BA (Hons) Animation

Study animation at UEL and learn from award-winning specialist tutors and animators working in the industry. On our student-centered course, you learn your craft in practical teaching sessions, learning to use both core artistic skills and state of the art technology to tell your own stories. You are encouraged to develop originality, beginning with the traditional foundations of animation and ending with a fully-realized graduation film, using your own choice of specialism in 2D, 3D, or Stop-Motion animation.

Foundation Year(If Required)

• Professional Life (Mental Wealth)
• Art & Design Workshops, Processes & Skills
• Art & Design Studio Practice & Portfolio
• Art & Design Specialist Workshops, Processes & Skills
• Art & Design Specialist Studio Practice & Portfolio
• Art & Design Contextual Studies

Year 1

• Documentary 1: Documentary and Representation
• Experimentation and Application 1A (Animation)
• Aesthetics & Technologies: Practice as Research
• Narrative 1: Narrative Fiction
• Experimentation and Application 1B (Animation)
• Mental Wealth: Agency 1

Year 2

• Documentary 2: Experimental Documentary
• Advanced Experimentation and Applications (Animation)
• Animated Short Film
• Narrative 2: Advanced Narrative
• Advanced Practice (Animation)
• Mental Wealth: Agency 2

Year 3

• Animation Pre-Production
• Final Project: Development
• Aesthetics & Technologies: Professional Practices
• Animation Post-Production
• Final Project: Completion
• Mental Wealth: Agency 3

Employability

Graduates from BA Animation at UEL have gone on to enjoy success in various fields, setting up studios, co-operatives, working as freelance creatives, or working with London commercial studios like Nexus, Blink, and Passion Pictures.