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Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects

Overview

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.

QUALIFICATION
Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects

SAQA ID: 86986; Duration 1 year; NQF Level 5;

  • Cape Town
  • Johannesburg

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 and environment design
  • Visual Effects and Motions Graphics
  • Business fundamentals of animation

Careers

Career Options

Graduates will be able to apply for the following types of positions:
  • Character Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Environment Artist
  • Concept Artist
  • Texture Artist
  • Visual Effects Artist
  • Storyboard Artist

Modules

Higher Certificate in Animation and Visual Effects
SEMESTER 1 - YEAR 1
Fundamentals of Drawing 3D Character Performance Digital Imaging & Motion Graphics Basics of 3D Modelling
Principles of 2D Animation
SEMESTER 2 - YEAR 1
Modeling Digital Environments 3D Character Animation Creative Project: Visual Effects Storyboarding & Animatics
Animation for Film & Television
Modules & Module Content Subject to Change.

Key facts

  • DURATION(S):

    1 Year Full Time

  • NEXT INTAKE:

    Enrol By: N/A

    Start Date: N/A

    End Date: N/A

  • COURSE TYPE:

    Certificate

Entry requirements

Basic Entry Requirements

  • A National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent academic learning of an NQF 4 qualification or higher, with university exemption/endorsement.
  • Computer literacy.
  • Adequate hearing abilities & adequately sighted.
English Language Proficiency

Successful applicants for all courses must be proficient in written and spoken English.

In case of TOEFL or IELTS testing, students must score:

  • 6.0 on IELTS
  • 550 on TOEFL (paper-based)
  • 213 on TOEFL (computer-based)
  • 79 (Internet based)

If an applicant is a native English speaker or has studied in the medium of English on a secondary or post-secondary level, then the English language test requirement may be waived.

Fees and Payments

Fees: View our current Fee Schedule for information on our course fees.

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