Basic educational system: four years | Enrollment target: | Education: technical secondary school | Professional code: 1303 10.

Training objectives

Training objectives

Training objectives: This major trains applied and innovative talents with basic knowledge and skills in animation creation, who can engage in animation planning, animation creation, animation promotion and animation application in film and television and animation production groups, animation application institutions, animation communication enterprises and institutions, and engage in animation teaching and research in various schools.

Training requirements: Students in this major mainly study the history and present situation of animation, understand the basic process of animation creation and dissemination, master the basic principles and skills of animation creation, and build a solid basic knowledge structure for better engaging in animation work.

Graduates should have the following knowledge and abilities:

1. Understand the principles, policies and regulations of the Party and the state in the fields of film and television, drama, culture and art, and have good political, ideological and moral qualities, as well as legal awareness, honesty awareness and group cooperation awareness, and good Chinese and Western traditional culture, literary and artistic literacy, modern awareness and interpersonal awareness;

2. Basically master the corresponding tool knowledge in foreign languages, computer and information technology applications, document retrieval and thesis writing, as well as the humanities and social sciences knowledge in literature and art, historical philosophy, political ideology and morality, psychology and management.

3. Master the necessary theoretical knowledge of animation, and have strong animation planning, creation and promotion capabilities;

4. Master at least one important link in independently completing animation from planning, creation to promotion, and be able to plan, create and promote one or two animation short films or animation application projects in cooperation with others, and reach a certain professional level;

5. Be able to use professional knowledge and skills to comprehensively analyze the animation works to be created, explain its significance, grasp its style, use corresponding animation skills to achieve it, and effectively promote the animation works created by yourself.

Main subjects: cinematography, drama, art, design and art theory.

Core courses: history of animation at home and abroad, introduction to animation, animation modeling foundation, film and television principle, animation principle, computer multimedia technology, photography foundation, animation planning, animation script writing, animation software foundation, role design, scene design, animation audio-visual language, storyboard design, animation post-synthesis, animation project promotion and animation peripheral products.

The main practical teaching links: the school independently sets up animation creation of different scales with the participation of each student, through regular or irregular project production and related artistic practice; The main and minor courses of animation teaching practice, as well as in-depth folk collection, in-depth market research, comprehensive paper training and other forms.

Main professional experiments: animation software application, animation audio-visual language, animation post-synthesis.

Length of study: four years.

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Arts. 1304 art

Professional ability requirements

Professional ability requirements

The main contents of professional teaching

The main contents of professional teaching

Composition design, perspective, animation techniques, animation audio-visual language, animation film post-production, animation modeling design, animation movement law and performance, animation director, animation concept design, 3d Max three-dimensional foundation and application training, and the following professional directions: creative design, animation literature, film and television animation, and games.

Major (skill) direction

Major (skill) direction

Animation enterprises: original painting, animation design, animation director, animation production; Game enterprises: game design, game animation production; Film and television production enterprises: film and television animation production, special effects production.

Example of vocational qualification certificate

Example of vocational qualification certificate

Examples of continuing learning majors

Employment direction

Employment direction

Employment direction of animation major

Animator: With the rapid development of computer animation technology and the continuous penetration of network animation, Flash animation has also been introduced into TV production from amateurs, and the game industry has made rapid progress. Animation drawing has become a mature new profession. At present, there are thousands of animation companies and studios in China, and there are tens of thousands of animation practitioners, among whom animators are the largest and most basic professionals. Its main job is to understand and implement the action design intent and technical requirements, draw animated character modeling, dynamic intermediate diagrams and different scenes, and draw key action processes continuously.

Three-dimensional animation talents: The main work of this kind of talents includes making three-dimensional animation and three-dimensional renderings of buildings, such as the titles of the earth's rotation commonly used in CCTV's News Network program and some film and television works. This will be done in 3D. Three-dimensional renderings are the renderings of our common real estate, home interior decoration and so on. The employment focus is mainly needed by traditional animation companies, game software companies, advertising companies, film and television production companies and other related industries.

Anime designer: Anime designer is a person with rich imagination, solid art foundation and corresponding design software application ability, who can fully understand the product market to be developed and then design high-quality products that are more in line with the tastes of the audience. Animation design itself includes different roles such as pre-planning, director, screenwriter, design and production.

Employment prospect of animation major

Animation games are known as the sunrise industry with the most development potential in 2 1 century. In China, the development of animation design and production technology is still in the primary stage, and its development potential cannot be ignored. According to industry analysis, the potential value space of China's game animation industry is 654,380+000 billion yuan. The animation game industry not only brings considerable benefits to enterprises and countries, but also brings a lot of benefits to those creators who are engaged in animation games. The huge shortage of talents makes the value of CG animation talents rise. The enterprise hired 10w with high salary, but failed to hire the desired talents. According to the statistics of Shenzhen Zhonghui Branch, under normal circumstances, the monthly salary of new employees is about 3,000 yuan, which can climb to 5,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan after two to three years, and the annual salary of outstanding talents reaches 6,543,800+to 500,000 yuan. Those independent chief designers, art directors or top experts who have held management and operation positions can even earn more than 600,000 yuan a year, which makes some character animation designers, 3D multimedia designers and game art designers become enviable workplaces.

