Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) Apply directly to College
Visual Effects (VFX) involves combining live action and digitally created images together to create and develop high quality digital content for the 3D animation and visual effects industry.
During this two-year course students will work with industry leading content creation tools, techniques and workflows. In addition to developing their artistic ability, students will acquire the technical knowledge and skills to produce high quality 3D content for use in the films, television as well as related areas such as games and the visualisation Industry. Course subjects are taught by sector experts who will lead students through the process of placing real actors on a digital set, teaching how to light and shoot the live action elements, and supervising students while they create and composite digital backgrounds and characters into footage to create the final scene.
Course Details
What will you study?
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
