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InstitutionProgram

Institution

University of Hertfordshire International College

Currency

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Program Level

BA(Hons)

Program

Character and Creative Effects

Summary

Sharpen your skills in model design with our immersive, all-rounder course. Explore the fundamentals of the design and creation of puppets and theatre props for performance, public sculptures and display pieces.

Made for the ultra-creative individual with a flair for design and figurative sculpture, this course will develop your personal toolkit of essential knowledge to advance your career, supplemented by practical experience.

Shape your career and determine where your skills take you. Whether you want to work on films, television, museums and exhibits or theatre productions and spectaculars, you will be equipped with the tools to confidently move into to the career path of your choice.

Benefit from outstanding links to industry, providing you with regular contact with industry professionals, as well as excellent placements opportunities and collaborative projects.

Develop your skills in traditional and cutting-edge technologies through our progressive programme. You will gradually grow your skills, working with a range of mediums and materials to develop your expertise to a professional standard.

You will graduate with a broad range of highly sought after skills, having built your mastery of general workshop practise and the end-to-end process of model creation and finishing. This, coupled with the experience gained from practical projects will enable you to go into the workforce ready to thrive.

Why choose this course?

Studying Character and Creative Effects at Herts offers you a distinctive, immersive experience. Through consistent opportunities to collaborate with peers from the Model Design and Special Effects pathway, you will develop the ability to continuously challenge yourself to consider new ideas and increase your versatility.

There are many opportunities to make the most of your degree with exciting opportunities within and parallel to the programme. Enhance your learning through guest lectures delivered by industry experts. Put your knowledge to practice by partaking in live projects with local intuitions and industry contacts. Explore opportunities to learn alternative skills such as metalwork and welding. Take charge of how you shape your learning to suit your interests.

Learn from an expert team of staff, who will infuse your learning with their individual knowledge gained from years working varying areas of industry, from stop-frame animation to public sculpture. All staff are experienced in general workshop techniques, specific machine shop skills, figurative sculpting, moulding and casting and painting and finishing.

Our large atelier-style studio guarantees that you will have a dedicated workspace all year round, while giving you the added benefit of socialising with other year groups. You will also have easy access to facilities for resins and composite mould making within our start of the art sculpture studio.

Our unique location in Hertfordshire means that you will be close to all of the major film studios. Enjoy easy access to design studios and exhibition workshops in London, many of which Herts has links with.

Tuition Fees

15965.00 €

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Application Fee

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CertificateName

BA Hons Character and Creative Effects

Intake

September

Program Length

4 years

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