Corresponding occupation (post)

Corresponding occupation (post)

Other information:

With the rise of domestic animation game industry, animation major has become a hot topic for studying abroad. Animation is an industry that will never go out of date. Because of the rapid development of animation industry, there are very few schools in China that can provide animation professional platforms at present.

1, Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art does not accept undergraduate applications, but only graduate applications. Animation major is a two-year program. The practice and research of animation specialty in RCA ranks among the best in the world, providing students with a unique learning and teaching environment. In the era of rapid changes in culture and technology, students can expand and become familiar with dynamically changing fields.

Through innovation, practical research and understanding of different environments, traditions and history, workshops, lectures and consultations, students continue to learn new knowledge.

The focus of school animation major is to train directors, artists and filmmakers related to the industry. Animation major attaches great importance to visual delicacy, innovation and multidisciplinary art design, which includes and needs to cultivate skills and professional knowledge.

2. art center college of design

The entertainment design major in art center college of design (ACCD) has two directions: conceptual design and character animation. Most alumni who graduated from ACCD University are leaders in animation, video games, movies and television. The school will also provide internship opportunities for students majoring in companies such as Pixar, Disney and Sony.

Conceptual design: the focus is on the skills and creativity required by conceptual designers in the entertainment industry.

Character animation: emphasize the nuances of design, modeling and attraction through 3D and 2D animation.

3. Edinburgh College of Art

The Edinburgh Art Institute under the University of Edinburgh is one of the largest and oldest art institutes in Europe. The college can provide students with opportunities to study in Europe, America, Japan and Australia. Many staff members of Edinburgh Art Institute are internationally renowned artists, designers, architects, curators and writers. The graduates of this school have been adapted into cartoons.

Jiang Ge Film Company

Worked for well-known companies such as Fox.

Animation (BA): Small class teaching mode is unique in Britain, but it has a wide range and graduates are relatively successful. Students will learn many different animation methods instead of focusing on a specific method.

Animation (two-year MFA): This course provides students with unique and comprehensive digital and analog techniques. Students will be able to use a variety of cutting-edge facilities, including CGI laboratories, studios and cameras. Provide opportunities to shoot individual films and team films, which provides MFA students with opportunities to hone their management skills.

4. University of Teesside

The University of Teesside has the most advanced equipment in the world, and animation production and computer games are also the most advanced in Europe. World-renowned companies such as DreamWorks and Disney welcome its graduates very much, among which some animations of Harry Potter, Avatar and LordofRings were produced by its graduates.

Every year, the university holds an international animation and computer games event-Animex (International Animation Festival), which attracts top animation masters from all over the world.

Computer Game Animation (BA): This course uses various engines to deeply study the large-scale creativity and technical problems of developing PC and game consoles through 2D and 3D casual games.

Computer Role Animation (BA): We attach great importance to students' drawing skills, observation and animation principles. Students also learn performance theory and body language applied to animated characters. Students will learn to use traditional character animation techniques and the latest and most advanced production tools.

The subjects covered in the course include: painting and conceptual art, 2D and 3D character animation, character design and modeling, representative animation, script writing and storytelling, and professional portfolio development.

5. Bournemouth University

Bournemouth University has the first computer animation production center in Britain and is the top eight animation production and digital effect learning center in the world.

Computer Animation Art and Design (BA): This course focuses on the creativity of computer animation, combining traditional art disciplines, such as life painting and photography, and disciplines with more technical importance, so that students can use industry-standard tools and software to explore the production of computer animation.

Computer Animation Technology Art (BA): This course is a 50/50 combination of art and science, reflecting the practice related to computer graphics and animation in various industries and applications. Combine the research of art, animation technology and applied mathematics and calculation to meet the needs of modern production (computer animation, movies, visual effects, games).

3D Computer Animation (MA): This course will help you acquire the skills you need to work in some areas of computer animation applications, including movies, animation functions, computer games, TV production, advertisements, illustrations, scientific visualization, flight simulation, virtual environment, architectural visualization and interactive media.

6. Savannah College of Art

SCAD is located in downtown Savannah, Georgia, USA. It is the largest art college in the United States and one of the largest art universities in the world. We provide students with opportunities to cooperate with visual effects, dynamic media, interactive design and game development, sound design, film and television, sequence art and other majors, and take related courses.

Students will become a dynamic and versatile animator with great market competitiveness.

BFA: There are 180 class hours in total. Students mainly study some courses, such as sketch, computer technology, media theory, 2D and 3D animation modeling.

Ma: A total of ***45 class hours, learning animation character foundation, animation history, 3D animation and other courses.

MFA: 90 class hours * * *. In addition to the basic 3D animation courses, we will also study animation narrative, story scripts and other related courses.

7. Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a famous research university in the United States, with the top computer college and drama college in the United States. integrated design

The College of Arts and Technology has two majors: animation and game design.

Animation and movies. Special effects: Students majoring in animation and special effects will learn performance capture, rendering, 3D and 2D animation and related parts of special effects. They will combine artistic and technical perspectives in all courses to explore these components and the whole field of digital animation.