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Full time | Preston Campus | 1 year | SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-24

Key information
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Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Animation Digital Arts

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Our MA Animation course will enable you to enhance your animation skills under the supervision of industry professionals. Whether you’re looking to create brilliant character animation, an outstanding animated film, or develop amazing sound design skills, we’ll help you to master your craft.

The animation industry is expanding. Animation is used in games design, advertising, special effects or to simply tell a story or a joke. It can be seen online, in a TV series, in a feature film or as part of a documentary.

Throughout this course you’ll be encouraged to unleash your creativity as you develop advanced practical skills and technical expertise in the areas you’re most interested in – from stop motion to 2D animation and 3D digital animation. You’ll work alongside industry professionals who will guide you towards creating a professional-standard body of work that will show off your skills and prepare you for a thriving career in the animation industry.

The design activities and tutorials you undertake will be geared towards identifying an area of interest that you’d like to explore in depth for the duration of the course – so you could opt to specialise in character design, digital animation, storyboarding, sound design or other areas. The area you choose to specialise in will form the backbone of the rest of the course.

Why study with us

  • Opportunities to work on ‘live’ projects with industry connections and build up an impressive portfolio of professional-standard work.
  • You’ll have access to extensive studio, workshop and computer facilities equipped with the very latest specialist software.
  • Key facilities include stop motion studios with lighting rigs, computer suites, rostrum suites for traditional animation and stop motion, a recording studio, and 3D printing and scanning.

Future careers

Our Animation graduates have gone on to enjoy successful careers as animators, model-makers, editors, directors, scriptwriters, set designers and sound designers.

Others have gone on to work at major companies such as Nintendo, The factory, McKinnon and Saunders, Sony Pictures, TT Games, Soccer Manager, the BBC and many others.

Modules

This module aims to provide the opportunity for you to realise your ideas and aspirations as identified in earlier modules through the successful completion of a major study within animation. It will encourage a mastery of practiced-based research through a complex and specialised area of animation study. And facilitate the application and expression of the your research interests, theoretical investigations, critical and contextual viewpoint, creative analysis, experimentation, and originality.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£9,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£16,900

Entry requirements

Applicants should hold a 2:2 degree or equivalent professional experience or learning in a related field; Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits in the; light of the nature and scope of the programme.

University information

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is an international, multi-campus university leading the way in modern postgraduate learning today. The University’s main campus is located in Preston, Lancashire – a small yet thriving city which was recently named the best city in the north west of England to live and work (Demos-PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, 2022). The university has a student and staff community of around 38,000 people...more

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