The admissions team will look at your online application including your qualifications, personal statement and any work experience, as well as your portfolio. This show gives you an opportunity to show your Project to industry professionals and potential employers, alongside friends, family and past graduates. The programme ends with a degree show in London, if you pass your Project. This is normally an individual project, but students are increasingly realising the benefits of working in a group to achieve an impressive final result. You'll show a bold and confident approach to production management and the design and execution of Digital Effects. We'll expect your project to be ambitious, with a high level of finish. Master's Project : The Master's Project unit has no teaching and is dedicated to your final project.You'll be assessed at a Research Symposium, where you'll present your research to students and staff. You'll get an opportunity to research areas that interest you that may be outside of the normal boundaries of the programme. Personal Inquiry : A tutorial-supported research unit.You can work with students from across the NCCA Master's programmes, such as 3D animators and MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects students. Group Project : Gain a deeper understanding of digital effects disciplines and contribute to a significant piece of group work in terms of scope, design and aesthetic.Digital Effects Theory: This unit will provide you with advanced theoretical knowledge of Digital Effects production by considering the diverse interdisciplinary concepts permeating Digital Effects best practice.The unit offers a chance to merge your learnt skills, and to plan a specific technical direction to prepare you for your Masters Project. Signature Shot: You'll produce a short piece of Digital Effects work showing your technical abilities to date.Foundation Project: A highly structured and mediated production project ensures you will acquire a broad base of practical knowledge which you can develop and refine towards specialism in future work.You'll be taught about the craft and tools of digital effects work, get an opportunity to judge your work so far and learn to record digital effects production. Digital Effects Tools: Technical and theoretical teaching for the Foundation Project unit.Industrial Light & Magic - Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Dave McKean - illustrator for Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.Epic Games - Creators of the Unreal Game Engine.Frontier Development - Elite: Dangerous.
Illumination Mac Guff - Despicable Me, Minions.The Mill - Chemical Brothers/Beck Music video, Cif advert.Double Negative - Ex-Machina, Interstellar, Inception, Godzilla.Animal Logic - The Lego Movie, Ninjango.MPC - Alien: Covenant, Maleficent, The Jungle Book.Framestore - Gravity, Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
The NCCA is ranked as the UK’s top animation school, second in Europe and third internationally (Animation Career Review, 2021). As one of very few research-intensive animation centres in the UK, our expertise not only ensures our courses remain at the forefront of education, but also helps to define new industry practices. The NCCA is one of the most established and highly regarded centres for computer graphics and animation education and research. Study at the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA)
Access industry-standard facilities including a new green screen and motion capture studio, as well as animation labs, equipped with industry-standard software Houdini and Nuke.įind out more about the content of this course.Create a substantial and original project in preparation for the end of year degree show attended by top industry recruiters.Benefit from visiting speaker talks from industry specialists, including some of our successful alumni.Undertake multiple projects both individually and alongside students from across the NCCA Master's courses.Explore toolsets such as dynamics, green screen, tracking and digital assets in order to push yourself and your work to the next level of visual success.Become proficient in acquisition filming, 3D animation and 2D compositing, facilitating your understanding of the entire digital effects pipeline.