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
1 year
Pace of study
Online
Candidates holding a French Baccalaureate (obtained in France or abroad) regardless of nationality:
- Graduates of the «Bac Général, Technologique or Professionnel» in the current year (2024) or the previous year (2023)
- Candidate with a Bac + 1 in the artistic field:
In view of their achievements, only admission to the Bachelor of Arts program is possible - Candidate with a Bac + 1 in another field (for exemple: a year of preparatory studies in a business or engineering school, a year of medicine, etc.):
Possible admission either to the Gobelins preparatory program or to the ARFA Bachelor of Arts program - Candidate with a Baccalaureate from the current year:
Possible admission either in Prépa Gobelins or in Bachelor of Arts ARFA, depending on the candidate's level
Candidates holding a foreign diploma equivalent to the French Baccalauréat regardless of nationality:
- Graduates with the equivalent of the baccalauréat in the current year (2024) or in the 2 previous years (2023 and 2022).
- Candidates holding a Bac + 2 in the artistic field:
Based on prior learning, only admission to the Bachelor of Arts program is possible.
- Candidate with Bac + 2 in another field (for example : one or two years of preparatory studies at a business or engineering school, one or two years of medicine, etc.):
- Candidates with a current-year Bac :
Possible admission either to Prépa Gobelins or to the Bachelor of Arts in Animation, depending on the candidate's level.
- 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.
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
The purpose of this course is to enable students to master all traditional and digital animation techniques (2D and 3D) from pre-production to post-production.
Timeline of selection process
Registration opening date
November 10th 2023
Registration closing date
February 22nd 2024
Interview dates
From April 2nd to April 12nd 2024
Start of the course
September 2024
End of the course
June 2025