If your company might be able to offer an opportunity to one of our learners, please do get in touch using: work. Victor Brown from New Era said “ “New Urban Era have been working with South Staffordshire College offering students work experience since 2019 and have expanded the offering to two further departments in 2023. At the age of 64, he gives the impression that the planet is doomed but he'll soon be leaving it, and not a minute too soon. Of course," he relents, "if, as artists, we try to tap into that soul level - if we say that life is worth living and the world is worth living in - then something good might come of it. On the Character pathway, you’ll engage with a wide range of current and emerging technical skills and knowledge.

At this level, you’ll be encouraged to enquire about your own personal and unique approach to your subject area. BA (Hons) Animation is a practice-led course, enabling you to choose one of two specialist pathways: Experimental and Character.

Dreams and wishes come true with this deluxe Cinderella Castle play set from the Disney Animators' Collection. To design and create the required animations, learners used their concept art and planning skills by creating mood boards and rough ideas before the animation process began. Whichever pathway you take, you’ll explore the application of your skills through a selection of longer form projects. This is the version with the extra figures and not accurately advertised, too late to do anything about it when a 3 year old has become attached to it! You’ll learn core traditional skills and principles in animation to underpin your future specialism in areas such as 3D digital animation and modelling, or stop-motion animation, as well as 2D analogue and digital.

We look forward to building on our partnership with the college and working with more departments in future years. Production backgrounds are the most rare and valuable form of animation art due to the fact that only a few hundred of them are ever made for a feature-length animation.The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. He talks about New Orleans, and Hurricane Katrina and insists that the same thing will happen in Tokyo. A storyboard is a series of sketches which helps filmmakers to visualise a plot sequence by mapping out the story. This unit introduces you to the fundamental terminology, technology and craft skills that underpin all areas of animation across all pathways. Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases.

All I remember is that the title of their animation was ‘Dark Castle’ and I think it was in Russian or Ukrainian… I’m not really sure. Games art and animation lecturer, Jennifer Wynn at South Staffordshire College said “We have thoroughly enjoyed producing work for New Urban Era, and we are extremely excited for future opportunities and briefs! After successfully completing the diploma and your undergraduate degree, you’ll graduate with an enhanced degree: BA (Hons) Animation (with Creative Computing). Previous partners include: Channel 4, MTV, National Trust, All Saints Records, Marmite and The Royal Society. All the Japanese female voice actors have voices that are very coquettish and wanting male attention, which was not what we wanted at all.

Your portfolio will provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate the relevant skills and knowledge required for successful employment in these fields. This scheme helps us better understand your personal circumstances so that we can assess your application fairly and in context. The nightmare Knights persistently fall out and squabble over their failure to get their hands on Lil Queenie’s bling.