Digital Animation - BA (Hons)

This module focuses on the development of characters to its final form. You will learn how various modes of storytelling, locations, events and music would influence your design decisions to create compelling concepts and believable characters. You are required to experiment and engage with different approaches to concept designs from sketches to 3 dimensional forms.

This module allows you to experience the challenge of completing the research and development of an animation ready character asset in either a 2D or 3D pathway.

The work you will create will mirror industry practice and require an extensive understanding of not only current technologies and methodologies.

This module introduces the principles of Acting for Animation, where students will learn how to project a performance into an otherwise, inanimate object. Character Animators at their core are Actors and students will be introduced to the practical methods of developing a performance from script through to final character animation, whether in a 2D or 3D pathway.

The module is an opportunity to learn and critically reflect on the skills of collaboration by enabling you to create an interdisciplinary project with students from complementary disciplines, or with academic staff. Collaboration is a vital employability skill within the Creative Industries and this module allows you to develop these skills, making use of University facilities and with the support of academic staff. Within this module framework, several kinds of collaborative opportunities are available. For example, with the approval of your supervisor, you can determine a project based on your own interests; your supervisor may set you a predetermined project to enable you to work with other students in a way that is appropriate to your subject area; or there may be opportunities for you to collaborate with staff on research projects. In all cases, you must apply your subject skills to an interdisciplinary project which will be agreed in advance with your supervisor.

The purpose of this module is to enable you to develop professional attributes and subject skills through experience in the work place, and to critically reflect upon your learning in that context. You will normally be expected to arrange your own placement, with support from academic staff and ADM Careers+.

This module provides an opportunity for you to apply your knowledge and skills to an external, professional brief. The brief will be set by or in discussion with an external client/agency/community and could be a ‘real life’ problem to be solved, or a simulation. It is an opportunity for you to engage in a responsive, imaginative and professional manner with an aspect of your subject area, which contributes to the development of employability skills within the supportive infrastructure of the University.

The purpose of this module is to give students the opportunity to learn and then apply fundamental animation techniques, methodologies and pipeline design for an animation production or development.

The module is an opportunity to learn and critically reflect on the skills of collaboration &/or your own professional practice. The module enables you to create either an interdisciplinary project with students from complementary disciplines or your own self-defined project.

The purpose of the module is to enable you to undertake a sustained, in-depth and theoretically informed research project exploring an area that is of personal interest to you. It is important that we can support you appropriately, so you will be guided towards choosing a research topic which is relevant to your discipline and in which your lecturers have expertise. The outcome may take the form of a written dissertation or a practice-based portfolio.