MA Animation

This award enables you to develop creative practical skills in a range of digital processes that are used in Animation and related fields. Within this course, you can choose to focus in a particular area of animation such as 2D animation, 3D animation, or combine the areas to create new forms and ideas from the fusion of techniques and styles.

Within 2D animation, you can look at traditional animation techniques and blend these skills and approaches with new digital media to form new content and formats. You will explore the rich heritage of 2D animation and the possibilities of experimentation, both in form and content, that traditional animation has actively encouraged.

3D digital animation has become the most popular form of animated imagery over the past decade, used by more experimental practitioners who question the appearance, form, and uses it has in present-day media. In this form, you will challenge your preconceptions of what 2D or 3D animation can do, which helps you become an innovator in the field. You will have the opportunity to explore the range of possibilities available to the practitioner, mixing technical knowledge of the subject with the creative freedom that an understanding of the theory and context of new media practices brings.

Work placement

There are work-related learning opportunities on this course, all students complete a live external brief as part of their coursework.