BA (Hons) Visual Effects with Foundation Year

Course detail
Course overview
This course offers a generalist CGI grounding, while giving you the crucial ability to specialise in a particular area - something the industry increasingly requires. With its strong CGI focus, the course emphasises the importance of a solid grounding in art and design principles while teaching you to model, rig, animate and light in 3D.

Theoretical, practical and technical knowledge form the basis of an accumulated set of creative software skills that include: CGI foundations, VFX compositing, 3D matchmoving, motion tracking, matte painting, environment creation, rigging and creature effects, digital sculpture, dynamics and CGI lighting and visual development.

Modules

Foundation Year
Personalised Learning
Academic Performance
Research Methods in Media and Design
Contextual Studies in Media and Design
Creative Sectors
Final Major Project
Year One
Principles of VFX
Toolbox - digital
Toolbox - paper
CGI Foundations
Narrative and Editorial.
Year Two
The Composite
Animation Foundation
Digital Sculpture
Research and Development
Rigging and Creature FX
Environmental FX.
Year Three
3D Match Moving
Negotiated Brief
Professional Practice
The Pipeline
Project.
Work Placement

Film/Television
Character Modeller
Environment Modeller
Animator
Compositor
Texture Artist
Lighting Artist
Rigger
CG Generalist
PreViz/Layout Artist
Fluid/Effects TD
Matte Painter
Rotoscope/Paint Artist
Render TD.
Games
Character Modeller
Environment Modeller
Animator
Texture Artist
Lighting Artist
Rigger
CG Generalist.