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BA (Hons) Animation Production

BA (Hons) Animation Production

Duration: 3 or 4 years full-time
Placement year: Optional 1 year
Course code: W615 (UCAS)
Institution code: A66 (UCAS)

Overview

On BA (Hons) Animation Production, you'll develop your unique style through industry-standard equipment and learning to a professional level. Our alumni now work for studios like Pixar, Aardman and Studio Ghibli – this could be you.

Animation still of a ginger cat carrying teacups on trays.

Develop your unique style through industry-standard equipment and learning to a professional level.

Our illustrious alumni at Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), and Aardman testify to the success of our course. On BA (Hons) Animation Production, you'll be led by a skill-set curriculum in industry-standard studio environments.

Our alumni

Animation still of a ginger cat carrying teacups on trays.

Animation still of a girl with a ghost girl on swings.

Acquire the fundamental skills of drawing and painting that underpin animation in all forms.

You’ll be able to apply your skills to hand-drawn, stop motion, and CGI work. Working as part of a team in an animation studio environment, you’ll develop your personal portfolio and produce graduate films.

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Student gallery

Want to be inspired? See some of the work produced by our BA (Hons) Animation Production students and alumni.

Animation still of a woman in a cafe looking at a sleeping ginger cat.

Animation still of a character in front of a bull in a forest, red clothing.

Animation still of a ginger cat carrying teacups on trays.

Animation still of a character in a dressing room looking up at drawn paper.

Animation still of school kids around a table in a canteen.

Animation still of two character silhouettes in front of a blurred purple circus at night.

Animation still of a character on a train wearing headphones, with two looking in from the window above.

Animation still of a warrior character posed for battle against a red sky.

Illustration of a man in the street looking into a circular mirror, surrounded by flowers.

Animation still of a girl with a ghost girl on swings.

Animation still of two characters kissing in a field at sunset.

Animation of a women on the roof of a police car

Illustration of carnations and tea – a scene from 'The Man Who Loved Flowers'.

Illustration of a human female and an alien female embracing each other surrounded by a pink mist.

An illustration of an Indian family at a wedding – a scene from 'The Man Who Loved Flowers'.

Animated characters, two women and an alien, in dresses dancing.

Space Ship Concept Art

An animation of a camp

A series of seven images showing a cartoon cat swimming underwater.

Cartoon still of a squirrel in a hi-vis jacket and hard hat, a cat in a dress, a pig in a hi-vis jacket and hardhat and a polar bear standing on a bridge.

Carpe Diem Layout

The One You Feed film still

10 Stargazer Police Officers Character Sheet

Character concept

A row of four animated characters. One carrying a box with a bag over their shoulder. Second one holding up a toy giraffe in their hand. Third one has hair that hides their eyes and is pulling a pose. Fourth one is holding some pages and reading.

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