3D Animation and Digital Effects

Skill set

• Are you a creative person who is also technically minded?
• Are you visual with a keen eye for detail and good imagination?
• Are you good at mastering computer programs?
• Do you enjoy special effects in film, animation and video games?

Career facts

• Animators form part of the occupation group of graphic and web designers, and illustrators; who design information for visual and audio communication, publication and display using print, film, electronic, digital and other forms of visual and audio media
• Job prospects are good but be prepared to do freelance work, often for film companies, or with government, industry and educational organisations
• Earnings are on average $923 per week and over 36,000 people are employed in the graphic art and design occupations in Australia. Your salary in animation increases with experience, expertise and industry contacts

Why study with us?

• Train in state of the art facilities with the latest animation software in the industry (including Maya) and most powerful high-end computers available in the field
• Gain industry experience through work placement at cutting-edge 3d animation and design studios in the specific field you want to specialise – many students don’t return because they have a job!
• Showcase your animation work through student events at Institute and external venues
• Meet animators from some of Sydney’s best design and 3D studios who are industry speakers as part of your course
• Study under trained 3d animation and design professionals who are leaders in the animation field
• Gain university articulation to a BA in Visual Communication through Raffles College of Design
• Our focus is vocational so you learn in a studio team environment on campus and graduate with the skills to get work
• Graduates have gone on to great success in the animation industry in Australia and overseas - working on major feature films including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, 300, Happy Feet and Pirates of the Caribbean

Career prospects:

• 3D animator
• 3D concept artist
• 3D designer
• 3D games artist
• 3D modeller
• Advanced working knowledge of Maya for advanced modelling, character design and development
• Assistant digital matte painter
• Basic skills to get traineeship as 3D Animator or 3D Modeller.
  
• Good to detailed understanding of producing photorealistic architectural visualisations using 3D Studio Max