BA (Hons) Visual Effects (VFX)

VFX Foundation

This provides an opportunity for you to familiarise yourself with the world of visual effects and their many applications across the entertainment industries.

You will explore the boundaries of the many disciplines within the field of visual effects and their specific place in production workflows.

Through practical workshops, you will be introduced to industry standard software with which you will engage for the duration of your studies.

A series of briefs will provide introductory level exercises designed to establish sound work practices upon, which you will build over subsequent years.

Digital Design: Graphics and Motion Graphics

This module provides a foundation for you to develop a range of professional, technical, and procedural skills in the field of digital design and motion graphics.

You will discover a range of production practice and processes typically involved in the manufacture of audiovisual motion graphic artefact.

In addition, you will develop your practical skills and conceptual understanding of digital design and motion graphic construction and manipulation.

Character Asset Creation

This module utilizes a mixture of exercises and briefs to investigate the production of 3D assets and engage with a broad range of concepts and workflows related the production of 3D character creation.

Post-Production 01

This module aims to introduce you to, and provide a foundation for all you in the specialised skills involved in, all aspects of post-production.

Theoretical learning is combined with practical and technical exercises through a series of workshops. You will study the basic application of all post-production specialisms.

This module will develop your understanding of and deepen your theoretical, technical and practical knowledge of post-production workflows.

Green Screen and Compositing

In this module, you will investigate the role chrome keying plays in the field of multimedia and digital film production.

You will engage with chroma keying concepts as an essential part of the practice of creative digital media, and explore core module concepts and their practical applications through exercises and briefs.

VFX Production

This module will run across two semesters and gives you an opportunity to work in groups to deliver a visual artefact that encompasses several disciplines of the VFX pipeline.

You will rely on core skills established in previous modules to complete work to a predetermined time schedule, adhering to daily deadlines and receiving and addressing notes on your work in a time frame fitting a professional production studio.

Filmmaking Practice and Previz

Previsualisation (or Previz) is the industry standard approach to planning and testing creative ideas in preparation for larger scale audiovisual projects and the ‘pitching’ of ideas.

On this module, you will learn established film making techniques and will ultimately develop a short script to a finished previsualised sequence.

As part of this process, you will explore the fundamental core visual concepts and planning techniques that make up the previz process for a creative visual project.

The application of professional previz software will enable you to present your work in a commercial context.

Motion Capture and Motion Tracking Technology

On this module, you will develop your professional, technical and procedural knowledge of the core concepts of motion capture and motion tracking technologies.

You will explore a range of practices and processes involved in the manufacture of a motion capture and motion-tracking artefact.

Motion Capture Suit Technologies

In this module, you will explore a typical film and multimedia motion capture pipeline.

You will cover topics from setting up cameras and capturing data through to editing and transferring data to industry standard animation packages.

You will have the opportunity to develop a range of professional technical and procedural knowledge.

This module also introduces you to the processes involved in the manufacture of body motion capture.

Unreal Engine and Virtual Production

More information on this module is coming soon.

Advanced Skills Project

In this module, you will have the opportunity to create your own briefs with the aim of augmenting your showreels and further collate a body of work that will illustrate your mastering of your chosen workflows.

Through the iterative nature of regular reviews and group critique sessions, you will steadily refine your skills and workflow practice.

You can focus on a discipline of your choosing and work on digital artefacts that will complement their Final Major Projects and refine their work to a professional standard.

Industry Preparedness

This module looks to enhance your career prospects as you produce creative artefacts that align your skills with your personal career aspirations and professional objectives.

You will build on the creative work you have undertaken throughout your degree and develops transferable skills in balancing creative and strategic career objectives.

Motion Capture Face / Feature Tracking Technologies

The aim of this module is to develop a range of professional, technical and procedural knowledge and an understanding of the core concepts of optical motion capture in the context of the Film, TV and gaming industry. It explores both software and hardware solutions and will explore rig setup, image capture, 2D/3D data processing.

Final Major Project – VFX

This dissertation level project allows you to build on the practical skills and subject knowledge developed throughout your studies.

More information on this module is coming soon.