University degrees: Postgraduate
Course city: Stockholm
The Master’s program in film and media with the focus on Animation is aimed at those who want to develop your knowledge in animation and animated film in order to ultimately work as a director, filmmaker, animator or artist with animation as expression. The program is research preparatory and consists of two years of full-time studies at the advanced level.
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Information about the program
Artisticness, technology and collaboration are all necessary elements for making animated films. In the training you get to develop your own artistry, work in different techniques and participate in projects.
The university’s many specializations in film, media, theater and acting give us great opportunities to explore the various professional roles of animation in collaborations and production exercises with students from the school’s other fields. Our close contact with the industry means that you will meet professional professionals during the training.
Masters program in film and media with a focus on animation
The Master’s program in film and media is an in-depth and research-preparatory education with a common program structure for all fields. In the education theory courses, students are introduced to different perspectives on knowledge, theory, reflection and artistic research methods.
In the training lab courses you do projects in animated films or animation exercises such as short films. The projects in the lab courses can be individual or collaborative.
The focus also has method courses where you will learn new techniques or methods for doing animation. It can also be develop and become better at the animation technology you work in, to challenge you and become an even better filmmaker and develop your animation expression.
During the course, you get many opportunities for meetings over traditional occupational boundaries, for example through elective courses that are common to the institutions of the university. Each student here identifies their need for additional knowledge.
The training will give you specialized knowledge that prepares for research and to work with animation.
