Stafford House International Animation

This exciting one-week course is ideal for any budding animator who wants to develop their traditional and digital animation techniques. Over the course of the week, you will understand the fundamental principles of character design, layout, story boarding and animation. Using cel and stop motion character animation, together with editing conventions you will learn how to produce animated sequences and stories.

COURSE BENEFITS

LEARN FROM ART AND DESIGN PROFESSIONALS

This programme will give you the chance to study in central Cambridge in a fun and creative environment led by experienced tutors at CSVPA.

BROADEN YOUR SKILLS IN THE INDUSTRY

Through workshops, individual and group projects and practical tasks, you will become acquainted with the skills and knowledge that will serve as a perfect starting point for future education and possible careers in the animation industry. Throughout the course you will become familiar with storyboarding, collage and cel animation along with relevant software such as Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Animate and Dragonframe.

DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS IN:

Storyboarding | Character Design | 2D cel animation | Keyframe animation | Stop Motion

PROGRESSION AT CSVPA Completion of the course can enable progression on to our University of the Arts London Awarding Body Extended Diploma or Foundation Diploma if you meet the UAL entry criteria for the course.

COURSE OUTCOMES

You will learn how to construct a narrative using storyboarding and character design techniques. You will explore how to make an animated sequence using the latest Adobe software and Dragonframe stop motion software