Course Booklet
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2022 can SIGN&M EDIA#becausewe We are the place for Imaginativeimaginative wunderkind This is the school for you. Here, you can conjure up exciting and wunderkindslikefascinating you. Here, visual you storiescan conjure for digital up exciting games and and fascinating animation, orvisual design engaging and functional mobile apps, products and spaces. Start your stories for digital games and animation, or design engaging and creative journey with us — at the School of Design & Media! functional mobile apps, products and spaces. Start your creative 1 2 journey with us — at the School of Design & Media! NYP’s Professional Competency Model Why NYP is is the game-changer NYP has fundamentally transformed teaching and learning with the the right choice Professional Competency Model (PCM). Through our brand of holistic development, Put simply, it moves away from learning subjects like Maths in a silo. you will find learning opportunities that Instead you will learn specific skills, and how they all work together, in work go beyond textbooks. Go on exploratory task. So instead of learning the A to Z of physics, you will learn the specific trips, tinker with ideas and come up with bits of maths, the exact engineering know-how to draw and analyse data prototypes. Find innovative solutions to from smart sensors, and then add the skills of public speaking — so that problems that people face day after day. you can present your findings and make your work count. Join one of more than 80 CCAs, or take A key feature of the PCM: It is co-built, and in some cases co-taught, part in a creative arts workshop at our by industry majors and leading companies. This means that you will get Student Life Academy — we believe that additional industry certifications while you get your diploma! these experiences will help you build your Because these companies are at the forefront of their expertise areas, network and grow into your potential. your course will continue to remain relevant and desirable. We’ll get you to do electives in areas that So far, Microsoft, Oracle Academy and Nvidia — among others — are is not in your chosen specialisation — so that involved in co-creating NYP-PCM courses with us. you can see how other fields and industries are developing. Take a foreign language, or find time to create your own pet projects at our large MakerSpace@NYP. Collaborate with students from other disciplines and challenge your own ideas of what you can achieve. Together with our network of industry partners, we will work to nurture your Visit www.nyp.edu.sg for more information development, expand your horizons and fuel [email protected] fb.com/nanyangpoly your passions. twitter.com/nyptweets instagram.com/nanyangpoly School of Design & Media DIPLOMA COURSES @ SDM 05 09 41 Animation & Visual Effects Architecture The SDM experience Visual storytelling through animation, Create sustainable, effective and School of Design & Media graduates digital art and visual effects inspiring spaces for people share their education journey 13 17 43 Digital Game Art & Design Experiential Product & Minimum entry requirements/ Create your very own games Interior Design JAE range of net ELR2B2 and learn about game visuals Create user- and emotion-centred What you need to get into the and digital characters designs through impactful solutions School of Design & Media 21 PCM 29 Game Development Interaction Design & Technology Design and create engaging apps, Develop amazing games on PCs, experiential interactive installations mobile and console platforms and immersive user experiences 33 37 Motion Graphics Design Visual Communication Learn how to become a Create impactful physical and compelling visual storyteller digital communication through through engaging digital content compelling visual experiences Look forward to… Design & Media Foundation Industry Realism Build a strong foundation in design Benefit from real-world experiences and media. Learn to apply your skills through internships, overseas in both art and technology to create attachments, and project collaborations unique designs and products. with our industry experts. Creative Excellence & Creative for Social Good Competitiveness Apply your savvy design Strive for excellence in your and media skills for social Whywhy creative field and garner top good. Create positive and awards in international art, design sustainable impact in our choosechoose and media competitions. local and global communities. Industry partners Get creative at NYPSDM? —SDM? Singapore’s pioneer educational Learn from the following renowned companies: institution for animation, visual effects and games. Learn from our faculty of award-winning designers, • I ONG&ONG group digital artists and animators, who have years of industry mediacorp experience in high-tech studios