Graphic Arts & Moving Image BA (Hons)

BA HONS GRAPHIC ARTS AND MOVING IMAGE<br/>(3RD YEAR ENTRY)<br/><br/>OVERVIEW<br/><br/>Pursue your passion for art that tells a story.<br/><br/>UWS’s BA (Hons) (Graphic Arts & Moving Image provides entry to exciting career opportunities for the next generation of artists. Whether through animation, illustration, television & film graphics or the production of graphic novels you will build a professional portfolio that will develop your creativity, skills and employability across the contemporary creative industries.<br/><br/>With teaching led by creative industries professionals you will work in our contemporary art studios and labs at the beautiful Ayr campus.<br/><br/>PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS <br/>• With a focus on multi-disciplinary learning, you’ll have access to industry-leading facilities such as art, TV and music studios, computer labs and performance spaces. <br/>• You’ll develop transferable skills in content production, information processing and professional communication – meaning you can develop your portfolio <br/>• You will work with industry specialists, such as designers, publishers, writers and artists<br/>• Focus on practical approaches for creating narrative driven content including motion graphics, illustration, experimental animation, time and event-based media, graphic fiction/comic art, and documentary artefacts<br/><br/>PROGRAMME DETAILS <br/><br/>• BA (Hons) Graphic Arts & Moving Image will help you develop the essential professional skills required to work in creative industries such as book, comics and graphic novel publishing, advertising, production design and post-production for film and television, digital heritage, animation, performance entertainment industries and public/community arts.<br/>• The programme will help you build up a portfolio of work to prepare you for future developments in the ever-changing landscape of visual arts, culture, and communications.<br/>• By keeping up with cultural and industry trends, the programme will equip you with the creative and critical learning skills to effectively explore the relationship between visual art-making, media technologies and how these relate to and reflect political, social, cultural and historical contexts<br/><br/>CAREERS <br/><br/>Graduates will develop skills and experience to support careers in:<br/><br/>• Motion Graphics for film and television<br/>• Animation<br/>• Storyboarding<br/>• Illustration / graphic novels<br/>• Moving image and time-based art<br/>• Production design<br/>• Online content production<br/>• Self-employment