Bachelor Digital Animation

In the Digital Animation bachelor we explore all the traditional animation techniques (painting, sand, cut-outs, puppets, stopmotion...) and also 2D and 3D so that the student can express himself through them, either in an experimental, documentary or fictional way. Digital Animation students are encouraged to explore techniques or combinations of techniques to find a new look or a new approach on a theme or a story. The Digital Animation course is designed from the stages of making a film, where each stage offers a competence and a domain of expertise.

This study cycle accepts candidates who submit their application via the institutional entry admission and have obtained a positive score on one of the following sets:



Candidates may also apply via the regimes of institution/programme transfer or via Special Application, in accordance with the legal regulations in force (holders of higher education degree, holders of a Technological Specialization Course, holders of Professional Higher Technician Course or Over 23 years of Age). Candidates who meet the requirements defined in the International Student Statute can also apply.

The Digital Animation bachelor is aimed at all the candidates mentioned in the "access conditions", but it reinforces the will to learn and work together with the taste for animation.

The professional opportunities are the same as the skills to be acquired: - Production of animation films; - 2D and 3D modelling; - Stopmotion, 2d and 3d animation; - Set lighting for stopmotion animation; - Construction of propps for stopmotion animation - Digital illustration; - 2d and 3d character design - Storyboards, animation layouts and animatics - Scriptwriting; - Sound design for film and animation projects - VFX - Promotion and distribution; - Concept development, storyboard production and project writing;

The bachelor's in digital Animation gives pathway to the Master in Animation Arts programme.

José Miguel Ribeiro Pedro Serrazina Nuno Beato Lea Vidakovic Possidónio Cachapa João Miguel Real Natalie Woolf Sandra Ramos Ana Carina Estroia Osvaldo Media Carlos Almeida Filipe Luz David Novack Gonçalo Gato Jonas Runas Hedisson Mota Hugo de Azevedo Ricardo Mata Ricardo Viana Ricardo Figueira Ricardo Nunes João Abrantes Tiago Atalaia Pedro Sousa Filipe Vale Inês Gil Paulo Viveiros

The Lusófona University campus has a large audiovisual and multimedia production facilities which includes spaces specifically dedicated to the area of animation, with particular emphasis on a classroom with 10 animation sets where students work on various techniques (clay, cutouts, sand, oil, puppets ...), a construction classroom with all the necessary tools and machinery plus an animation set, a 3D animation classroom with 20 PCs with Maya and Mudbox for digital illustration, a 2D classroom with 20 macs and 20 cintiqs with TV Paintand Krita, a drawing and design classroom with 23 easels, and a MOCAP laboratory for motion capture. We also have a theater with 160 seats (Sala Fernando Lopes).

The artistic process is a matter of research and is very present in the work that is developed in the Digital Animation course. Complementarily, animation is increasingly requested in the world of scientific research to visualize theses. As an example, the case of students who have participated in projects of veterinary medicine (The Dog of Muge https://ensina.rtp.pt/artigo/o-cao-de-muge-um-amigo-pre-historico/), biomechanics, among others. On the other hand, there are several disciplines that provide current social and ecological issues, for example, which encourage students to investigate before moving on with their film projects.

Schedule: The course runs on a daytime basis, Monday to Friday, from 8.00-18.00. External students may only register for the following subjects: 1st semester: History of Animation Cinema (1st year) Applied Human Morphology (1st year) 2nd semester: Visual Culture (1st year) Screenwriting (2nd year)