This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module introduces the stages of the workflow of a 3D animation to familiarise students with what is involved in animation production. Weekly module workshops introduce an array of industry-standard applications and the techniques necessary for production, resulting in a practical understanding of the entire process.
60 Contact hours
240 Private study hours
Total hours 300
100% Coursework
Williams, R. E. (2009). The Animator's Survival Kit: Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Computer, Stop-motion, Games and Classical Animators. London: Faber and Faber.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Understand the tools and pipeline involved in 3D production and to use such a structure in their own individual and group work.
2 Appreciate the main constraining conditions that affect computer based 3D animation in an industrial pipeline situation
3 Communicate specific ideas and direct viewers' attention in the production of sequences involving 3D models and animation by successfully completing them in a
structured manner
4 Understand the technical, aesthetic and commercial parameters guiding professional 3D animation.
5 Present work effectively in a show reel form.
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