Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects | Blended
Your Dream Career in Animation is Only Limited by Your Imagination
Available at
Cape Town,
Johannesburg
Admission Requirement
National Senior Certificate with Higher Certificate entry, or equivalent. Communication in English at NQF 4. Maths/ Maths Literacy NQF 4. Computer Literacy NQF 3. Art experience is recommended.
Qualification
Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects
(SAQA ID: 86986, NQF Level 5)
Duration
1 Year
Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects | Blended
Course Duration
1 Year
Type of Study
Blended Learning
Intakes per year
March & August
Tuition Fee
Your Career in Animation Begins Now
Course Overview
In the Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects programme students acquire comprehensive skills in free-hand drawing, 2D and 3D computer-generated graphics and animation using the industry’s most widely used software.
The curriculum provides an understanding of the systems and equipment used for creating animation and the practical experience required for production techniques and design concepts. Students gain comprehensive expertise of the contemporary ‘infotainment’ industry.
Course Aims
The Animation curriculum is vast in its scope and does not focus solely on the world of cartoons that is so synonymous with the term animation, in order to inform, educate and ultimately facilitate authentic employment opportunities for graduates.
Animation and visual effects (VFX) have become inseparable from motion picture in all of its shapes and forms and has consequently cemented itself as a critical element of the new media landscape commercially and creatively. This course addresses the intricacies of both the art and science of animation in its numerous guises.
Skills You Will Learn
Foundational principles of Animation
Drawing for animation
Storyboarding: composing animated stories
Tradigital hand-drawn animation
Digital 2D & 3D Animation
Concept art: character, asset and environment design
Visual Effects and Motions Graphics
Business fundamentals of animation
Career Opportunities
- Character Animator
- Character Designer
- Environment Artist
- Concept Artist
- Texture Artist
- Visual Effects Artist
- Storyboard Artist
