#Nottingham trent university animation series

The purpose of the module is to develop your awareness of methods of original invention, broaden your artistic outlook, and hone your academic skills.Īnimation Studio aims to progress your character animation and visual development skills in your chosen technique, work collaboratively on a client-led live brief and produce an animated short. You will explore animation’s relationship with its audience through formal communication and storytelling techniques.

#Nottingham trent university animation series

A series of screenings will provide you with a broad overview of current and historical approaches to visual storytelling. In this module you will be introduced to the power of animation and its influence on audiences. Animation Studies IĪnimation Studies I explores animation and film’s relationships with their audiences and how visual storytelling is performed through the formal elements of the medium: mise-en-scène, composition, camera, editing, and sound.

At the end of each term you will have a body of work that evidences your engagement, understanding and achievement in the animation concepts and processes undertaken. Studio-based seminars, tutorials and self-directed research aims to stimulate your intellectual curiosity and begin to realise your individual creative identity through short-duration, hands-on investigative exercises, to prepare you for animation production.

Animation Principles will introduce you to the core concepts, principles, and foundational skills of animation practice.