The MA Animation degree at Glamorgan is a platform for you to pursue your career goals by revising, updating and originating new skills
Essential Info
This postgraduate animation course is unique in its content and direction, and takes account of the changing nature of animation and its related markets. Our strong commercial links challenge you to excel in the wider national and international marketplace, developing animated themes based around music, television, theatre and computer programming.
There are two distinct pathways in this postgraduate degree in animation. The first allows you to study the process and concepts of film making, whether you have a traditional background in animation and want to pursue personal development, or if you have been on a course related to animation and wish to transfer those skills. The second pathway is for animation students who want to develop groundbreaking themes and techniques with sponsors or animation companies.
Skillset accredited
This animation course is part of the Skillset Media Academy Wales, a partnership of the leading film and media schools in Wales, offering an exceptionally high standard of education that is endorsed by industry and approved by Skillset. Students on this award will benefit from close contact with the Academy’s Industry Panel, access to professional masterclasses and workshops, networking, jobs and work placements, and the opportunity to promote work through an exclusive online network.
What You Will Study
The MA Animation requires you to develop a major project through the following modules:
- Pre-Production: How to expand and execute intellectual, practical and narrative skills
- Production: Develop your skills in planning and development methodology, and apply them to the design of animation sequences, or an animation-related project
- Post-Production: You will research, conceptualise and discover new methods and approaches to an animation in post-production, culminating in the completion of a major animation sequence, pilot or project
How You Will Study
The MA Animation is taught in a professional and friendly creative environment. All staff are industry trained and active in research and/or consultancy. Our well-equipped studios include state-of-the-art facilities with industry-standard software packages. You will have studio and workshop tutorials that are supported by lectures, seminars, integrated case study analysis, discussion groups and multimedia presentations. There is also a programme of industry-related guest lectures delivered by experienced visiting lecturers.
Possible Career Options
We aim to produce flexible, highly skilled animators who can make a significant contribution to the field. Our animation graduates have advanced practical, intellectual and entrepreneurial skills, which puts them in an ideal position to exploit the demand for high-level creative professionals in the ever-expanding media sectors, including the communication industries.
