Motion Design
Motion Design
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you are captivated by the poetry of movement, 2D animation and visuals that spin, split and explode… this subject is definitely for you.
The simplicity and beauty of creating an animation out of basic objects is one of the oldest of the moving image arts. Today motion design covers everything from traditional hand-drawn animation to stop-frame animation, motion graphics, information visualisation and even visual effects.
The course explores traditional animation, compositing, as well as motion graphics. These skills are used to produce TV channel inserts, movie title sequences, music videos, animated info-graphics and visual effects. You will be immersed in a hands-on experience, whether studying traditional or digital animation.
Careers
- 2D Animator
- Motion Graphics Artist
- Motion Designer
- Stop Motion Animator
- Projection Mapping Artist
If you are captivated by the poetry of movement, 2D animation and visuals that spin, split and explode… this subject is definitely for you.
The simplicity and beauty of creating an animation out of basic objects is one of the oldest of the moving image arts. Today motion design covers everything from traditional hand-drawn animation, to stop-frame animation, motion graphics, information visualisation and even visual effects.
The course explores traditional animation, compositing, as well as motion graphics. These skills are used to produce TV channel inserts, movie title sequences, music videos and animated infographics. You will be immersed in a hands-on experience, whether studying traditional or digital animation.
Careers
- 2D Animator
- Motion Graphics Artist
- Motion Designer
- Stop Motion Animator
- Projection Mapping Artist
Game Design
Game Design
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you can challenge the laws of reason and imagine worlds and experiences where anything and everything is possible, then you could be a game designer.
The purpose of the game designer is to create a series of visual elements that guide the player through a world of intricate decisions, laws, obstacles and perils, and then to combine that into a thrilling immersive experience.
This course uses the latest tools and technologies to explore creative possibilities in this rapidly expanding digital entertainment phenomenon. Students dissect popular games, identify core mechanics and design intricate logic systems for various development platforms such as mobile, desktop, console and Virtual Reality.
Careers
- Game Designer
- Game Animator
- Game Artist
- Game Developer
- XR Developer
- Concept Artist
- Technical Artist
If you can challenge the laws of reason and imagine worlds and experiences where anything and everything is possible, then you could be a game designer.
The purpose of the game designer is to create a series of visual elements that guide the player through a world of intricate decisions, laws, obstacles and perils, and then to combine that into a thrilling immersive experience.
This course uses the latest tools and technologies to explore creative possibilities in this rapidly expanding digital entertainment phenomenon. Students dissect popular games, identify core mechanics and design intricate logic systems for various development platforms such as mobile, desktop, console and Virtual Reality.
Careers
- Game Designer
- Game Animator
- Game Artist
- Game Developer
- XR Developer
- Concept Artist
- Technical Artist
Screenwriting
Screenwriting
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you love conjuring up stories that grip your heart and mind, if you enjoy exploring the richness of the human spirit, then this course is for you.
A screenwriter writes the stories that form the basis for feature films, television programmes, animations and video games. These stories, often distilled from everyday life and moulded by the imagination of the writer, become powerful narratives that move and entertains us. A well-crafted screenplay is both a blueprint for shooting a film, as well as a piece of creative storytelling in its own right. The course showcases the latest screenwriting techniques and is one of the few in the world that also offers tuition in the art and technique of multistrand and multiform storytelling.
Careers
- Screenwriter
- Script Reader-Editor
- Feature & TV Series Writer
- Film Critic
- Copywriter
- Novelist
- Writing for Games
- Writing for Television Advertising
If you can conjure up stories that take a grip on your heart and mind, and if you can delve into the complexity of the human spirit, then this is for you.
A screenwriter practices the art of writing stories on which feature films, television programmes, animations
and video games are based. These stories are the conversion of everyday life experiences into distilled and powerful narratives that, as in life, occur over time and have the power to affect, through dialogue and action, the deepest parts of our being.
A well-crafted screenplay is both a blueprint for shooting a film, as well as a piece of creative storytelling in its own right. The course showcases the latest screenwriting techniques, and is one of the few in the world to offer tuition in the art and technique of multistrand and multiform storytelling.
Careers
- Screenwriter
- Script Reader-Editor
- Feature & TV Series Writer
- Film Critic
- Copywriter
- Novelist
Production Design
Production Design
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you are fascinated by cinematic space, compelling environments, different worlds, props, colour, makeup and costume-design, then this subject is perfect for you.
Everything that appears within the film, including the clothing, furniture, makeup, colour and set design choices must work together towards one clear and unified message that supports the overall drama. And it is the production designer’s job to weave together a convincing and affecting film world.
The course teaches you to analyse screenplays, research the world of a story, formulate concept drawings, draw storyboards, build models, miniatures and life-size sets, and define characters through costume, hair and make-up design. This intensive course provides you with everything you need to know to create believable worlds for the camera.
