Cử nhân Nghệ thuật (Danh dự) Nghệ thuật kỹ xảo hoạt hình máy tính (với Năm Dự bị tự chọn)

Core units

• Visual Studies: You will start with the fundamental building blocks to understand, conceive, present and generate original visual images , image sequences or concepts inspired from observation in nature. You will also address the wider context of 3D animation content generation with in the production pipeline process of animated features and computer games.

• Advanced Mathematics for Computer Graphics: The more advanced, specialist mathematical and algorithmic techniques for computer graphics  and animation.

• Computing for Graphics & Animation: Introducing you to Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and the functional concepts that are commonly used in computer graphics and animation.

• Group Project: You will work as part of a team in the conception, planning, management and presentation of a piece of work that demonstrates your technical and creative skills.

Option units (choose 2)

• Character Rigging: Providing you with the fundamental skills for rigging characters for animation. You will produce a short artefact in the form of a reusable rigging tool or rig.

• Visual Effects Acquisition: Gain a range of practical skills, including camera operation, lighting, tracking and set survey, and become familiar with the procedures and protocols for safely setting up and executing live action studio or location shoots.

• Personal Inquiry: You will be able to focus on developing a specialist area of practice, or a complementary skill or technique that will benefit your career aspirations.

• Real Time Graphics Systems: Using state-of-the-art game engines, you will be introduced to the fundamental principles of real-time graphics engines.

• Technical Effects: Looking at visual effects technical effects creation and integration pipeline, you will be introduced to areas of technical effects such as rigid body dynamics, particle systems, fluid dynamic systems, fire and smoke simulation, and character effects systems like fur and cloth.

• Lighting & Rendering: This unit will further your knowledge of lighting and rendering for visual effects.

• Advanced Animation Techniques: An in depth exploration of the advanced technologies in character animation such as rigging, muscle modelling and deformation, skinning, facial expression tracking and animation, motion capture and synthesis, gesture, hair and cloth simulation, crowd animation and other state-of-the-art topics.

• Principles of Rendering: This unit introduces modern image synthesis techniques from fundamental principles of the interaction of light with reflective geometry. You will apply principles of light, colour and reflectance in the design of shaders for both off-line and real-time applications.

• Advanced Moving Image Theory & Practice: This unit will advance your knowledge of theories and practice in moving image studies and film making.

• Scripting for DCC: The purpose of this unit is to ensure you are equipped with the programming and scripting skills necessary to use modern Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools such as Maya, Houdini and Nuke. Using a “test driven design” (TDD) approach, you will learn core software engineering and programming skill to help understand and utilise the architecture of modern DCC tools in the development of pipeline tools and techniques.

• Modelling & Texturing: You will learn more advanced creation techniques for hard surface and deformation modelling, UV unwrapping for multiple tile workflow and texturing. You will further develop abilities to work to specific asset requirements and limitations, specifically with regards to the creation of photo-real assets for use in the visual effects live action integration pipeline. 

Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year.

Optional placement year