Digital Effects

MA Digital Effects

Delivery method: Full-time
Course Reference: MADE

Course Overview

New Skillset Bournemouth Screen and Media Academy Bursary Awards - could cover up to 80% of your tuition fee.

This course is delivered by the National Centre for Computer Animation

A Skillset Screen Academy Course

Digital Effects is probably the most successful application of digital technology in the creative arts. It complements the work of traditional Special Effects by providing an exciting, flexible medium for undertaking more ambitious and imaginative animated effects based film work. Digital Effects has revolutionised the world of film, Special Effects and is also readily applied to computer games, both of which at a global level are billion-dollar industries.

Digital Effects is seen in television productions, films, animated feature films, computer games, training videos, scientific visualisation, flight simulation, virtual environments, the Internet, and interactive media applications. All of these sectors offer exciting and rewarding career prospects, which can be accessed by anyone with the appropriate skills.

The course is orientated toward the creation of well rounded digital effects artists for the feature film effects industry. The skills and experience gained can equally be applied to the production of effects for television commercials, computer games, music promos and television series.

As well as hands on skills the students will develop general skills in Digital Effects design, production planning and scheduling, team-working and problem solving. The academic aspects provide a strong theoretical underpinning for the principle areas of study, including lecture series on film-making techniques, principles of computer graphics, the fusion of art and technology and personal research projects.

Students have regular presentations and master classes from invited industry speakers. This exposure to real-world projects and state-of-the-art techniques from professional practitioners is highly valued by students and is a major course strength.