MArt Animation

Course description
What you study
We aim to ensure that you graduate from this course as a creative, innovative individual with skills and knowledge to work in this exciting and vibrant creative industry.
Key areas of study include • 2D drawn and digital based animation • stop motion animation • 3D-CGI animation • animation theory • life drawing practice • animation pre-production • animation production • post production for animation • acting and performance for animation • photography and lighting for animation • animation industry contextualisation.
Throughout the course you develop a portfolio of your project work to showcase your skills to potential employers. Your portfolio includes • 2D drawn animation • stop motion puppet animation • 3D-CGI character animation • set design • pre-production development • character designs • life drawing portfolio • professional branding and online management • client based project development work • individually directed short animation.
All these skills prepare you for your final integrated masters year project, creating and producing an advanced professional short animated film, specialising in your own developed and researched area of animation.
In your third year you have the opportunity to submit your work for the Nick Park Award – an annual competition exclusive to Sheffield Hallam students which is judged by the team at Aardman.
Placements and work experience
On this course you have the opportunity to take a one-year paid work placement between the second and third year. Placements allow you to apply your learning, develop new and existing skills, increase your industry knowledge and experience and be more attractive to potential employers.
To help create a stimulating environment and to ensure that you gain the latest industry knowledge, you attend animation festival trips, film seminars and guest lectures by industry experts. Our industry links include Aardman,...