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Digital Effects – (M.A.)
Bournemouth University
The Media School
| Location: | Bournemouth / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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Digital Effects is seen in television productions, films, animated feature films, computer games, training videos, scientific visualisation, flight simulation, virtual environments, the Internet, and interactive media applications. All of these sectors offer exciting and rewarding career prospects, which can be accessed by anyone with the appropriate skills.
The MA Digital Effects course objective is to create graduates with the range and depth of skills necessary to be future digital effects supervisors or visual effects designers. The course is orientated toward the creation of well rounded digital effects artists for the feature film effects industry. The skills and experience gained can equally be applied to the production of effects for television commercials, computer games, music promos and television series.
As well as hands on skills the students will develop general skills in Digital Effects design, production planning and scheduling, team-working and problem solving. The academic aspects provide a strong theoretical underpinning for the principle areas of study, including lecture series on film-making techniques, principles of computer graphics, the fusion of art and technology and personal research projects.
Students have regular presentations and master classes from invited industry speakers. This exposure to real-world projects and state-of-the-art techniques from professional practitioners is highly valued by students and is a major course strength.
Contents
Digital Effects Nucleus
This unit provides the opportunity for students to experience a complete Digital Effects project based upon a set brief. The project encompasses 3D Digital Effects work, 2D Compositing Effects work, and practical Video Acquisition Effects work. It draws upon the teaching provided by the Digital Effects Tools unit and gives a technical and creative foundation for the MA Digital Effects Programme.
Moving Image Theory
This unit contains the general image theory elements of the programme, and is shared across the taught Masters programmes. It incorporates lectures on digital cinematography, supporting screenings of films and animations, lectures on art, science and technology and a programme of lectures by visiting speakers from the digital effects, computer animation and computer games industries. This unit is assessed by a written report.
Digital Effects Tools
This unit provides the direct technical and theoretical teaching for the Digital Effects Nucleus unit. Students will be taught the craft of digital effects work and the tools utilised in this process. Its assessment offers an opportunity for students to mediate their Digital Effects work so far. The taught components of this unit encompass 2D, 3D and Video Acquisition work alongside Digital Effects Theory and Design.
Group Project
This is a student originated project. Students form groups across the NCCA´s taught Masters Programmes. Digital Effects Students can work with 3D Animators, or MSc students or both. Projects can range from fully 3d character animated pieces, to photorealistic sequences seamlessly combining digital content with live action images. This unit offers the student a deeper understanding of the various Digital Effects disciplines, and provides the opportunity to contribute towards a significant piece of work in terms of scope, design and aesthetic.
Digital Effects Techniques
This unit provides the technical and theoretical teaching for the all project based units required for the PGDip. It
also allows the students to produce a short individual piece of Digital Effects work demonstrating their technical abilities to date. Its aim is provide a consolidation of learnt skills, as well as providing an opportunity for the student to chart a specific technical direction that will prepare them for the Masters Project. The taught components of this unit encompass 2D, 3D and Video Acquisition work alongside Digital Effects Theory and Design.
Personal Enquiry
This unit is a tutorial supported research unit, shared with the other taught Masters programmes. This provides students with an opportunity to pursue research into areas which interest them, but may be outside of the normal parameters of the programme teaching. This unit is assessed at a research symposium, when the students present the results of their research to their fellow students and staff.
Units required in the MA:
Masters Project
The Masters Project unit has no teaching and is dedicated to the final project. The project is student originated and is expected to be an ambitious piece of work, with a high level of finish. By this stage the student is expected to demonstrate a bold and confident approach to production management, design and execution. Typically this is an individual project, but students are increasingly realising the benefits of working in a group to achieve an impressive final result.
The year ends with a Computer Animation Show, which gives the students from all of the NCCA's postgraduate courses the opportunity to showcase their work to industry professionals and potential employers, alongside friends, family, and past graduates from the course. This show is usually held in London .
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Requirements
Preferred subjects: art, media, design If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.5 (Academic) overall with 6.0 in all other components.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
Accreditation
The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the UK government’s teaching quality watchdog, awarded us the highest category of confidence in our academic standards.
Many of our courses are accredited by professional and industry bodies, which means our courses are readily recognised by employers, and our graduates have professional membership or status when they compete on the job market.
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