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STUDY LEVEL
Masters
TUITION
$57,405 AUD
DURATION
1 year
INTAKES
Jan
DELIVERY MODE
On campus
about the course
What will you learn?
The Master of Animation and Visualisation (MAV) is an industry-led, one-year accelerated postgraduate degree designed to build your knowledge and skills in computer graphics animation, visual effects, and visualisation. It draws together students from a broad range of backgrounds, from artists, producers, and editors, to digital creatives, coders, and programmers, to learn under the guidance of industry leaders, preparing graduates to join the next generation of animation and visualisation professionals.
With the Master of Animation and Visualisation (MAV), you’ll be ready to enter the animation and visualisation industries with advanced knowledge, skill, and experience working as part of a professional team.
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Course Overview
Learn from the best
Work with leading professionals in mentoring workshops, masterclasses, and guest speakers.
Work with tools of the trade
Experience a practice-based learning approach in professional studio spaces with the latest digital technologies.
Gain more than knowledge
Work alongside peers from a range of backgrounds, sharing skills and expertise to deliver advanced solutions to complex creative and technical challenges.
Graduate with advanced knowledge, skills, and collaborative large-project experience
The Academy has 90% Graduate Employment Success based on the 2017-2019 graduate survey.
course structure
Studio 1
The Connected Studio
In this first session, students are allocated into departments based on their nominated specialisation. These include Art Department, Pre-vis, Modelling, Surfacing, Rigging, Layout, Animation, Effects, Lighting, Compositing, Technical Direction or Production Management. The entire cohort then develops the story idea for a 3D animated short film and commences production in a professional studio. Dailies are run in the morning and desk rounds are run throughout the day to ensure the work is constantly improved. The Academy Leads function as the department supervisors, running masterclasses throughout the session and ensuring the project is kept on track and delivered to the highest industry standards.
Studio 2
The Collaboration Studio
In this session, students research and interact with emerging visualisation technologies such as (but are not limited to) real-time animation, virtual production, augmented-, virtual- and mixed reality – depending on what is emerging in in the sector at the time. In groups, students develop creative project ideas using one or more of these emerging technologies and present these as a prototype to the industry.
Studio 3
The Challenge Studio
During this final session, students complete the projects, contributing in their specialised roles to the highest of industry standards. The projects include the 3D animated short film and also often the selected Studio 2 project. At the end of the session, the Academy invites key industry partners to celebrate the completed projects and to give students the opportunity to network with potential future employers at the end-of-year Showcase.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
How to apply to this course?
- Applicants are required to have completed an undergraduate qualification in a relevant area of study OR have at least 2 years of professional experience.
- Applicants must also provide evidence of their skills in at least one specialisation of 3D animation or visualisation production, demonstrated through their video showreel and print portfolio.
- Specialisations include: Art department, Pre-vis, Modelling, Surfacing, Rigging, Layout, Animation, Effects, Lighting, Compositing, Game Design and Production, VR/AR, Real-time Animation, Virtual Production, Technical Direction, Coding/Programming and/or Production Management.
- For technical applicants (without a showreel), please provide documented experience in in coding/programming for digital production or visualisation, including links to coding projects on sites such as GitHub.
- For applicants for the Production Coordination roles, please provide details project and/or event management case studies.
- AND
- A 300-word personal statement addressing the applicant’s reasons for seeking placement in the Master of Animation and Visualisation
- A CV that clearly articulates the applicant’s education, training and experience in their specialised area of 3D animation or visualisation production
- Contact details for two referees who can validate the applicant’s level of skills
- Complete English language proficiency test
- A non-refundable A$100 application fee is payable with all applications for study as an international student at UTS
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