ALGONQUIN PROGRAMS 2020 - 2021

Animation 1288X01FWO

Advanced Diploma 3 Years

Bring your drawing skills to life through QUICK FACTS acting and storytelling. • Program Intake: Fall, Winter • Campus: Ottawa The three-year Animation Ontario College Advanced Diploma program provides • Ranked as one of the best Animation you with the skills needed to meet the standards of the demanding international schools in Canada. animation industry. As a student attending one of the best animation programs • The first animation school in Canada to in Canada (as ranked by Animation Career Review, 2020), you learn industry- be recognized as a Toon Boom Centre of Excellence. standard technologies, drawing and animation skills. • Students have secured work in shows Gain the ability to communicate your ideas through drawing, and to present them for Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix and visually. Learn to see images in motion - a skill necessary for an animator, and others upon graduating. ensure your animated creations are realistic and meet industry standards. • We are a performance-based anima- tion school with an emphasis on acting By the end of the program, you have a portfolio and demo reel that showcases and body mechanics. your work. This highlights your creativity, skills and proficiency with relevant • Our faculty members are industry animation software and technologies, demonstrating that you are ready to enter professionals who have worked for studios such as: Disney, Sony Image the field. Works, Mercury Filmworks, Jam Filled Entertainment and Big Jump Enter- YOUR CAREER tainment.

Types of careers You may find employment as:

• Animator • Layout Artist • Designer “ The growing animation • Character Rigger industry in Ottawa is a • Modeller huge advantage for our • FX Animator students because they get the opportunity to Work environments work on high profile Employment in animation studios as Animators, Clean Up Artists, Layout Artists, shows and it gives them a Location and Character Designers, Background Artists, Modellers and Riggers. real, practical application Employment opportunities may include feature films, animated TV series, to the tools they’re commercials, multimedia, computer and video game animation. learning here. ”

— DEREK BOND, ANIMATION PROFESSOR

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is the faculty working with you involved in the animation industry? Yes. Most have been departmental supervisors and some have been directors and producers. Their collective resumes include television shows and features from studios such as Disney, Warner Bros. Don Bluth, Sony Image Works, Film Roman, Nelvana, Amberwood, Mercury Filmworks, PIP, BIG Jump, Animal Logic, and Cookie Jar to name a few.

What kinds of things do you study in the program? We are, first and foremost, an animation school that focuses on traditional, 2D digital, and 3D digital animation techniques. Exercises are based on getting you to a point where you can do character animation. Timing, acting, posing and solid drawing are emphasized. We have classes in thinking three dimensionally, character animation, life drawing, design, 2D digital animation, 3D digital design, lighting, rendering, and computer FX.

If a student wants to go into 3D animation why do they have to take traditional hand-drawing first? To be able to communicate in the industry you have to be adept at presenting your ideas visually. Animation is also about learning to see images in motion. There is something about learning to see drawings “flipped” then line-tested that is a vital foundation for students to develop an “animator’s eye” and apply that to any tool, be it a pencil or computer program. Studios see the computer as a very “expensive pencil”.

What are the portfolio requirements and what are you looking for? What we look for in a portfolio is a basic ability to draw, but more importantly that the applicant has demonstrated an understanding of what it is they are drawing. We do change our portfolio requirements from time to time so please refer to our website for more information algonquincollege.com/admissionspackages.

What are the admission requirements for this program? College Eligibility - Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent. Applicants with an OSSD showing senior English and/or mathematics courses at the Basic Level, or with Workplace or Open courses, will be tested to determine their eligibility for admission; OR Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) certificate;OR General Educational Development (GED) certificate;OR Mature Student status (19 years of age or older and without a high school diploma at the start of the program). Eligibility may be determined by academic achievement testing for which a fee of $50 (subject to change) will be charged. Program Eligibility - English Grade 12 (ENG4C or equivalent) .

How much does it cost to take this program? Tuition and related ancillary fees can be viewed by using the Tuition and Fees Estimator tool at algonquincollege.com/fee-estimator.

What are the courses in the program?

LEVEL 1 Life Drawing for Animation Animation Environmental Animation Communications Animation I Design I Practices and and Visual Drawing I I Principles I Problem Solving I

LEVEL 2 Life Drawing for Animation Animation Animation Character Design Thinking Scriptwriting for Animation II Design II Practices and Drawing II Design I Animation Principles II

LEVEL 3 Life Drawing for Animation Character 3D Animation I Animation III Design III Animation I

LEVEL 4 Animation Character Life Drawing for 3D Animation II General Design IV Animation II Animation IV Education Elective

LEVEL 5 Life Drawing V 2D Digital Independent Masterclass I Gesture Animation I Study I Drawing for Animation I

LEVEL 6 Life Drawing VI Business 2D Digital II Independent Masterclass II Gesture Drawing Studies for Study II for Animation II Animation CONTACT Tom Crook Neil Hunter Paul West Program Co-Coordinator Program Co-Coordinator Program Co-Coordinator 613-727-4723 x 5816 613-727-4723 x 5821 613-727-4723 x 5304 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] algonquincollege.com/animation algonquincollege algonquincollegeanimation @algonquincolleg