BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects (VFX) with Diploma in Creative Professional Development

Creative Professional Development (1 year, Level 5 Diploma)Our Creative Professional Development Diploma gives you the chance to spend a year exploring your post-uni job options through a structured programme of input sessions and work-based learning. This year offers two much-sought-after industry placements – the first lasting six weeks, the second 12 weeks, and a group project or ‘hackathon’ exploring freelancing and business start-up.Develop the creative and technical skills behind the latest Hollywood blockbusters and learn from award-winning studio professionals.BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects offers a perfect balance between mastering the fundamental principles of animation, visual effects, and breakthrough techniques. As you become an expert ‘world builder’, you’ll use visual effects to create character designs, enhance stories, work with directors or film your own shots, helping to develop a portfolio that could fast-track you into the animation or VFX industries.Careers InformationBy the end of your degree, you’ll have developed a professional portfolio of work and a plan to market yourself and show off your ‘creative edge’. Our graduates have gone on to work at ILM, DNeg, Framestore, The Mill, Electric Theatre Collective, Epic Games, Light VFX and Untold Studios, and have worked on films like John Wick: Chapter 4.BA (Hons) Animation and Visual Effects is an active member of ACCESS: VFX, giving you access to top visual effects houses, animation and games studios, and its e-mentoring programme.