Just Another Guy
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So I want to get a job in the film industry as one of the cgi/special effects sort of people, but i'd also like to know enough to be able to create my own films in my free time
I'm not sure which course sounds better, this one is a lot closer
Level 4 (Year 1)
Digital photography for visual effects, basic still compositing, animation fundamentals, filmmaking and intro to 3D modelling and animation in Maya.
Level 5 (Year 2)
Compositing and rotoscoping, motion graphics, matchmoving, shooting with green screens, more Maya, introduction to Mel scripting (& python) and rendering for photo finish
Level 6 (Year 3)
Advanced 3D lighting, more Mel script, shooting for VFX, final year project and advanced compositing.
Career opportunities:
jobs including compositors, rotoscoping artists, 3D animators, 3D riggers, visual effects producers, and visual effects supervisors
and this one is a hell of a lot further away
Year 1: Design Process, 2D Design, Digital Design, 3D Visualisation, Digital Video, Design Context.
Year 2: Animation, 3D Modelling, Portfolio Production, Interactive Media Programming, Motion Graphics.
Year 3: Lighting and Rendering Techniques, Advanced Animation, Individual Project, Group Project, Advanced Portfolio Production, Advanced 3D Modelling.
Year 4: Honours Project, Real-time 3D Graphics, Technical Animation, Industrial Project. Note: Year 1 is common to a number of other creative courses within the division of Computing and Creative Technology and is designed to give the student the opportunity to explore a range of creative disciplines. This offers the student the possibility of changing to one of these other courses at the start of Year 2.
Career opportunities:
such as 3D animator, 3D modeller, game animator, architectural visualisation artist, 3D graphic designer, video SFX artist and pre-visualisation artist for TV and film.
Which one do you think would be the best?? Please don't say anything like 'do what feels right' or 'its entirely my choice and you shouldn't choose', I know it's my choice but i'm asking for your advice
I'm not sure which course sounds better, this one is a lot closer
Level 4 (Year 1)
Digital photography for visual effects, basic still compositing, animation fundamentals, filmmaking and intro to 3D modelling and animation in Maya.
Level 5 (Year 2)
Compositing and rotoscoping, motion graphics, matchmoving, shooting with green screens, more Maya, introduction to Mel scripting (& python) and rendering for photo finish
Level 6 (Year 3)
Advanced 3D lighting, more Mel script, shooting for VFX, final year project and advanced compositing.
Career opportunities:
jobs including compositors, rotoscoping artists, 3D animators, 3D riggers, visual effects producers, and visual effects supervisors
and this one is a hell of a lot further away
Year 1: Design Process, 2D Design, Digital Design, 3D Visualisation, Digital Video, Design Context.
Year 2: Animation, 3D Modelling, Portfolio Production, Interactive Media Programming, Motion Graphics.
Year 3: Lighting and Rendering Techniques, Advanced Animation, Individual Project, Group Project, Advanced Portfolio Production, Advanced 3D Modelling.
Year 4: Honours Project, Real-time 3D Graphics, Technical Animation, Industrial Project. Note: Year 1 is common to a number of other creative courses within the division of Computing and Creative Technology and is designed to give the student the opportunity to explore a range of creative disciplines. This offers the student the possibility of changing to one of these other courses at the start of Year 2.
Career opportunities:
such as 3D animator, 3D modeller, game animator, architectural visualisation artist, 3D graphic designer, video SFX artist and pre-visualisation artist for TV and film.
Which one do you think would be the best?? Please don't say anything like 'do what feels right' or 'its entirely my choice and you shouldn't choose', I know it's my choice but i'm asking for your advice