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MA Digital Effects

Key Information

Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time with optional 3-month placement during the Master's Project unit

Tuition fees:

UK/RoI: £9,500

Overseas: £17,500

Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent

We aim to take you from no experience to cinema standard photo realism within the first semester, and to provide you with the skills and opportunities to realise your ideas into full production sequences that demonstrate a clear mastery of the subject. By the end of the course, you’ll be well prepared for an exciting and rewarding career in the VFX and animation industry.

• Access industry-standard facilities including a green screen and motion capture studios, as well as animation labs, equipped with industry-standard software Houdini and Nuke

• Become proficient in acquisition filming, 3D animation and 2D compositing

• Undertake multiple projects both individually and alongside students from across the NCCA Master's courses

• Benefit from visiting speaker talks from industry specialists, including some of our successful alumni.

Accreditations: ScreenSkills.

Units of study: Foundation Project | Digital Effects Tools | Digital Effects Theory | Group Project | Personal Inquiry | Signature Shot | Master's Project.

MSc Artificial Intelligence for Media

Key Information

Duration & delivery: 1 year full-time with optional 3-month placement during the Master's Project unit

Tuition fees:

UK/RoI: £9,500

Overseas: £17,500

Entry requirements: A Bachelor's Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent

This course will provide you with an understanding of the state-ofthe-art artificial intelligence technologies needed to address practical problems in media production. You will have access to the latest machine learning methodology in AI research on media data processing, recognition and generation. The techniques that you learn will be directly based on the real demand from the media industry.

• Develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of using the latest AI techniques in media production

• Work closely with industry partners on solving practical problems

• Collaborate with students from across the NCCA Master's courses www.bournemouth.ac.uk/madef www.bournemouth.ac.uk/msaifm

• Plan and execute a major project to showcase your talent to industry professionals and potential employers at the NCCA Master's Degree Show.

Units of study: Machine Learning for Media Production | Data Mining on Multimedia Data | Software Engineering for Media | Media Data Analytics & Modelling | Group Project | Masterclass | Master’s Project.