This new and cutting-edge course is a comprehensive, technical and practical 1-year MA programme, exploring the theory and craft of creating animations digitally for both film and games using industry standard tools. It introduces many technical aspects of animation, including mechanical and organic animations, rigging and weight painting, sequencing and storytelling, as well as exporting animation to real-time tools, such as game engines.
Students will learn how to be animation practitioners by bringing scenes and objects to life digitally through established animation techniques that incorporate timing, motion, and emotion.
This course is intended for both students and professionals seeking to understand the foundation of digital animation using industry-standard tools across filmmaking and games.
Graduates from the School have become creative leaders in their field, with their work being recognised with awards globally and at major film festivals including BAFTA, Annecy, Cannes and Sundance.
The NFTS creates an environment where creativity and technical expertise come together to produce original, bold work.
You’ll learn the theory and craft of creating animations digitally for both film and games, using industry standard tools, along with technical aspects of animation such as mechanical and organic animations, rigging and weight painting, sequencing, and storytelling. You’ll develop your craft as an animation practitioner by bringing scenes and objects to life digitally through animation techniques that incorporate timing, motion, and emotion, and exporting animation to real-time tools, such as game engines.
Collaboration is the key to succeeding in the world of animation and it is also central to the ethos of the NFTS. Collaborative work with many other creative disciplines across the School will enable you to develop expertise across the whole of the production process.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the industry-valued skills and knowledge required to create professional-grade digital animations for use in gaming and film, including Virtual Production.
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