Year 1
Core Modules
Credits
Research
20.00
You'll research your chosen specialism looking at past & contemporary practice. You'll evaluate the work of leading practitioners & explore the influential moments of the discipline then produce a report on your findings which will contextualise your planned practical work. Finally you'll create some preproduction for the Experimentation module.
Experimentation
20.00
You'll create an experimental animated piece based on the preproduction work done in the Research module.
Character Creation: Preproduction
20.00
You'll study the preproduction of virtual characters suitable for use in games and other applications. You'll look at digital sculpting character texturing and common character effects (FX) techniques such as muscle rigging groom and clothing how to adjust these for different outputs and create an animated sequence of your own.
Character Creation: Production
20.00
You'll study the production phase of the creation of virtual characters suitable for use in games and other relevant applications completing the work started in Character Creation Preproduction. You'll look at a variety of techniques and how to adjust these according to the intended output. Finally you'll present your own an animated sequence.
Game Environments: Preproduction
20.00
You'll study the practical skills tools and workflows of the production pipeline used when creating virtual environments suitable for use in games film and advertising. You'll have opportunities to express your creativity as a designer building and assembling assets for virtual environments. You'll also examine visual storytelling techniques.
Game Environments: Production
20.00
You'll study the practical skills tools & workflows of the production pipeline focused on the production phase. In a creative studio environment essential concepts for games & virtual production will be demonstrated and you'll study visual storytelling techniques. You'll have chances to express your creativity building & assembling assets.
Production Project
40.00