ANIMATION uni in UK !!! HELP !!! what should I choose!?

Hey there!!
Recently I have been searching for animation courses in the uk but I'm quite confused with which school might be the best for what I want to study.
I read some articles from students giving their opinion about some courses but yeah... each person has a different perspective according to what they like most and want to do most.
I would like to hear only animation students opinions for this matter ><
I want to study basically everything. The principles of animation, 2D animation and stop motion, how the storytelling works, drawing, the light, the sound etc. I want to be able to learn a bit of everything from classical animation to its modern 3D aspects. Not just specialise in 1 thing you know.
But !!! Even though I want to learn a bit of everything, I want to learn more about the 3D part and work mostly on the computer because the 3D animation market is the future (more than the other types of animation).

So !! 3D animation is what I want most but !! I want to learn a bit of everything because I really want to be able of doing a bit of every type of animation.

Help pleaseeeeeee!!!! @-@ any university good for this !?? ;_;

Hey there!!
Recently I have been searching for animation courses in the uk but I'm quite confused with which school might be the best for what I want to study.
I read some articles from students giving their opinion about some courses but yeah... each person has a different perspective according to what they like most and want to do most.
I would like to hear only animation students opinions for this matter ><
I want to study basically everything. The principles of animation, 2D animation and stop motion, how the storytelling works, drawing, the light, the sound etc. I want to be able to learn a bit of everything from classical animation to its modern 3D aspects. Not just specialise in 1 thing you know.
But !!! Even though I want to learn a bit of everything, I want to learn more about the 3D part and work mostly on the computer because the 3D animation market is the future (more than the other types of animation).

So !! 3D animation is what I want most but !! I want to learn a bit of everything because I really want to be able of doing a bit of every type of animation.

Help pleaseeeeeee!!!! @-@ any university good for this !?? ;_;

Hey there!!
Recently I have been searching for animation courses in the uk but I'm quite confused with which school might be the best for what I want to study.
I read some articles from students giving their opinion about some courses but yeah... each person has a different perspective according to what they like most and want to do most.
I would like to hear only animation students opinions for this matter ><
I want to study basically everything. The principles of animation, 2D animation and stop motion, how the storytelling works, drawing, the light, the sound etc. I want to be able to learn a bit of everything from classical animation to its modern 3D aspects. Not just specialise in 1 thing you know.
But !!! Even though I want to learn a bit of everything, I want to learn more about the 3D part and work mostly on the computer because the 3D animation market is the future (more than the other types of animation).

So !! 3D animation is what I want most but !! I want to learn a bit of everything because I really want to be able of doing a bit of every type of animation.

Help pleaseeeeeee!!!! @-@ any university good for this !?? ;_;

Hello Iris,

You may want to check out Ravensbourne for Animation if you haven't already. We cover most of the stuff you mentioned if not all. Just click on the link to find out more.

I personally study design & coding but I know a good bit about the Animation and Motion Graphic courses here, as I have a bunch of friends that do it, and I did some stuff related to it too, such as life drawing classes which are a part of the Animation course. A lot of the students that do work on both these courses often utilize Mia, Cinema 4D and after effects to achieve their goals, but it doesn't mean you can't use other stuff. There is a lot of freedom with what you can do for your projects once you get into second and third year, so you could learn any of those skills you mentioned as part of those projects with help from our excellent tutors, so I have heard. You would be taught by industry professionals and work closely with industry on briefs and collaborative work.

You may want to consider poping by for an open day if you want to meet the tutors in person and get a better feel for the course.

If you have any questions feel free to ask,
Michail

Hello!

I am currently studying at Middlesex University and I am loving my time here
There is so much to get involved in, from societies, to sports, to jobs and volunteering opportunities!
A friend of mine did the 3D animation and Games course and he loved it!
He learnt so much and there are loads of great facilities There is also a motion capture suite!
At the end of the three years, you will also have the chance to show your work at a degree show, where industry professionals are invited too!
You can have a look at what a showreel looks like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOwr05X3Lu8&list=PL5SGWZN4zzg8wa9wulCA8Gxqw9i2-atZI

We are also holding our next Open Day on the 7th of October, why don't you come and have a look?
You can book your place here: www.mdx.ac.uk/opendays

Have a great day!
Ludovica

Hi, I'm a 2D animation 2nd year at the university of Hertfordshire. Our course ranked as the best in the UK on last year's rookies (best games art course in the world even) We have 4 pathways: 2D animation, 3D animation, Games Art and VFX.