Careers
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Concept Designer
- Model Builder
- Storyboard Artist
If you are fascinated by cinematic space, compelling environments, different worlds, props, colour, makeup and costume-design, then this subject is perfect for you.
Everything that appears within the film, including the clothing, furniture, makeup, colour and set design choices must work together towards one clear and unified message that supports the overall drama. And it is the production designer’s job to weave together a convincing and affecting film world.
The course teaches you to analyse screenplays, research the world of a story, formulate concept drawings, draw storyboards, build models, miniatures and life-size sets, and define characters through costume, hair and make-up design. This intensive course provides you with everything you need to know to create believable worlds for the camera.
Careers
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Concept Designer
- Model Builder
- Storyboard Artist
Sound Design
Sound Design
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you are awakened by sound and how it affects the mood and meaning of a dramatic landscape, think about Sound Design.
Creating a soundtrack requires crafting the right synergy between silence, ambience, natural sounds, music, dialogue and action on screen, to create the perfect emotional landscape for the film story. This is the sound designer’s job, and it’s the art of immersing the audience completely into the film’s reality.
This course is unique in the country as it concentrates specifically on the design of sound elements for audio-visual media, rather than on music technology. Comprehensive training to enable the creation of dramatically appropriate, high fidelity audio content for film, radio, television, and games is provided.
Careers
- AV Sound Designer
- Final Mix Technician
- Production Mixer
- Sound Recordist
- Sound Supervisor
- Foley Artist
- Dialogue Editor
If you are awakened by sound and how it affects the mood and meaning of a dramatic landscape, think about Sound Design.
Creating a soundtrack requires crafting the right synergy between silence, ambience, natural sounds, music, dialogue and action on screen, to create the perfect emotional landscape for the film story. This is the sound designer’s job, and it’s the art of immersing the audience completely into the film’s reality.
This course is unique in the country as it concentrates specifically on the design of sound elements for audio-visual media, rather than on music technology. Comprehensive training to enable the creation of dramatically appropriate, high fidelity audio content for film, radio, television, and games is provided.
Careers
- AV Sound Designer
- Final Mix Technician
- Production Mixer
- Sound Recordist
- Sound Supervisor
- Foley Artist
- Dialogue Editor
Screen Acting
Screen Acting
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you love physical movement, characterisation, drama, improvisation, and most of all, performing for the camera, you won't be able to resist this subject.
Great acting is great acting – whether it happens on a feature film, the stage, a soap opera or inside a voiceover booth – however, the rules for each expression are totally different. Learning to craft your performance and fine-tune this sublime art is like learning to speak many different languages.
This unique course focuses specifically on the screen performance. The full gamut of acting is explored for the screen, and the screen actor’s position in today’s international film and television performance industry is fully investigated.
Careers
- Film Actor
- Television Actor
- TV Presenter
- Voice-Over Artist
- Casting Director
If you love physical movement, characterisation, drama, improvisation, and most of all, performing for the camera, you won't be able to resist this subject.
Great acting is great acting – whether it happens on a feature film, the stage, a soap opera or inside a voiceover booth – however, the rules for each expression are totally different. Learning to craft your performance and fine-tune this sublime art is like learning to speak many different languages.
This unique course focuses specifically on the screen performance. The full gamut of acting is explored for the screen, and the screen actor’s position in today’s international film and television performance industry is fully investigated.
Careers
- Film Actor
- Television Actor
- TV Presenter
- Voice-Over Artist
- Casting Director
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Film & Television
Film & Television
Bachelor of Film Arts
If you want to experiment with the endless possibilities of connecting ideas through sight and sound, then this subject could be exactly what you are looking for.
The filmmaker holds the entire experience together: script, performances, cinematography, sound and the final edit. It’s knowing the balance of what to conceal and what to reveal; when to tense up and when to relax, that makes a film come to life and be the deeply affecting art form it is.
Offering excursions into commercial, subcultural, documentary and conceptual filmmaking, with a strong emphasis on the independent filmmaker’s production process, this is a cutting edge journey into digital audio-visual expression.
Careers
- Production Manager
- Editor & Colourist
- Documentary Filmmaker
- Corporate Filmmaker
- Indie Filmmaker
- Film & TV Director
- Feature Director
- Commercial Director
- Cinematographer
If you want to experiment with the endless possibilities of connecting ideas through sight and sound, then this subject could be exactly what you are looking for.
The filmmaker holds the entire experience together: script, performances, cinematography, sound and the final edit. It’s knowing the balance of what to conceal and what to reveal; when to tense up and when to relax, that makes a film come to life and be the deeply affecting art form it is.
Offering excursions into commercial, subcultural, documentary and conceptual filmmaking, with a strong emphasis on the independent filmmaker’s production process, this is a cutting edge journey into digital audio-visual expression.
Careers
- Production Manager
- Editor & Colourist
- Documentary Filmmaker
- Corporate Filmmaker
- Indie Filmmaker
- Film & TV Director
- Feature Director
- Commercial Director
- Cinematographer
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