Bringing a character to life involves more than just technical ability. With that in mind, Animation at JMC has been developed in association with studio professionals from Pixar and Animal Logic, to help you tell your story from concept development to finished animation.
Learn to design and develop characters and worlds – from concept to finished art – and create arresting graphical motion and believable characters. Introducing you to the art and practice of animation, this course allows you to specialise in your passion, be it story and art direction, 2D + 3D hybrid animation, technical art or a combination of them all.
We’ll make sure you are up to speed on all the latest developments demanded by the industry, you'll have a chance to intern, network and study abroad along the way. Graduate with a top-notch portfolio, a showreel, and knowledge of who’s who where it counts, to launch you into the industry.
TECH
During this course you will be able to access:
- HTC Vive and Occulus Go for VR
- Green-screen studios
- Wacom Intuos Pro and Cintiq tablets
- Ball and Socket stop-motion rigs
- Redshift 3D
- Pixar RenderMan & Arnold for lighting and rendering
- Quixel Suite for texture painting and look development
- ZBrush
- 3D-Coat, and Mudbox for asset creation, Blackmagic Fusion, Mocha and After Effects for compositing, Adobe CC suite for artwork creation, video editing and motion design
- Range of professional character rigs for animation studies
- Autodesk Maya and Motionbuilder for animation and motion editing
- Shotgun Studio for project management
- Over 2 terrabytes of online storage and office 365 subscription
- Unity Pro & Visual Studio, including range of assets and extensions for game development
- Lightboxes + line testers
- Dragonframe stop-motion software
- 18-camera leading precision motion-capture suites and MotionBuilder
- Mixing and recording studios for soundscapes
LENGTH
In just 2 years you can graduate with a Bachelor degree thanks to our accelerated full-time course. Part-time study is also available to domestic students. International students many choose to complete the course in 3 years rather than the accelerated 2 year option.
CAREERS IN THE INDUSTRY
JMC’s Animation graduates currently work in a wide range of creative positions in game design, film + TV, web animation and advertising, in major studios like Animal Logic and design houses like ZSpace.
- 3D or 2D Animator
- Producer
- Director
- Concept Artist
- Storyboard Artist
- Modeller
- Texture Artist
- Rigger
- Illustrator
- Render Wrangler
- Visual Effects Artist
- Matte Painter
- Effects Animator
- Compositor
- Digital Lighting
- Designer
- Motion Designer
INTAKE DATES
JMC Academy's diploma, bachelor and masters intake dates are:
- February
- June
- September
I'M KEEN
Reckon this could be the course for you or just want a little more info? Chuck in your question at the bottom of the page or grab your free course guide and someone will be in touch to help you out.