Description
Overview
Are you interested in how a drawing becomes a motion picture, are you attracted by film tricks, video games, and making apps? As an animation designer, you can become a designer of complex productions in advertising, electronic media, motion pictures, digital post-production, or game design, or a specialist in a specific field.
Animation experience, software knowledge, and visual or drawing prior training are beneficial, however, their lack does not hinder you from enrolment.
Educational Opportunities
- Visual techniques offer limitless opportunities.
- Procedures make the path toward the magical world of animation easy to walk.
- Practical knowledge with the help of excellent experts and cutting-edge technical infrastructure.
- You can find the most suitable genre for yourself.
Specialization
Specializations will be chosen from the third semester and will be launched only in case of an appropriate number of applicants.
Creative Animation
- Choose this specialization if you want to gain comprehensive knowledge about the complex field of animation, including the whole creative process: concept development, design, and production.
- Besides the mainly 2D digital techniques, you can also exploit the opportunities offered by classical procedures, such as puppet animation or drawing animation.
- You can put more emphasis on creativity, drawing, visual design skills, or storytelling.
3D Animation
- This is for you if you are interested in 3D technology and find it captivating to reproduce and rethink spatial reality.
- You will learn the basics of modeling, and animation, and gain insight into the world of 3D visual design and effects.
- Besides the creative design processes, you can place more emphasis on technical skills and software knowledge.
Career Opportunities
- You will know the production procedures of animation productions.
- You will be confident in using classic or digital techniques.
- You will be able to find a job in animation, graphic design, or film studios, as a game developer, or work for an advertising agency.
- You will be able to work as a freelancer: in the creative industry, reliable animation experts are in high demand.
Requirement
- A copy of your High School Diploma (O LEVEL & A LEVEL) E.g (WAEC, NECO, SAT, KCSE, ZIMSEC, GCE)
- A copy of your International passport Bio-data page.
- A copy of your recent Passport Photo.
- A valid copy of your Result Checker Card.
- All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of five (5) credits, in the Senior Secondary School Certificate (WAEC, NECO, SAT, KCSE, ZIMSEC, GCE).
- Other Requirement:
1. A Portfolio which can include works belonging to the following genres:
- animated movies, spots, intros
- short animation tests, exercises, experiments (any animation technology can be used)
- character design, layout design, concept art
- storyboard, comic strips
- artworks belonging to any field of visual arts (drawings, paintings, computer graphics, sculptures, photos, movies, etc.)
IMPORTANT: Please attach a short description of your work. In case of teamwork or derivative works please mention your exact contribution to the project.
2. A short Letter of Motivation in which the applicant informs us about the reasons for choosing to study Animation at our institution.
3. A narrative Curriculum Vitae in which the applicant shows us their educational background and highlights the most important events of their life.
4. Please include a Statement of Ownership that verifies that all the materials included in the portfolio were created by you alone. In the case of collective work, please clearly indicate your personal contribution to the given project(s).
Every written material should be se
Structure
What can you study with us?
- visual techniques offering limitless opportunities
- procedures making the path towards the magical world of animation easy to walk
- practical knowledge with the help of excellent experts and cutting-edge technical infrastructure
- you can find the most suitable genre for yourself
- You will get to know the preparatory and production stages of productions from the idea, and the script through the storyboard and animatic to animation and post-production.
- You will learn and apply with confidence the basic principles of visual storytelling, animation, character and layout design and develop your skills in that area which one you most prefer
- You will get familiar with the use of indispensable software for digital filmmaking: editing, compositing, and 2D - 3D animation programs.
- You will learn sound design, so you will be able to make the sound and noises of your film from the start.
Fees
2950 EUR/semester for EU students (includes the Member States of the EU, EEA, and Turkey)
Registration fee: 100 EUR
Enrollment fee: 100 EUR
Health Insurance: 150 EUR
Two semesters of tuition fee payment required