You graduate from this course as a creative, innovative individual with skills and knowledge to work in this exciting and vibrant creative industry. Key areas of study include • 2D drawn and digital based animation • stop motion animation • 3D-CGI animation • animation theory • life drawing practice • animation pre-production • animation production • post production for animation • acting and performance for animation • photography and lighting for animation • animation industry contextualisation. You develop a portfolio of your project work to showcase your skills to potential employers. This includes • 2D drawn animation • stop motion puppet animation • 3D-CGI character animation • set design • pre-production development • character designs • life drawing portfolio • professional branding and online management • sound design • client based project development work • individually directed short animation. These skills prepare you for your final year project, creating and producing a professional short animated film, specialising in your own chosen area of animation. In your third year you have the opportunity to submit your work for the Nick Park Award – an annual competition exclusive to Sheffield Hallam students which is judged by the team at Aardman.

You develop skills and knowledge in a wide range of disciplines, meaning you are able to work in numerous roles including 2D animator • stop motion animator • 3D-CGI animator • set designer • puppet builder • lighting technician • texture artist • modeller • rigger • compositor • producer • editor • story board artist • character designer. The skills and understanding you develop can be used in sectors including • visual effects • television production • feature production • education • game production • online production • advertising and freelancing. Some of our graduates work for organisations such as • Industrial Light and Magic • BBC (CBeebies) • Finger Industries • Twinkl • iSite TV • Axonn Media • Framestore • Creative Assembly • Regus • Peerless VFX • Kettle Studios • Fudge Animation Studios • Double Negative • Warner Brothers studios. Others have launched their own companies, such as Cosmic Monocle, Scrapbook Development and Oh Captain, My Space Captain. We also help graduates to set up their own business through our business incubator, which provides student entrepreneurs with a low risk environment to build a company.