Course summary
Design, create and bring life to your own characters and creatures. Over the course of this programme, you will learn how to design, model, texture, rig and animate your own characters. The first 18 weeks of the course are common with our Advanced Character & Creature Creation course. You’ll learn hands-on character and creature design skills before applying them to two major projects based on industry briefs. One of those projects will be collaborative, so you get used to working as a group just like in a studio, the other will be individual to allow you to create and finesse more pieces for your portfolio. At the end of the course, you’ll have earned a postgraduate qualification, have a showreel of character and creature creation work and a thorough understanding of the animation and VFX industry. Led by our industry-trained tutors who’ve worked on credits including The Lion King, Godzilla and Doctor Strange, and with help from our Talent Development Team, AfterCare programme and industry guest speakers, you’ll build the skills and connections to kick-start your creative career. If you are serious about building a career in character and creature design, this course will give you the qualification, confidence, skills and connections to start applying for roles in the industry.
Modules
Please see our website for details: https://www.pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk/find-a-course/postgraduate/ma-character-creature-creation.html
Assessment method
The assessment methods employed in this programme have been developed to mirror industry practice as far as possible. We balance feedback from tutors and industry experts. It is crucial that, as a student, you learn how to accept and work with feedback from your superiors and peers, as this will be the norm when you work in industry. You also need to develop a keen self-critical eye, to be able to step back from your work and see what you could improve, and to have the ability to look at yourself and your working practices and make changes where necessary. Formative assessment This is one of the most important aspects of your work. You will receive regular feedback from your tutor, studio assistants and peers during your modules. This will often be oral feedback on your work, sometimes on a one-to-one basis, sometimes in a group feedback session or daily. All of this should help you build on your strengths and develop your skills as you progress through the course. Summative assessment This will be specifically designed to measure how well you meet the learning outcomes of the module. They will usually involve a task to meet a brief set by your tutor and will allow you to demonstrate the knowledge and skills that you have learned during the module. You’ll need to decide exactly how to complete the task, choosing particular techniques and approaches, and making decisions on the aesthetics and style to meet the given requirements. Each module will have a practical element (usually a practical project, where you make something) and a written element (usually a journal or blog, where you reflect on what you’ve made). Sometimes you will also have to give a presentation to demonstrate your work. All these elements are essential to your development, by showing that you can deliver to a required level and that you understand why you can and how you could improve. Summative assessment breakdown For your pathway modules (character and creature design, character and creature modelling and presentation, character and creature technical direction), you will be assessed as follows: Practical project – 60% Production logbook – 30% Individual presentation – 10% For the collaborative module, you will be assessed as follows: Group project – 80% Retrospective group presentation – 20% For the production project, you will be marked as follows: Production project – 60% Written retrospective – 40% For more details about assessment, see the full course specifications on escapestudios.ac.uk.
How to apply
International applicants
International students can choose our live online mode of study. You must be living and have the right to study in the UK to study a postgraduate degree on campus. If you require a visa to study in the UK you will need to choose our live online mode of study. This may change in the future. Contact us on +44 (0)203 4411 303 or [email protected] for any questions.
Entry requirements
An undergraduate honours degree in a related discipline with a significant component in the field of art and design (e.g. Computer Graphics, Fine Art, Graphic Design, etc). Applicants without a degree who have significant industry experience in character and creature creation or related creative subjects will be considered. Suitable applicants will be asked to submit a creative portfolio.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | 6.0 in reading and writing, 5.5 in speaking and listening |
English language requirements
https://www.pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk/escape-studios/admissions/postgraduate.html
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Channel Islands | £18995 | Whole course |
| Republic of Ireland | £18995 | Whole course |
| EU | £18995 | Whole course |
| International | £18995 | Whole course |
| England | £18995 | Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | £18995 | Whole course |
| Scotland | £18995 | Whole course |
| Wales | £18995 | Whole course |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
The Live Online study option fee is £15,995. We are offer an £8,000 scholarship to one applicant per discipline for each our postgraduate courses, see escapestudios.ac.uk/pgscholarships for full details.
Provider information
Escape Studios
190 High Holborn
London
WC1V 7BH