Best unis for film design/animation?

Advice for writing a PS for multiple subjects is to focus on what they have in common (source). Don't know about portfolios I'm afraid.

From a tiny bit of googling I can't see anything extremely similar to that TV/Film Design course at NTU.

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Hey guys - so I'm super interested in animation so I've been looking at Bournemouth, Herfordshire, UCA and Ravensbourne. Bournemouth has topped the list for me.

Thing is, I looked at Nottingham Trent's course for Design for Film and TV and it looks SO good! Does anyone know any other good unis with a similar course to this?

Also - if I do end up applying to both animation and film design, how would I tailor my personal statement so it can apply to both? Same for my portfolio?

Thank you!

Hey guys - so I'm super interested in animation so I've been looking at Bournemouth, Herfordshire, UCA and Ravensbourne. Bournemouth has topped the list for me.

Thing is, I looked at Nottingham Trent's course for Design for Film and TV and it looks SO good! Does anyone know any other good unis with a similar course to this?

Also - if I do end up applying to both animation and film design, how would I tailor my personal statement so it can apply to both? Same for my portfolio?

Thank you!

Thanks for the tag!



Hi there

I study animation at Nottingham Trent at the moment, and did consider Bournemouth for the same course too. I did also look at doing Film and Animation at Birmingham City. They are similar subjects, and in studying animation you will most likely study some live action film as well. In both subjects, animation and TV/Film Design, you'll cover a lot of the same stuff so consider what interests you about the second and you can talk about it in both contexts. If you have any experience working to a brief, maybe mention that. Perhaps you have an interest in working with external clients, or you're an artist particularly interested in mise en scene. Did you study something previously that sparked your interest? Perhaps you have a particular career in mind. As for a portfolio, what have you studied previously? Do you have any film work? Do you have any animation work to show? (Don't worry if not, many don't). Check with the universities individually because they may have different portfolio requirements, but just show a range of your work. In a lot of cases, there will be a section on their website about portfolios so you can check what they want to see, what size they're looking for, that kind of thing

Hi there. (This is my first time to post here, I hope I’m doing this right ☺️)
My daughter is thinking of doing Animation at Uni and Nottingham Trent is one of her choices. I’m helping her with her research as she’s got Aspergers and is a bit apprehensive about social contact, even online. What’s it like? Are the lecturers good? And, are you enjoying the course?
The other unis in her list to consider are Dundee, Coventry, Lincoln, Northumbria and Teesside. She’s going next year (Sept 2019), but we’re doing the research now to give us time to go to Open Days.
Hope you can help. 😊

Hi! My experience is at Nottingham Trent (NTU), and it's really good. There's actually a lot of people on my course this year and in the years above with autism spectrum disorders and different kinds of mental health difficulties as well. The lecturers and the course team are really understanding and the student services teams are fantastic too. I'm really enjoying the course. I haven't looked into the others too much, but I had my DSA assessment at Teesside uni as I live near by and my college were kind of linked to them and their student services teams were brilliant as well

Thank you. That’s good to know. NTU is one of her “solid” choices. 😊

That's great. It's definitely worth visiting an open day if you can just to get a feel for the place. For me it just felt right and that's why this ended up my first choice. You'll also get to see the accommodation as well

Thanks for the tag!



Hi there

I study animation at Nottingham Trent at the moment, and did consider Bournemouth for the same course too. I did also look at doing Film and Animation at Birmingham City. They are similar subjects, and in studying animation you will most likely study some live action film as well. In both subjects, animation and TV/Film Design, you'll cover a lot of the same stuff so consider what interests you about the second and you can talk about it in both contexts. If you have any experience working to a brief, maybe mention that. Perhaps you have an interest in working with external clients, or you're an artist particularly interested in mise en scene. Did you study something previously that sparked your interest? Perhaps you have a particular career in mind. As for a portfolio, what have you studied previously? Do you have any film work? Do you have any animation work to show? (Don't worry if not, many don't). Check with the universities individually because they may have different portfolio requirements, but just show a range of your work. In a lot of cases, there will be a section on their website about portfolios so you can check what they want to see, what size they're looking for, that kind of thing

Hi there,

So sorry for the late reply, but this was very useful! I appreciate the advice!

Thank you
Tanisha

Hey guys - so I'm super interested in animation so I've been looking at Bournemouth, Herfordshire, UCA and Ravensbourne. Bournemouth has topped the list for me.

Thing is, I looked at Nottingham Trent's course for Design for Film and TV and it looks SO good! Does anyone know any other good unis with a similar course to this?

Also - if I do end up applying to both animation and film design, how would I tailor my personal statement so it can apply to both? Same for my portfolio?

Thank you!

Hey guys - so I'm super interested in animation so I've been looking at Bournemouth, Herfordshire, UCA and Ravensbourne. Bournemouth has topped the list for me.

Thing is, I looked at Nottingham Trent's course for Design for Film and TV and it looks SO good! Does anyone know any other good unis with a similar course to this?

Also - if I do end up applying to both animation and film design, how would I tailor my personal statement so it can apply to both? Same for my portfolio?

Thank you!

Hey guys - so I'm super interested in animation so I've been looking at Bournemouth, Herfordshire, UCA and Ravensbourne. Bournemouth has topped the list for me.

Thing is, I looked at Nottingham Trent's course for Design for Film and TV and it looks SO good! Does anyone know any other good unis with a similar course to this?

Also - if I do end up applying to both animation and film design, how would I tailor my personal statement so it can apply to both? Same for my portfolio?

Thank you!