BA (Hons) Animation

Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

Animation is about the magic of making things move and the act of telling stories through a rich and diverse visual art form. Animation is also about embracing and developing personal creativity, exploring exciting ways to engage audiences and investigating visual communication methods. During the course you will combine your own individual approach to creativity with cutting-edge animation practice and the ability to develop and communicate good ideas to produce a range of animation products. Throughout the programme you will be introduced to, and be given the opportunity to study, traditional and contemporary digital animation processes, animation theory, film language and drawing.

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Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

You will be able to seek a career in animation houses, film studios, television companies and web companies as well as freelance opportunities.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff. Creative Arts subjects are preferred. The production of a creative arts portfolio can be credited with contributing 32 UCAS Tariff points towards the total.

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Subjects

  • Production
  • Drawing
  • Cinema
  • Sound
  • Art
  • Animation
  • Animation Environments
  • Visual Design
  • Digital Animation
  • European Cinema
  • Films
  • Enterprise
  • Entrepreneurial
  • Studio
  • Audio

Course programme

Year 1

MED1215 Experimental and Convergent Animation Environments (20 credits)

MED1420 Drawing Practice (20 credits)

MED1422 Design for Animation (20 credits)

MED1425 What is Animation? History and Context (20 credits)

MED1426 Animation Production (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

MED1062 Stop-Motion Studio Practice (20 credits)

MED1200 Scriptwriting (20 credits)

MED1202 Sound for Picture (20 credits)

MED1204 Understanding Visual Cultures (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either MED1215 Experimental and Convergent Animation Environments or MED1420 Drawing Practice.

Year 2

MED2279 Animation Practice 1 (20 credits)

MED2280 Animation Practice 2 (20 credits)

You will select four of the following modules:

FLM2031 Realism and the Cinema (20 credits)

MED2082 Creative Research Methods and Professional Ethics (20 credits)

MED2211 SFX and Post Production (20 credits)

MED2214 Media Genres and Narrative Theory (20 credits)

MED2226 Lighting, Sound and Art Direction (20 credits)

MED2270 Analysing Film and Television (20 credits)

MED2272 Transmedia Storytelling (20 credits)

MED2275 Postproduction Sound (20 credits)

MED2281 Character Design (20 credits)

MED2286 2D and Convergent Animation: Principles, Processes and Technologies (20 credits)

MED2287 3D CGI: Principles, Process and Technologies (20 credits)

MED2288 3D Stop-Motion: Principles, Processes and Technologies (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

FLM3027 Animation and the Cinema (20 credits)

MED3240 Personal Specialism (Pre-Production) (20 credits)

MED3241 Personal Specialism (Production) (20 credits)

MED3250 Personal Specialism (Audio) (20 credits)

You will select a total of 40 credits from the following modules:

MED3124 Studio Practice/Placement (20 credits)

MED3225 Dissertation (40 credits)

MED3233 Showreel and Enterprise (20 credits)

MED3235 Contemporary European Cinema (20 credits)

MED3248 Reading for Research (20 credits)

MED3249 Independent Research Project (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional 20 credit modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.



How will I be assessed?

Assessment will be via written and practical assignments, research projects and individual and group presentations.

Who will be teaching me?

You will be taught by an experienced team with a wide range of interests and industry experience. Lecturers are research-active in animation and the media and have experience in using the variety of resources available to you.

BA (Hons) Animation

£ 9,250 + VAT