In first year we have most classes together regardless of what pathway you're on (and you can switch pathways too if you want, a lot of people do), and then we get to specialise further in second and third year (which people from the industry seem to appreciate about our course, considering most people from other courses seem to come out of uni as generalists and then specialise while in industry, while our alumni get to already work as what they specialised in (say modeler or animator (this is mostly 3D people, as 2D generally end up working in 2D studios or as storyboard artists and similar, while 3D animation, VFX and games have more of an overlap in industry)))

We don't focus as much on stop motion, considering we're a digital animation course, but we did have a small stop motion project in first year as part of our artskills portfolio.

I am not really the best person to tell you about 3D animation (as I'm 2D myself), but I could send some of the 3Ds over here if you want.

Hello Ludovica!!
Thank you so much for your reply
I'm happy to hear the university has such a good environment and so many opportunities for you to explore and grow up in different ways. That is indeed a relief.
Can you give me some more information about the 3D animation & Games course? I really would like to know if the course is just 3D or if it also gives you bases and opportunities to study other types of animation becauseI would really love to study all types of animation but indeed 3D Animation is my passion so in the end I want to learn a bit of everything but more about the 3D part you see >< can you ask your friend about this matter and then tell me please ?
I can't go to the open day unfortunatly because I'm really far away from there
Thank you for your kindness and information

Best regards,
Íris

Hello,

I just had a chat with my friend and he said that you start with 2d and learn all the principles and basics of animation.You can then explore everything from Virtual Reality to 3d and 2.5D animation, environment modelling and other things.
They let you explore what you want as long as it meets the criteria

Shame you won't be able to come!
But ask me any question you might have!

Have a great day
Ludovica

Hello,

I just had a chat with my friend and he said that you start with 2d and learn all the principles and basics of animation.You can then explore everything from Virtual Reality to 3d and 2.5D animation, environment modelling and other things.
They let you explore what you want as long as it meets the criteria

Shame you won't be able to come!
But ask me any question you might have!

Have a great day
Ludovica

Hello !!
Thank you so much for your reply!
Yeah, I searched a lot about the Animation courses in Hertfordshire and it really amazed me
It impressed me exactly because of the shared year with the other courses and the bases they give and then when you speciallize in one thing because I do want to speciallize in a thing but I dont want to do just that thing. I want to be able to do the other things too but perhaps not as much as that one. It's relly complex, I mean what I want is complex haha.
Still, I am really amazed at that first year when you learn all the bases. That is very good.
I just got confused in one thing. You make projects in animation aside from the final project so you can learn other types of animation?
Thank you very much ! your information was really helpful

Best regards,
Íris

Basically not all projects are about animation per se, we have concept art, character design, modeling, texturing, live action short film etc etc projects (that's some of the ones we had in first year at least xD), so there's a lot of different things to learn there that are useful for one's animation projects.

As for actual animation projects, in first year 2D has a few short 2D animation projects (we had one doing rotoscoping in first semester and one working in after effects in second) plus a 2D animation showreel per semester, 3D has a 3D animation class in first semester and they also do a showreel in second that basically has the same exercises as 2D did over the first and second semester, for the rest 3D spends a lot of first year learning 3D softwares as they can't work without those, so they don't spend as much time on actual animation projects until second year.

I can't really tell you much about what second year is like as I'm only starting that myself, but I know that we have a second year film that we'll do, that I think is pathway specific. I do know that in third year one can cross over pathways for one's final year project. Again, if you have more specific questions about 3D or second or third year, it might be better if I ask one of the 3Ds/one of the 3rd years or alumni to tell you more about that

Come to PORTSMOUTH 🎉

2D, 3D, VFX, GREAT facilities and the option to do stop motion.