and world-class • Banyan Tree Holdings • M&C Saatchi Singapore • Robot Playground Media facilities. Explore one of the most comprehensive range • CRAVE FX • McCann Worldgroup • Sony Interactive of courses in the region, complemented by our strong • gumi Asia • Nestlé R&D Centre Singapore Entertainment Singapore • Koei Tecmo Singapore • Nickelodeon • Suntec Singapore industry partnerships. Come and discover SDM today! • Lucasfilm Singapore • Novotel Hotels & Resorts • Ubisoft L03 047 JAE CODE C33 Diploma in Animation & Visual Effects 05 06 JAE CODE C33 Course curriculum YEAR 1, SEMESTER 1 CORE MODULES Diploma in • Concept Ideation • Effective ommunicationC Skills • Story through Audio & Visual • Design & Colour • General Studies • Studio Project 1 • Drawing Fundamentals • Introduction to Coding YEAR 1, SEMESTER 2 CORE MODULES Animation • Animation Principles • Fundamentals of Innovation & • Introduction to 3D Workflows • Figure & Digital Painting Enterprise • Storyboarding • General Studies • Studio Project 2 • History of Moving Images &is for you ifVisual you have a passion in creating engagingEffects visual stories through YEAR 2, SEMESTER 1 CORE MODULES animation, digital art and visual effects. • 3D Animation • General Studies • Project Planning & Management Looking to create fascinating visual stories with digital characters, animation • Compositing 1 • Modelling 1 • Studio Project 3 or VFX shots for movies? Join us on this exciting journey in creating visual worlds, PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES from concept ideation to the final product, with 2D and 3D moving images. Our (2D) (3D & VISUAL EFFECTS) comprehensive foundation modules will teach you broad skill sets in animation • 2D Animation • Technical Direction 1 and visual effects to help you become tomorrow’s great storytellers. • Advanced Figure Drawing • Texturing, Lighting & Rendering YEAR 2, SEMESTER 2 CORE MODULES • Communication • Compositing 2 • Studio Project 4 & Personal Branding • General Studies This diploma lets you... PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES • Experience a first-of-its-kind hybrid programme that fuses art and digital technology. Be taught in world- (2D) (3D) (VISUAL EFFECTS) • 2D Character Animation class facilities by award-winning professionals who have worked at Lucasfilm SG, Disney, Industrial Light • 3D Character Animation • Advanced Lighting & Rendering • Character Design • Advanced Lighting & Rendering • Art of Cinematography & Magic (ILM), DNEG London and The Moving Pictures Company (MPC). • Environment Design • Matte Painting • Effects Direction & Simulation • Motion Graphics • Modelling 2 • Technical Direction 2 • Build up your skills in story creation, visual storytelling, and character and environment design. Gain expertise in look development, 2D and 3D animation, visual effects, and post production. YEAR 3, SEMESTERS 1 & 2 CORE MODULES • Look forward to exciting opportunities with Disney-Pixar, Industrial Light & Magic, and Lucasfilm Animation. • General Studies • Internship Programme (12 weeks) • Portfolio Development You may also progress to prestigious universities like Nanyang Technological University, DigiPen Institute of • Independent Work Project + Final Year Project (12 weeks) or Technology, and Academy of Art University. Internship Programme (24 weeks) PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES (Choose one set of Diploma-Specific Electives: 2D, 3D or Visual Effects; and two modules from Common Prescribed Electives) DIPLOMA-SPECIFIC DIPLOMA-SPECIFIC DIPLOMA-SPECIFIC PRESCRIBED Career paths PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES (2D) PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES (3D) ELECTIVES (VISUAL EFFECTS) • Animal Locomotion • Advanced Character Animation • Cinematography for Visual Effects • 2D/3D Character Animator • Background Artist • Illustrator • Sequential Art • Real-time Computer Graphics • Dynamic Effects • 3D Generalist • Character Designer • Layout Artist • 3D Lighting Artist • Comic Artist • Production Designer COMMON PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES • 3D Modeller • Compositor • Storyboard Artist • Audio Creation • Digital Marketing • Mixed Reality Experience Design • 3D Rigging Artist (Rigger) • Creative Director • Texture Artist • Business for Digital Media Industry • Digital Photography • Motion Capture Techniques • Animation Producer • Editor • Visual Development Artist • Creative Producing • Game Story Creation • Special Topics in Digital Media • Art Director • Digital Matte Painter • Visual Effects rtistA *GENERAL STUDIES Students are to complete 30 hours of General Studies modules each semester. L07 087 JAE CODE C38 Diploma in Architecture 09 10 JAE CODE C38 Course curriculum YEAR 1, SEMESTER 1 CORE MODULES Diploma in • Architectural Visualisation • Fundamentals of Innovation • History,