Animation MA
University of Central Lancashire
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Our MA Animation course will enable you to enhance your animation skills under the supervision of industry professionals. Whether youre looking to create brilliant character animation, an outstanding animated film, or develop amazing sound design skills, well 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 ...Read more

Our MA Animation course will enable you to enhance your animation skills under the supervision of industry professionals. Whether youre looking to create brilliant character animation, an outstanding animated film, or develop amazing sound design skills, well 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 youll be encouraged to unleash your creativity as you develop advanced practical skills and technical expertise in the areas youre most interested in – from stop motion to 2D animation and 3D digital animation. Youll 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 youd 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.

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26/101
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87th
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Samanta
06 Feb 25

It's in a great location with walking distance of the town and shops. You can make lots of great friends and there's many societies for you to join like the Animated Movie and..Read more

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02 Jan 20

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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.

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£9,450 per year

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£17,900 per year

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£17,900 per year

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Samanta
06 Feb 25
Animation BA (Hons)
It's in a great location with walking distance of the town and shops. You can make lots of great friends and there's many societies for you to join like the Animated Movie and...
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02 Jan 20
Animation BA (Hons)
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University of Central Lancashire
University of Central Lancashire , Preston

The University of Central Lancashire is an international, multi-campus university leading the way in modern postgraduate...

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University of Central Lancashire
Preston Campus Preston Lancashire PR1 2HE United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Preston   0.2 miles away

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