Animation Preparatory Year online
The purpose of this online preparatory course is to experiment with various creative techniques in order to build a study project or an artistic portfolio and then to be able to present it in a constructive way with an adapted vocabulary. This year will allow you to acquire the basic artistic and technical skills required for further studies in Animation Cinema.
Duration
Pace of study
- Highschool diploma holders from 2022 or 2023
- Non European students shall be at least 18 y.o. for the visa process
- Strong interest and ability to draw
- Creativity and artistic sensitivity
- Curiosity for art in all its forms
- Good general knowledge
- Open-mindedness
- Ability to search for graphic trends
- Ability to analyze them and to express oneself through all forms of visual creation
You will be eligible to apply to:
- GOBELINS’ Bachelor of Arts in Animation
- Entrance exams of animation schools from the RECA network and other Animation programmes in France and abroad
- 1 computer station with webcam and good internet connection
- 1 graphics tablet
Continuous assessment.
Tuition fees
€8.700 per year (+ €300 if monthly-instalment payment)
Admission process
Shared entrance exam with the Bachelor of Arts programme.
Opening of admission process : November 17, 2022
Closing of admission process : March 2, 2023
Admission interviews : April 11-23, 2023
Programme
General artistic education
- History of Arts and Animation Cinema, chronological landmarks and methods of analysis of various artistic sectors, including photography and cinema
- Semiology, analysis of existing work
Artistic education – fundamentals
- Observation drawing: knowledge of the different modes of translation of reality
- Drawing of space: rules of perspective, outdoors sketches, scenery approach
- Live model: nude sketches, fixed and moving, morphology
- Composition of an image
- Creativity: colour, volume, creative techniques
Artistic education – specialties
- Discovery of Animation techniques: stop motion, posing...
- Narrative in images: notions of staging, creative biases
- Character and set design: construction, model sheet, appropriation of existing characters, stylisation...
- Jobs presentations, curricula and specificities of the schools
- Assistance in the definition of the study goals, in the choice and preparation of entrance exams
- Presentation of artistic portfolios through peer-to-peer interactions and in front of juries composed of teachers and professionals
- Training sessions for entrance exams (mock exams...)
Internship
Not mandatory but recommended (during school holidays periods)
Projects
Construction of a graphic portfolio, mock exams
- Build your training project and identify your artistic singularity
- Exploit various methods of creativity, modes of representation
- Strengthen your graphic and plastic skills
- Identify strengths and areas for improvement
- Develop a general and artistic culture
- Argue using specific vocabulary
- Acquire mastery of drawing
This training takes place entirely online and is based on the northern hemisphere school calendar (September 2023 to June 2024).
- Small group work
- Live learning courses over 23 weeks offering a choice of 2 time slots of 3 hours of live lessons per day corresponding to the 2 major time zones of the globe
- Exercises to be carried out independently based on pre-recorded video teaching aids and tools
- Live learning workshops
- Preparation of the book (digital and print) for the entrance exams to animation film schools
- Preparation for entrance examinations (written and oral tests)
Tutoring is set up to monitor and support students:
- 4 individual appointments minimum with the tutor of the program: positioning at the entrance, mid-term review, review before and after the competitions.
- In addition, individualized follow-up of 3 hours, by individual appointment, spread over the entire program
- A “production referent” tutor who supervises work and projects and guarantees personalized feedback for all the work carried out during the training
- Remote learning mode allowing the development of skills of autonomy, initiative-taking involving more maturity: major assets to be mobilized during the oral examinations and for the pursuit of studies
- Distribution in sub-groups, with reduced numbers, allowing individualization
- Personalized follow-up
- Implementation of a pedagogical tutoring
Continuation of studies
Animation Preparatory Year online
Bachelor of Arts in Character Animation and Animated Filmmaking
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