Master of Arts - Animation

The MA Animation course will enable students to enhance animation skills under the supervision of industry professionals. Whether students are looking to create brilliant character animation, an outstanding animated film, or amazing sound design, this course will help students master their 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 students will be encouraged to unleash their creativity as they develop advanced practical skills and technical expertise in the areas they're most interested in – from stop motion to 2D animation and 3D digital animation. Students will work alongside industry professionals who will guide them towards creating a professional-standard body of work that will show off their skills and prepare them for a thriving career in the animation industry.

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