Associate Degree of Animation

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CRICOS course code: 080178M

Level of study: Associate Degrees or Equivalent

Summary

Animation is pure imagination. Few industries allow you to create what has never been seen before, which is very, very cool. Animation is also a profession where technical expertise and application is as important as raw talent, and this is where SAE come in.

Our Associate degree is all about building your character and credentials by giving you hands-on experience in a broad range of topics related to the Animation and Computer Graphics industries, such as:

• Character animation (2D/3D)
• Visual storytelling
• 3D modelling & computer graphics
• Visual effects & motion graphics

At SAE you won’t find yourself in a lecture with 300 people or even in a traditional lecture at all. You’ll be in a studio environment using software like Maya, Autodesk 3D MAX, ToonBoom, Substance painter, Z-Brush and Adobe Creative Suite to help bring your ideas to life.

Your growth and development will be assessed through the completion of industry-based projects, not theoretical based essays. This will ultimately help you build up a body of work and portfolio to share with potential employers or first client.

In preparation for an industry that commands agility and adaptability, you’ll cut your creative teeth on projects initially in partnership with your course peers. As your skills develop and you work on more dynamic projects, you’ll apply your capabilities on cross-discipline projects.

For those wanting to go the extra, and thousands of miles, you can complete up to two trimesters of your course at selected SAE campuses across the planet. Suddenly, real-world experience just went worldwide.

Your Learning Experience

• Learn advanced-level industry-standard animation tools, such as Autodesk 3DS Max and Maya and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience an Animation course designed in collaboration with industry partners, develop the skills the film and interactive media industries want.
• Work with artists, designers, web, mobile and games developers, film makers, animators and audio specialists.
• Learn from Animation industry veterans who are masters of their craft.
• Develop high-level special effects in collaboration with film makers.
• Learn and apply narrative theories to produce compelling animated films.
• Work with games developers to produce rich worlds, assets and animation for interactive media titles.
• Learn in a collaborative, studio-based environment where your teachers are also your mentors.
• Learn and apply industry-standard project management methodologies from day one.

Careers:

Students who have completed the Associate Degree of Animation would have opportunities in the professional workplace as:

• 3D Generalist?
• Character Artist ?
• 2D and/or 3D Animator
• Media Industry Specialist
• Motion Graphics Designer ?
• Concept Artist
• Storyboard Artist
• 3D Asset Modeller
• 3D Character Modeller
• Junior Rigging TD
• Surfacing Artist
• Junior Lighting TD
• Production Coordinator
• Junior Assembly & Layout Artist

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