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.
Who should attend?
To study this short course, you must:
Be over 18
Have a good understanding of written and spoken English
Feel comfortable using a computer.
Training content
Module 1 - Locomotion and Mechanics
General introduction to Maya
Basic modelling
Texturing
Lighting
Rigging
General principles of animation
Locomotion
Introduction
Runs
Hops
Jumps
Skips
Character animation
Introduction
Building and blocking a shot
Parenting
Constraints
Module 2 - Character Performance
Weight and flexibility, physics and adding characterisation
Animal locomotion: trots, walks and runs
Animal locomotion continued
Acting, dialogue and lip sync
Final exercise
Project
Module 3 - Animals and Creatures
Advanced character animation: dialogue and lip sync
Advanced character animation: acting and performance
Advanced motion capture and facial performance
Advanced creature animation: creature performance and acting
Advanced character and creature interactions
Project and polish
Costs
- 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
Quick stats about Escape Studios?
Top 6% of Institutions for Graduate Employability -- by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
First Unreal Authorised Training Center in the UK
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Escape Studios
Escape Studios is one of the UK's leading animation, games and VFX schools. We’ve been at the forefront of creative education since 2002, supplying the industry with studio-ready talent. Approved and endorsed internationally as a Rookies and Toon Boom Harmony...