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The Animation Major will familiarise students with the terms, concepts, techniques, processes, skills, technologies, and theoretical underpinning of animation and interactive animation for multimedia production together with other forms of visual communication relevant to the emerging field of games studies.

Courses that are in majors, sub-majors and/or minorsCourse name Area +
Catalogue No. Units Level
Major
Introduction to Digital Media INFT 1014 4.5 1
Introduction to Film and Television Production INFT 1015 4.5 1
2D Computer Animation INFT 2003 4.5 2
3D Computer Animation INFT 3011 4.5 2
Intermediate 3D Computer Animation INFT 2059 4.5 2
Students select one of the following courses:
Multimedia Desktop Video INFT 1009 4.5 2
Music Sound Studio PERF 2009 4.5 2
From Mickey to Manga: Understanding the Animated Image COMM 2043 4.5 2
Students select two of the following courses:
Advanced 3D Animation INFT 3013 4.5 3
Advanced Production Project 1 COMM 3017 4.5 3
Games: Industry, Culture and Aesthetics COMM 2063 4.5 3

The increased speed of production means that animated content has spread to interactive events, on-line games, business and educational presentations, as well as ‘shorts’ on mobiles and the web.

This course equips you with a comprehensive understanding, theoretical knowledge and the practical skills for creating products that have audience involvement through animation. Working within a wide range of communication media, you will gain the opportunity to attend film and animation festivals at home and abroad.

In Level 1, you will be immersed within the syllabus for Animation while undertaking specific introductory modules linked to interaction design. In Levels 2 and 3, the majority of your time will be in practical, interactive discipline-specific activities as they relate to animation. We also encourage industrial contact through working on live projects.

The course uses facilities in the University’s digital media production centre, which houses purpose-built production and animation studios. Guest and industry professionals will
visit regularly.

What you do

Interactive Animation produces graduates who create animated content for cross-media. You will gain a comprehensive, practical understanding of creating believability and audience involvement through animation.

At Level 1, you will develop a practical understanding of the cross-media production process and learn skills, issues, concepts and creative processes of animation. You will receive a structured practical grounding in aspects of two dimensional animation (2D), three dimensional (3D) Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), stop motion animation production techniques and interactive coding.

At Level 2, you further your technical knowledge and practical understanding of animation and can choose further coding, graphics, illustration, media production or sound modules.

Level 3 provides guided independent work involving major personal projects in areas of interactive production relevant to your career ambitions.

Where next

Graduates from this course will be able to seek employment in a variety of sectors of the media industry, in new media production and design companies and also games and broadcast companies. Former students have gone on to work at the BBC, Cosgrove Hall Animations, Ragdoll,
Rolls-Royce and Imagemetrix, whilst others are taking a producing route or working in education and training. The quality of the animation work produced within the faculty has been recognised nationally.