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What makes Animation and Filmmaking at Worcester special?

Studied in combination, Animation and Filmmaking provide you with an exciting opportunity to develop your creative abilities across a range of moving image practices, forms, and applications. You’ll cultivate your creative craft and digital skills through use of state-of-the-art software and facilities, supported by lecturers with years of industry experience.

The joint honours course takes a “learning through doing” approach, meaning you’ll begin to bring your creativity to life from the very start of your studies. Students graduate having received wide-ranging preparation to enter the multitude of employment fields encompassed by today’s creative and media industries.

Overview

Overview

Key features

  • A cohesive joint study programme that takes a broad approach to animation and film
  • Live projects integrated into year-long modules of study that allow you to gain experience in real studio-based production
  • High quality, well-resourced specialist learning and teaching facilities
  • A programme of guest lectures and events
  • Be part of a vibrant creative community including active screen production and film appreciation societies
  • Regular opportunities for gaining work experience and networking opportunities
  • Tailor your course to your individual needs with a joint honours degree
Entry requirements

Entry requirements

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UCAS tariff points

Entry requirements

104 UCAS Tariff points

The normal minimum entry requirement for undergraduate degree courses is the possession of 4 GCSEs (Grade C/4 or above) and a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent Level 3 qualifications).

T Levels may be used to meet the entry tariff requirements for this course. Find out more about T levels as UCAS tariff points here.

Other information

If you have any questions about entry requirements, please contact the Admissions Office on 01905 855111 or email admissions@worc.ac.uk for advice.

Further information about the UCAS Tariff can be obtained from http://www.ucas.com

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Some recent Animation student work

"I'm really thrilled by all of the opportunities I have had whilst studying, I couldn't be more set for the industry; I've had experience on professional film sets, offers from London film companies and my debut film has so far been really successful."

Eleanor Smart, recent graduate

Course content

Course content

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course. If there are insufficient numbers of students interested in an optional module, this might not be offered, but we will advise you as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative. 

Year 1

Mandatory

  • Animation Practices
  • Concept Art Practices
  • Crafting Moving Image
  • Fiction: History and Production

Year 2

Mandatory

  • Animation Production: Narrative Workflows
  • Specialist Production Skills

Optional

  • Animation Techniques and Practices
  • Stop Motion
  • Visual Effect
  • Experimental Film Production
  • Factual Film
  • Single Camera Drama
  • Music Video Production

Year 3

Mandatory

  • Animation Negotiated Production 2

Optional

  • Animation Negotiated Production 3
  • Animation Specialist Development
  • Pre-Production Practices (Dissertation equivalent module)
  • Professional Practice
  • Final Production (Dissertation equivalent module)
  • Factual Film Production
  • Advance Specialism
  • Extension module
  • Corporate or Commercial production
  • Group Film Production
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Joint Honours

Discover our full range of joint degrees and read about how your degree will be structured.

Find out more about studying a joint honours course
Teaching and assessment

Teaching and assessment

The University places emphasis on enabling students to develop the independent learning capabilities that will equip you for lifelong learning and future employment, as well as academic achievement. A mixture of independent study, teaching and academic support through the personal academic tutoring system enables you to reflect on progress and build up a profile of skills, achievements and experiences that will enable you to flourish.

Animation at Worcester encompasses 2D traditional and digital animation, stop motion and claymation and 3D CGI for games, animation and film. Students also gain skills in editing, sound, compositing, concept art for games and animation, VFX techniques and creative concept generation. The course thus aims to offer you the realistic prospect of graduating as a competent practitioner in all areas of this still developing discipline. Alongside placing strong emphasis on nurturing your practice as an animator, it supports you to gain solid, foundational understanding of relevant history and theory. It integrates live projects into year-long modules of study to enable you to experience real, studio-based production in support of your preparation for professional work.

Filmmaking offers opportunities to explore a broad range of film forms and cultures, including fiction and documentary forms and commercial and experimental production. You can specialise as you progress through the course and, if you wish, tailor your studies to focus on career specialisms including producing, directing, sound, cinematography, post-production, and visual effects. The craft skills of filmmaking are integral to your learning throughout and you are encouraged to experiment and explore your talents towards developing your own creative 'voice'. Filmmaking is characterised by its practical approach to learning (you learn through making), by the value that it places on nurturing creative individuality and by its encouragement of a critically reflective approach.

For more information about teaching, learning and assessment on this course, please see the single honours course pages for Animation (joint honours) and Filmmaking BA (Hons).

Programme specification

For comprehensive details on the aims and intended learning outcomes of the course, and the means by which these are achieved through learning, teaching and assessment, please download the latest Animation programme specification and Filmmaking programme specification documents.

Careers

Careers

Employability

In addition to developing your capabilities as an animator, this course will enable you to develop a wide range of transferable skills, from research and analysis techniques, to problem-solving, to communication and negotiation. Animators are increasingly in demand as the industry expands. Our interdisciplinary approach gives flexibility and will develop in you a wider view of the world that is both attractive to employers, and empowers you to create your own opportunities through creative entrepreneurship. You will find career opportunities not only in animation production, but also in the games industry, television motion graphics, compositing, special effects and advertising.

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Careers and Employability

Our Graduates pursue exciting and diverse careers in a wide variety of employment sectors.

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Costs

Fees and funding

Full-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

The standard fee for full-time home and EU undergraduate students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2024/25 academic year is £9,250 per year.

For more details, please visit our course fees page.

International students

The standard tuition fee for full-time international students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the 2024/25 academic year is £16,200 per year.

For more details, please visit our course fees page.

Part-time tuition fees

UK and EU students

The standard tuition fees for part-time UK and EU students enrolling on BA/BSc/LLB degrees and FdA/FdSc degrees in the academic year 2024/25 are £1,156 per 15-credit module, £1,542 per 20-credit module, £2,312 per 30-credit module, £3,083 per 40-credit module, £3,469 per 45-credit module and £4,625 per 60 credit module.

For more details, please visit our course fees page.

Additional costs

Every course has day-to-day costs for basic books, stationery, printing and photocopying. The amounts vary between courses.

If your course offers a placement opportunity, you may need to pay for an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Accommodation

Finding the right accommodation is paramount to your university experience. Our halls of residence are home to friendly student communities, making them great places to live and study.

We have over 1,000 rooms across our range of student halls. With rooms to suit every budget and need, from our 'Traditional Hall' at £131 per week to 'En-suite Premium' at £221 per week (2024/25 prices).

For full details visit our accommodation page.

How to apply

How to apply

Part-time applications

If you would like to apply to study this course part time, please complete our online application form.

Applying through UCAS

Animation and Filmmaking BA (Hons) - W690

UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry onto full-time undergraduate courses in Higher Education in the UK.

Read our How to apply pages for more information on applying and to find out what happens to your application.

Get in touch

If you have any questions, please get in touch. We're here to help you every step of the way.

Omid Ghanat-Abady

Course leader

Dr Paul Elliott

Course leader