Animation Postgraduate at Edinburgh College Of Art
By its very nature, animation is a vibrant and ever-changing medium – in a constant state of flux, both technically and creatively – and the programme at Edinburgh College of Art aims to reflect this.
Over the years the College’s animation department has enjoyed considerable success in producing innovative and groundbreaking work. Not only have students and staff consistently won awards and distinctions at festivals and competitions throughout the world, but their work has been frequently screened on television in the UK and abroad.
In 2005 the industry’s skills council Skillset endorsed Edinburgh College of Art in collaboration with Napier University, as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in screen education and training and a member of the UK-wide network of Screen Academies. Visit the Screen Academy Scotland website for further information.
One of the strengths of the department is its location within an art college and we encourage our students to take advantage of the unique opportunities and challenges provided by an environment devoted to design, applied arts, visual communication and contemporary art practice. We also promote collaboration with individuals and groups from outside the College and, as an example, have had recent projects involving postgraduate sound design students from the University of Edinburgh.
We regard our students as filmmakers as much as animators. We have no strict definition of what animation must or should be, for the medium has a natural vitality and capacity to surprise and intrigue that makes it the perfect vehicle for those with ideas and imagination.
The MA and MFA programmes are likely to appeal to independently minded individuals with some previous experience of animation, who wish to develop their work in a new or experimental direction.