Program overview

Why choose this program?

This highly expressive program will fire your imagination while refining your creativity, wit and ingenuity. You will receive a thorough grounding in character animation covering animation skills, production techniques and studio hardware, enhanced by study of perspective and life drawing, scriptwriting, concept development, graphic processes, communication, editing and sound production. You will develop the skills to produce original films from script to screen including character animation (both 2D and 3D), concept development, storyboarding, editing, postproduction and sound recording. You will also develop the ability to determine the most appropriate animation format for specific projects - traditional drawn animation, computer animation, 3D puppet animation or other experimental media. Your academic studies will be extended by off-campus studio courses to enable you to gain first-hand experience.

In Year 1, you will be introduced to the theoretical and practical aspects of animation as well as key themes of 21st century visual culture.

In Years 2 and 3, you will continue the approach established in Year 1 with increased emphasis on the various aspects of animation and studio courses to gain first-hand experience. You will also work alongside Bachelor of Film and Screen Media Production students to complete a community project.

Career opportunities

Equipped with the necessary drawing skills and a feeling for movement and timing, you will be able to enter stimulating and rewarding careers such as:

• character animation
• computer games
• 2D and 3D character animation

• storyboarding
• animation design layout
• illustration and teaching

Your training in filmmaking and writing will also equip you for work in films and the electronic media.