This is a short course designed to help you transition from undergraduate / industry into postgraduate Animation study. This course will give you a stimulating, creative and thought provoking insight into the critical thinking and practice skills necessary.

You will learn:

• Primary and secondary research relationship to ideas development
• To create short animated sequences using a variety of media
• An introduction to sound and editing to picture
• The importance of unpacking animation structure through animatics

By talking, making and reading.

• This online short course is divided into six days over a three-week period.
• Learning will take place in live sessions of two hours each, twice a week.
• You will learn through live talks, interactive workshops and homework.
• Participants will work in small groups for specific exercises.

The course is organised in synchronous sessions in a live virtual environment that combines various digital platforms and tools.

Zoom

Using the videoconferencing service Zoom, the RCA's esteemed academics and facilitators deliver a mix of:

• live lectures
• case studies
• guided assessments
• presentations.

Participants interact with the faculty and peers in breakout rooms in real time.

Miro

Participants engage in cross-functional team work with the use of visual collaboration tools.

Through the online whiteboard platform Miro, participants get to:

• interact with various formats and templates
• plan and brainstorm ideas
• create processes and workshop activities in the digital workspace.

Moodle

The College's learning platform Moodle is personalised according to the course's requirements to provide participants with a secure integrated system where they can access the course content.

The hub hosts a range of useful resources to enable the learning experience, including comprehensive timetables, pre-reading materials, course slides, curated videos, tutorials and session recordings.

Slack

Participants stay connected and communicate via the channel-based messaging platform Slack throughout the whole duration of the course.

In this space, the academics, facilitators and delegates get to network, plan the course activities, share documents and files during the live sessions or offline.

• Cross-disciplinary graduates wanting to explore animation.
• Junior or emerging creatives, or production professionals wanting to work with moving image.
• Artists keen to explore moving image into their practice.
• Anyone with an interest in the way animation is developed and made.
• Graduates interested in moving towards postgraduate or Master's study in animation.

You will come away from this course with:

• An understanding of animation structure gained through practice.
• Experience the environment and methodologies of the MA Animation programme at the RCA.
• The knowledge to present your practice in an academic context.
• Experimental drawing and fieldwork techniques.
• Present your work and engage with feedback.
• Improve your verbal presentation skills.
• The value of reflection in practice.

For over a decade, the Royal College of Art has been ranked the world's #1 university for art and design. This short course gives you direct access to the teaching and legacy of our renowned Animation MA programme.

For 40 years, our MA has produced boundary-pushing animators who have gone on to win Academy Awards, establish leading studios, and become influential figures across the industry. You will be guided by the same expert practitioners and researchers who foster this culture of excellence. This course allows you a rare insight into our influential methods and you can benefit from our deep connections to the animation world, equipping you with a critically informed perspective to elevate your own creative practice.