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Animation BA (Hons)
Breathe life into stories and engage everyone in a language understood by all.
You will start by gaining a broad understanding of the animation process while creating your first projects using digital and analogue techniques. You’ll take your personal practice further – expanding your knowledge and exploring the historical, theoretical, and social context of your subject.
You will have many other valuable experiences too – such as script writing exercises and opportunities to direct voice actors and puppeteers.
Through lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops you’ll gain a deep understanding of the principles and techniques that underpin animation, learning from a team of active animators, directors and producers.
You’ll spend your time in specialist studios, using industry-standard equipment to hone your technical skills in a broad range of disciplines, including:
• Fundamentals of animation. Understanding the language of movement through diverse animation production techniques
• Storyboarding and film language for animation
• Life drawing
• Storytelling and direction
• Camera, lighting and composition
• Art direction; creating and designing characters and worlds
• Characterisation and acting for animation
• Mixed media and experimental animation
• Exploring new platforms, gaming, VR and installation
• Traditional and digital production techniques and processes; from idea development to delivery
• Professional practice and business skills
Your future
• You will have opportunities to gain industry experience and pitch live briefs to external clients.
• You will emerge as an animator with the skills, confidence and critical thinking to dive into the growing world of professional animation. Work as independent animators, join media and design companies or advertising agencies, or be employed in the film, television, and broadcast industries.
• You will have the option to progress to further study by undertaking a postgraduate degree within Cardiff School of Art & Design.
Place of study: Llandaff Campus
Course length: 3-4 years full-time, dependent upon taking a year-long sandwich placement
Entry requirements:
Typical offer: 96-120 UCAS Points plus portfolio and interview
Opportunities to study part of this degree in Welsh are available.
