Illustration and Animation MA
Program Description
If you are seeking to enhance your professional portfolio and understanding of emerging practice, we offer a vibrant creative community environment in which you should progress your personal research and practice to make your own unique contribution to the arena of illustrative and animated visual communication.
- The course explores illustration, publishing, photography, image generation and animation. While you develop your talent, both conceptually and technically, we help you achieve a deeper understanding of your role as a visual interpreter and of the importance of adapting to market needs and to a developing field.
- We will encourage you to develop a unique visual signature and a compelling visual voice that will help you to effectively communicate with intended audiences; both essential for success in professional practice.
- You will have the option to apply for a ‘professional experience’ opportunity2, designed to further develop your skills and knowledge with the aim of maximising your employability prospects.
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate through practice, an advanced understanding of the creative production of animation and illustration genres.
- Analyse problems of a creative nature and provide appropriate solutions.
- Describe, interpret and evaluate artefacts, artworks, designs and events from a range of critical perspectives, taking account of the context of their production, consumption and critical positioning.
- Research and synthesise information to make presentations.
- Prepare a working brief in keeping with the creative business practices associated with the field.
- Apply with a high degree of confidence and mastery the conceptual and practical elements of hybrid techniques as appropriate.
- Participate in, and engage with practice surrounding new and traditional media.
- Engage creatively when applying differing and various media and techniques in the pursuit of a successful answer to client/brief requirements.
- Engage with the needs of a client which aids both client and practitioner to create a successful brief.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants should ideally hold a good honours Degree 2:2 or above (or its international equivalent) in a Graphics/ Design discipline.
- General Requirement :-
- Indian Students-Students must achieve 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree or 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree (unless applying for Health and Life Science courses): Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.
- Arab Students-Students who hold a Bachelor’s Degree should have an average grade of 60% or above. Students who have an average grade of 70% or CGPA of 2.5 out of 4 for the Postgraduate Research programmes with a satisfactory research proposal.
IELTS Requirements
Listening |
Reading |
Writing |
Speaking |
Overall |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
Remarks:
Indian Students IELTS Waiver:-65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)