learn the fundamental skills and principles of animation in an intensive and collaborative setting where you’ll develop knowledge and understanding of the whole production process.

After your first year you’ll choose one of four specialist pathways:

BA (Hons) Animation: Animation Arts

BA (Hons) Animation: 3D Computer Animation

BA (Hons) Animation: Visual Effects (VFX)

BA (Hons) Animation: Game Arts

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The Best UK Animation or VFX Courses

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Escape Studios

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Honours)/MArt The Art of Visual Effects (Integrated Masters)

MA Visual Effects Production (3D)

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Students from Escape go onto work at all the large post houses:

ILM

Bluebolt

Unit

Framestore

Climax

Pixar

The Mill

Double Negative

MPC

Cinestite

Read about success stories here.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Paddington

Thor Ragnarok

Fantastic Beasts

Coco

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

We have over 100 alumni that have worked on films that were nominated for at least one BAFTA, Oscar, VES, or Golden Globe award in 2018.

We had many alumni working on the following winners:

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Drama, BAFTA Best film, BAFTA

Outstanding British Film

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 – VES awards

Star Wars the Last Jedi – VES awards, BAFTA Special Visual Effects

Paddington 2 – BAFTA Outstanding British Film

How would you describe your courses?

We’ve been developing VFX talent since 2002 and we’ve helped thousands of students break into the industry.

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Bournemouth University

What animation courses do you offer?

BA Hons – Computer Animation Art and Design

BA Hons – Computer Animation technical

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Our graduates work all over the world, and many are employed by the industry’s leading animation and production houses, software houses, computer game, and digital media companies.

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Our NCCA graduates have gone on to work on some of the most successful films of the past decade, including Avatar, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Interstellar, Gravity and Alice in Wonderland

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

BAFTA’s

Oscars

How would you describe your courses?

Student Testimonial

Miles Green, BA (Hons) Computer Visualisation & Animation graduate and FX Supervisor at Animal Logic

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UCA Farnham

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) Animation

BA (Hons) Games Art

BSc (Hons) Games Technology

Extended Diploma in Games & Animation

MA Animation

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

Studio AKA (Hey Duggie!) – Grant Orchard and Emma Wakeley

Cloth Cat Cardiff – Head of Animation, Adam Bailey

Aardman – Commercial Director, Rebecca Manley

The Line – Storyboard Artist, Francesca AdamsAnimade, Slurpy Studios, Moth Collective

FrameStore (Fantastic Beasts 2) – Rob Shears

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Wes Anderson’s new feature film (Isle of Dogs) – Shelley Nichols

Scott Dawkins – Star Wars Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War

Anthony Faulkner – Avengers: Infinity War and Pacific Rim: Uprising

Rob Shears – Fantastic Beasts 2

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

How would you describe your courses?

BA (Hons) Animation:

With a focus on art and design, this course will allow you to bring characters and worlds to life and explore your imagination through 3D animation.

BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts:

With an emphasis on production design, you’ll graduate from Computer Animation Arts as a skilled artist in both 2D and 3D production.

BA (Hons) Games Art:

You’ll also learn observational drawing and explore art styles, whilst concepting interactive and digital environments.

BA (Hons) Games Design:

Our Games Design course will give you the opportunity to explore the growing indie games industry and how you can apply your creativity to develop a career in the field.

BSc (Hons) Games Technology:

Extended Diploma in Games and Animation:

MA Animation:

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UCA Rochester

What animation courses do you offer?

BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts

BA (Hons) Games Design

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

FrameStore (Fantastic Beasts 2) – Rob Shears

TT Games (Lego) – Lewis Blythe

Supermassive Games (Until Dawn and Rush of Blood) – Charlie Scott

Two Point Studios – Prem Fatek

Splash Damage – Oskar Woinski

SEGA PlaySport

Playground Games – Razvan Pajanu

Lost Forest – James McAndrew

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Scott Dawkins – Star Wars Rogue One and Avengers: Infinity War

Anthony Faulkner – Avengers: Infinity War and Pacific Rim: Uprising

Rob Shears – Fantastic Beasts 2

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

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University of Falmouth

What animation courses do you offer?

BA Hons – Animation and Visual Effects

With regards to success rate, can you name any big vfx or anim studios your students have gone on to work with?

3D Animator: Aardman Animation and Double Negative

2D Animator: DHX Media

Character Designer: Spider Eye and Hello Games

VFX co-ordinator: Ubisoft, Framestore and Cinesite

3D Modeller: TT Fusion

Production Assistants: MPC Vancouver, Illion studios, Arthur Cox and Spider Eye

Have any of your students gone on to work on any large projects or feature films?

Any achievements or awards any of your students have won, whilst on the course of after graduating?

Graduate Erin Morris was awarded the Best Short Film Award at the Miami Jewish Film Festival for her short animation Strings.

How would you describe your courses?

You can also find out more about what the students and graduates get up to on their blog.

Student Testimonial

I came to Falmouth as a mature student. Three years later I had my first television credit, an agent, determination to succeed and the direction to get me there. Falmouth gave me that, no question.

Pete Jordi Wood, BA(Hons) Digital Animation graduate who’s worked with BBC2, Channel 4 and E4