3D Character Animator

Presentation

This training is intended for self-taught animators or young people who have started a training course in 3D or computer graphics and who wish to improve their skills in order to be specialized in 3D character animation. Supervised by professionals working in renowned 3D animation studios, the programme is built around practical simulation exercises to develop command of directing, movement and acting. This training is provided on the Annecy Campus.

Course contents

Subjects taught
Skills
The Assets

Subjects taught

Acting
Body mechanics
Animation styles: from realism to cartoon
Animation of characters: humans, animals and toons
Facial expressions and lip synchronization (for dialogues)
3D Layout Develop your creativity technique in animation
Different 3D animation techniques: methodology and practice
Conferences of international experts on animation
The courses are held partly in English and partly in French (bilingual teachers).

Projects:
Production of an individual demo reel highlighting the skills acquired in animation

Internship:
2 months continuously

Skills

Proficiency of 3D character animation (human characters, animals, realist style, cartoon, etc.)
Creativity in terms of animation

The Assets

100% employment rate 6 months after graduation
Demo reel to facilitate integration to the labor market
Practical exercices to complement the pedagogical progression
GOBELINS is a member of RECA (the French Animation School Network) and of IPAX (the US network of schools recognized by Sony Pictures)
High-level faculty members, professionals coming from well-established studios
International mindset necessary to gain skills required to work on multicultural projects / multicultural contextes (courses and conferences in french and in english)
Participation in two speed-recruiting events organized specifically for the last year GOBELINS students: one in Paris in March, the other during the Annecy festival in June (more than 50 companies participate)

Expected jobs

With the course 3D Character Animator - Programme in English, you can become:

The 3D character animator animates the actors of an animated film or series.

He specializes in the subtle movement of characters, the way they move, interact, experience emotions, transmit them, express all the complexity and richness of human behavior at the heart of a story, a game, a narrative scene.

The character animator renders the actor's behaviour through his acting with accuracy and refinement; at the same time the physical and mechanical language, the emotions conveyed, the facial expressions...

It expresses the non-verbal aspect of the character's movement... everything that constitutes the subtle and refined play of an actor.

This type of know-how is highly sought after by animation studios.

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Director of 3D animation

The director leads the team artistically and technically. In the absence of or in collaboration with an artistic director, he defines the style of the work.

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Admission

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Opening of admission process:

8th November 2019

Closing of admission process:

1st session: 20th February 2020
2nd session: 30th April 2020

Tests date

Entrance exam:

1st session: 23rd March 2020
2nd session: 18th May 2020

Admission interview:

1st session: from 24th to 26th March 2020
2nd session: from 19th to 20th May 2020

Modalities

Admission process:

Motivation Video and demoreel, technical test (animation test on Maya), interview (in French and/or English)

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