Visual Effects and Motion Graphics with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Visual Effects and Motion Graphics with Foundation Year BA (Hons)
Course overview: This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you dont have sufficient grades to join Year 1. If you have a passion for a career as a visual effects or motion graphics artist, this professionally accredited course is for you. Combine your technical and creative skills to create live-action and digital 2D and 3D content into sequences for film and TV.
You gain experience of the whole production pipeline including previsualisation, motion design, technical animation, effects animation, look developme...
<strong>Course overview</strong>: This course includes a foundation year - ideal if you need additional preparation or if you dont have sufficient grades to join Year 1. If you have a passion for a career as a visual effects or motion graphics artist, this professionally accredited course is for you. Combine your technical and creative skills to create live-action and digital 2D and 3D content into sequences for film and TV.<br/><br/>You gain experience of the whole production pipeline including previsualisation, motion design, technical animation, effects animation, look development and compositing, and develop your own specialism. Our bespoke 2D animation studios featuring industry-standard software, dedicated workshops and stop motion studios equipped with lighting, cameras, and green screen offer you a real world technical experience.<br/><br/><strong>Top reasons to study visual effects and motion graphics</strong><br/><br/><br/>1. £2,000 Accommodation Award: you may be eligible for £2,000 towards your accommodation fees if you live outside the TS postcode and are in your first year of study on a games or animation course<br/>2. SideFX recognition: this course has been officially certified by SideFX and the school is a member of the SideFX Certified Partner Programme in recognition of our knowledgeable instructors, the high quality of student work, and our efforts devoted to connecting students to industry.<br/>3. ScreenSkills recognition: this course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries.y.<br/><br/><br/><strong>After the course</strong>: You have many opportunities to develop your professional skills, links with industry and meet with recruiters through our Expo Series, Animex Festival and Student Futures activities. Graduates from our Visual Effects degrees have gone on to enjoy successful careers in studios around the world working on visual effects for film, television, animation and games.<br/><br/>Graduates have gone on to work in a range of areas including previs, modelling, rigging, production, effects animation, matte painting, tracking and matchmove, lighting, look development and compositing. They are working for companies including Industrial Light and Magic, Weta Digital, Double Negative, Moving Picture Company, Cinesite, The Third Floor, The Mill, Pixar, Digital Domain, Framestore and many more.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Sandwich
Duration
5 Years
Start Date
21/09/2026
Campus
Teesside University Middlesbrough Campus
Application Details
14 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
I708
Institution Code
T20
Points of Entry
Foundation
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Flexible: each application is considered on a case-by-case basis.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Acceptable qualifications in maths and English include: GCSE grade 4 or C (or higher) Level 2 Key Skills (Communication and Application of Number) Level 2 Functional Skills.
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