Course description
Advanced Animation
Craft, create and animate!
This course will teach you the advanced techniques, skills and software required to bring characters and creatures to life, and to jump straight in the industry as an Animator. With a focus on technical training, you’ll learn 3D animation hands on, through creature interaction, dialogue and lipsync.
Along the course, you’ll start putting together some great pieces of work for your portfolio, with help from our industry-experienced tutors, who boast credits including The Lion King, Godzilla and Doctor Strange. You’ll also receive feedback on your work from one of our industry partners and portfolio and career guidance from our Talent Development Team through our Aftercare programme.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
To study this short course, you must:
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Be over 18
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Have a good understanding of written and spoken English
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Feel comfortable using a computer.
Training Course Content
Module 1 - Locomotion and Mechanics
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General introduction to Maya
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Basic modelling
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Texturing
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Lighting
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Rigging
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General principles of animation
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Locomotion
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Introduction
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Runs
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Hops
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Jumps
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Skips
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Character animation
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Introduction
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Building and blocking a shot
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Parenting
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Constraints
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Module 2 - Character Performance
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Weight and flexibility, physics and adding characterisation
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Animal locomotion: trots, walks and runs
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Animal locomotion continued
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Acting, dialogue and lip sync
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Final exercise
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Project
Module 3 - Animals and Creatures
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Advanced character animation: dialogue and lip sync
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Advanced character animation: acting and performance
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Advanced motion capture and facial performance
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Advanced creature animation: creature performance and acting
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Advanced character and creature interactions
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Project and polish
Why choose Escape Studios
Top 6% of Institutions for Graduate Employability -- by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
First Unreal Authorised Training Center in the UK
Expenses
- Tuition fees (on-campus): £16,850
- Tuition fees (live online): £13,200
Continuing Studies
Some of the junior opportunities you will be able to consider on completion of the course include:
- Runner
- Junior Animator
- 3D Animator