Empower your creativity and visualize your dreams with a major in 动画.
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Explore your options — classes, internships, research and study abroad. 利用 动画专业指南 找到你感兴趣的东西, 发现你的所爱, and create a major experience that jumpstarts your future.
你在圣. 爱德华的 will start with a solid foundation in drawing, 脚本编写, 连载艺术, then progress to visual design, storyboarding and sound design. You can then connect your new skills and build your portfolio by producing your very own animated films.
Located in the Department of 视觉研究 within the 艺术与人文学院, 动画 curriculum will expose you to a wide range of techniques, all aimed at helping you to express your ideas within a liberal arts context. You will create projects which reflect the skills critical to success in this growing field, including 传统的手绘 or vector-art animation, 定格动画, kinestasis, 动态观察和动作捕捉, 动画, computer-rendered three-dimensional animation, 视觉效果动画, and compositing animated elements over live-action video.
Our graduates are prepared to work in a wide range of roles and disciplines in the technology, 游戏开发, 商业艺术, and filmed entertainment industries.
Central Texas is one of the fastest-growing regions for film, 视频游戏, and a host of growing tech industries. 雇主 such as Rooster Teeth Productions and Powerhouse 动画 Studio have helped to established Austin as a leading hub of animation jobs in the country. 动画 faculty work closely with the office of Career and Professional Development to identify jobs and internship opportunities to help you learn from the best.
课堂内外
因为St。. 爱德华的 动画 major is a small, 个性化的程序, you’ll get plenty of hands-on training with multiple types of equipment, and you’ll learn from professionals in the industry who visit campus. Austin is an animation hotspot, and you’ll have opportunities to intern with local studios and get involved in the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals, the Austin Film Festival and RTX, Rooster Teeth’s marquee animation, gaming and entertainment event.
体验式教育
圣. 爱德华的 动画 program is practical, active learning in a personal environment. Your animation classroom has workstations with flexible Cintiq pen displays and stop-motion cameras. +, you’ll be able to book creative work time in specialized studios with tabletop stations and 照明 for traditional 2D animation and 3D 定格动画.
- 动画基础, you’ll learn a range of techniques that will empower you to create short animation projects including stop motion, 传统的手绘, 甚至还有沙动画.
- 在动画制作中, you’ll pull from all your animation experiences and spend the entire semester planning, 写作, 设计, 记录, and creating the audio for your own short animated film.
You’ll also have the chance to learn from – and network with – guest speakers from the industry. Past guests have included voice talent and producer from Rooster Teeth, a writer who has worked on various animated shows and for DC Comics, and the voice director for multiple Triple-A 视频游戏.
学生组织
The Asian 流行文化 Club is your home for discussions of all things anime, 韩国流行音乐, and other aspects of Asian pop culture.
Are you an editorial cartoonist? 提交你的作品至 山顶的观点, the weekly student newspaper, which covers news from the campus and greater Austin community.
B. 臌胀 is the student humor journal, inspired by our Hilltopper goat mascot.
Command G is the graphic design club. Members visit local museums and design studios, 主持评论之夜, and create their own designs in button-making, screen-printing and risograph workshops.
圣. 爱德华的 Maker Club attracts tinkerers and programmers who have worked on projects involving 3-D printing, 焊接, 编程LED条, and creating art through programming.
Topper Studios is the digital media club. Members are involved in creating podcasts, YouTube频道, 短片, music videos and comedy sketches, and helping their fellow students produce digital content. Students in Topper Studios also frequently make promotional videos for other clubs at St. 爱德华的.
The Digital Media Center in the Munday 图书馆 is a resource for creating your own content and learning new skills. Here you can produce and edit videos, podcasts and visual design projects with the help of your fellow students. The lab is equipped with top-of-the-line computers running the latest software including the Adobe Creative Suite. It also has a group editing/podcasting room, a green screen room and a “whisper room” used for voiceovers. 如果你精通软件, 硬件维修, graphic design or video editing, you can apply to work in the lab as a digital media specialist.
学位要求
Major Requirements: The Bachelor of 艺术s with a major in 动画 requires 60 hours of core coursework. The 动画 program offers students a strong foundation year which encourages skill development, experimentation and independent thought. In sophomore year students focus on media exploration and skill development through courses in animation foundations, 连续的艺术, 编剧和音频. A mixture of video game animation courses and fine arts courses support both technical and conceptual development that is essential for emerging animators. Upper level courses include Kinestasis and Motion Graphics, Compositing and Visual Effects, 动画制作. Students conclude their studies through the culminating experience course sequence, 高级工作室一、二, which require the development of an independent creative project, 高级动画放映, 还有一篇论文.
通识教育 Requirements: The 动画 degree requires an average of 38-44 hours of general education courses that students complete over four years in addition to their major courses and electives.
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Courses in the 动画 program include:
- Kinestasis and Motion Graphics – Focuses on traditional and digital techniques designed to make images and text more lively across a range of implementations appropriate for animated films, 视频游戏, 演讲, 还有网页设计.
- Compositing and Visual Effects – This is an advanced digital animation course that builds upon fundamentals from prior courses to explore a range of techniques that combine multiple visual elements within a single shot, 包括自动全景, 数字动作捕捉, 转换, 照明, 还有粒子效应.
- 动画制作 – The course covers all the necessary steps to produce a short digitally animated narrative film, 从概念到最终的混合.
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A minor in 动画 can equip graduates with a wide range of career options. Students must take the following courses, totaling 24 hours:
- 基础图
- 剧本创作工作坊一
- 连续的艺术
- 动画基础
- 游戏音频简介
- 游戏动画概论
- 高级游戏动画
- 动画制作
你现在是学生吗? 联系 your advisor for next steps on declaring your major or minor.
For more information about the 动画 minor:
联系 罗伯特·丹顿·布莱恩特, director of 电子游戏开发 and 动画