Film, Animation and Digital Arts MA

**Why choose this course**<br/>Our programme seeks to develop your core creative competences in a range of relevant contemporary practices, from 3D computer graphics to machine vision, interactive cinema to immersive media. <br/><br/>Your skills and talents as a media practitioner, alongside intellectual curiosity, collaborative spirit, technical proficiency and sense of adventure, will all come into play as you make use of Surrey’s state-of-the-art facilities, great workspaces and dedicated multi-disciplinary supervision.<br/><br/>We enable you to innovate and experiment creatively and technologically in film, animation, digital arts and related areas of contemporary arts and media practices.<br/><br/>You will also benefit from the extensive connections we enjoy with the creative industries, which include media production companies, animation studios, VFX houses, facilities providers and film studios – locally, nationally and globally.<br/><br/>**What you will study**<br/>Our programme is primarily practice-oriented, backed up with a relevant and robust contextual framework. The programme is 12 months long, split across two semesters and the University’s summer period.<br/><br/>Semester 1 includes a set of focused workshops designed not only to consolidate existing practical skills in script development, film production, animation, CG and VFX but also to bring you rapidly up to speed in less familiar areas such as virtual production, game engines, and digital cinematography. These are accompanied by a thorough grounding in contemporary moving image theory and practice. You will then work on a collaborative, multidisciplinary production project, which provides a great opportunity to work together in a small team on an exciting creative brief.<br/><br/>In Semester 2 you will develop a creative specification for your final project. Alongside this, specialist workshops and tutorials are offered to equip you with any specific techniques you might need.<br/><br/>During the University’s summer period, you will complete your final project, with regular supervision and mentoring provided by the Department’s academics, industry based visiting tutors and associates.