ABOUT THE COURSE
The UK’s Visual Effects (VFX) industry generated over £1bn in 2018 and is renowned across the world with UK companies taking the lead in each of the VFX Oscar winners for the last six years (2014-2019). It is a growing industry that is hungry for suitable graduates. Our degree gets you up to speed on the latest technological advances using industry standard software and equipment.
You may have explored VFX before using software such as After Effects, or you may just be starting out. There is a lot to learn and becoming good requires an artistic eye for detail and technological know-how, we will support you to build on your experience level and get the best out of you.
Once you get into VFX you will realise there is a hugely diverse set of opportunities ranging from motion capture to matte painting, from compositing to creature effects (CFX), and our degree will give you the opportunity to forge your own career path from a good foundation based on industry practice.
We also work closely with you to help you network with industry and make that important first move into a VFX company. Through good social media practice, guest speakers and our weekly forums, annual events such as CGFX and our Grad Show, and trips, you can get your work viewed and critiqued by industry and get yourself known.
Employers love team players. Based in the film department, this degree gives you great opportunities to collaborate with other students from film, CGI, performance, animation, audio, music and many more to produce fully complete pieces that could be entered for film festivals or other competitions.
YOUR FUTURE
VFX is created by a large team of individuals. As a member of the team, you will apply your specialised skill to assets while ensuring it is passed on to the next person to a standard that enables them to work efficiently, meaning a single shot may pass through 10 creatives’ hands before completion. Just some of the specialised niches that are involved in this process include:
- Compositor
- Concept artist
- Digital preparation artist
- Digital sculptor
- Layout artist
- Lighting artist
- Match move artist
- Matte painter
- 3D modeller
- Producer (VFX)
- Roto artist
- Runner (VFX)
- Technical director
- Texture artist
- VFX supervisor
- VR/AR
INDUSTRY LINKS
This course offers students industry experience in VFX design and creation by utilising the School of Media Arts and Technology’s industry links and industry-experienced staff, and offering engagement such as live-briefs and industry critique and guest speakers.
Solent’s continued commitment to industry engagement, and sourcing of real-world briefs and clients, will help you graduate with not only a solid theoretical understanding of the field, but also with practical, tested experience in the industry.
PLACEMENTS
The course can also be taken over four years to include an industry placement year, allowing you to gain valuable work experience to add to your portfolio.
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