From Looney Tunes to Shaun the Sheep, animation has a long history of box-office success. Nowadays, animators are at the heart of the wider film industry, able to transport us into outer space, to the bottom of the ocean or the heart of an inferno.
Animation has grown from being an elective in postgrad film-making programmes to having its own master’s, usually geared to industry and with close links to employers. To get onto a course you don’t need a degree in film-making or animation, or even a degree at all if your portfolio is strong enough to excite admission tutors.
But beware, some BAs in animation fail to prepare students for the industry or even provide a basic grounding in production, says Chris Webster, leader of the MA animation programme at the Bristol School of Animation at the University of the West of England.
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