Semester Overview
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Semester 1
Your first semester introduces the fundamental subjects within 3D pipeline such as modeling, texturing, lighting, simulation, rigging, simple animation, rendering, as well as pre and postproduction. There are no exams in the 1st semester.
This semester focuses both on technical and artistic challenges you may face in a production scenario. This encourages a problem-solving and reflective approach to production.
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Semester 2
In this semester you build on your foundation and start to use these skills in the service of narrative. Specifically game worlds and animation short films.Starting with character animation, you learn the fundamental skills for understanding and animating characters.
You then move onto the Unreal engine to lean how to produce an effective narrative environment. This includes understanding how to conceive, develop and produce effective virtual spaces as well as props, lighting and other design elements designed to lead players through a world, as well as a story.
Lastly students will learn to plan and oversee the production of a short film. The goals for the student are to learn how to utilise their theoretical knowledge, while working on a practical production course together with others, gain insight into the similarities, as well as the differences between producing a game and an animation. In game production the students are solely responsible for the entire pre-production, from concept and manuscript to story- board.
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Semester 3 + 4
During this term we bring in highly specialised guest teachers from the industry to teach you several specialised subjects. The actual order of the subjects can change, as availability of industry professionals can affect the planning of the semesters.
Semester 3 and 4 aims to equip you with intermediate level knowledge and understanding necessary to their growing skills and project ambitions as a 3D artist in various stages of a production pipeline.
You explore and learn industry standard software packages and data pipelines necessary to not only work within a specific area, but also know how to pass work to someone else, and what to expect when work is given to you.
As with all our courses, this semester approaches this from a production, hands on approach, rather than a theoretical one.
During Semester 3 and 4 students also complete a new-technology project using augmented, or cross-reality technology, and a film project – often using external company’s IP.
The end of semester 4 has a mini-thesis exam, where you produce a piece of 3D work on a subject of your choice, and reflect on the processes us used to achieve that work.
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Semester 5
Game Production
In this term you participate in a group project to develop a larger scale game, relying on their growing specialist skills. You learn to work collaboratively in a interdisciplinary team, leaning on individual strengths, navigating group dynamics professionally, while working within designated roles to ensure a quality product is achieved. Soft skills are as important as hard skills in this project and this semester presents a strong opportunity to develop essential skills like interpersonal communication, group diplomacy, and being assertive.
At the end of this semester the student teams have their games published on a digital storefront so that anyone can play them.
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Semester 6
Thesis
During the term, you work on a chosen subject from within the programme, identifying and immersing yourself in a single 3D Arts based project for the duration of the semester. This requires a greater level of independence as you plan, research, and build, to complete your project.
The thesis project is an independent project, but this process is supervised. Each student may meet with a subject expert as a mentor for up to 10 hours during term time, for formative feedback, and academic or practical guidance on their work.
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Semester 7
Internship
You will intern in one or more relevant companies, enabling you to apply your skills in a professional environment. The semester is concluded with a hand-in of a showreel demonstrating your work.
Thomas Rodeschini
Effects Technical Director
Jean Christophe
Senior Character Rigger
Michael Easton
Lead Animator
Daniele Angelozzi
Lead Sculptor
Kim Hagen
Film Director
Admission Requirements
How to apply
