1, california institute of the arts (california institute of the arts)
California institute of the arts's teaching method is different from other colleges. It only takes animation teaching as an art form. California institute of the arts introduced the dramatic narration of animation through the course, including documentary, experimental action display, role-based animation, experimental animation, human sketch, stories and multimedia illustrations. California institute of the arts focuses on artists' creation, rather than forcing the development of animation technology.
Many full-time employees in california institute of the arts are senior members of the Animation Association. California institute of the arts's staff and alumni have made outstanding contributions from the industry, such as henry selick (American director of stop-motion animation, whose masterpieces are Scared at Christmas and Adventures of Flying Peach) and eric darnell (whose masterpieces are Madagascar series).
California institute of the arts has provided four systems of animation teaching direction, each of which is aimed at different elements of the animation industry. Therefore, graduates from california institute of the arts are more professional and can smoothly connect with professional fields. For example, BFA character animation direction, BFA experimental animation direction, MFA experimental animation and so on.
2. Savannah College of Art and Design.
On the surface, people in the industry know SCAD because it is famous for its high employment rate, offering animation, MA, MFA and 40-hour minor degrees, and actively hiring SCAD students in two continents and more than 500 national and international companies. Four fifths of the students will find jobs within six months after graduation. SCAD alumni work in Disney, Pixar, Rhythm and Hues, Sony, Cartoon Network, DreamWorks and EA. SCAD was rated as TOP3 Animation Design Institute by North American 3D World Magazine. If you can pass their strict screening, you will get a degree here.
3. Rhode Island.
Rhode Island School of Design offers two high-profile animation courses: undergraduate graphic design and pure art. For students majoring in animation, RISD provides students with diversified education and is taught by top animation instructors. At the same time, more than 200 guest lecturers visit our school every year.
4. maryland institute college of art.
According to the Princeton Review, the College of Art of Maryland College is known as the best college in Northeast China, and it was rated as the top three art studios in the United States by Parade magazine. MICA is also the oldest continuing education art college in the United States, and MICA is very good at art teaching. Animation majors combine creative ideas and skills with animation history, and fully combine theoretical knowledge with practice. In the last year of the course, students will make their film papers to ensure that there are a large number of short films and related elements. Maryland College of Art graduates in DreamWorks, Blue Sky Studio, Yahoo! Lycra, MTV and so on. Everything is developing well.
5. Graphic Laboratory of Carnegie Mellon University.
The graphic laboratory of Carnegie Mellon University provides a unique curriculum system: centered on graphic animation, the teaching curriculum system can not only provide students with comprehensive knowledge in the field of animation, but also enable students to gradually enter the field of artists. The course includes role setting in animation, such as role-based animation, from pixels to role cognition: using visual effects in computers and games to perceive the characteristics of roles, and the process also involves the design of interactive behavior. The natural behavior of human beings is driven by numbers to express animated images.
Carnegie Mellon University is the cornerstone of motivating video game designers. Its courses include digital narration, the establishment of virtual world and the drama structure in interactive games. If CMU can't win your trust, listen to this. Disney set up its own research laboratory on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University. At the same time, it has a close cooperative relationship with the school, and even Disney sets up an internship system for CMU students in some places every year.
6. school of visual arts (SVA).
School of visual arts graduates work in Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Blue Sky Studio and Nickelodeon. Don't be surprised by the success rate of SVA, which is closely related to senior alumni such as Yvette Kaplan.
7. Massachusetts Institute of Art and Design (Massart).
Students choose MIT School of Art and Design because it can strengthen interpersonal communication and learn problem-solving skills, which plays an important role in students' future development.
8. University of Southern California.
The Department of Film Arts of the University of Southern California provides a four-year undergraduate animation digital art system, including specialized training for animation majors and extensive training in the art field. This will mean that the University of Southern California will turn the demand of the industry to students, requiring real artists to use animation tools and design skills.
The animation major of USC focuses on the application of skills, such as scientific visualization and experimental visualization. At the same time, influenced by classic traditional visual effects, painting skills and 3D computer animation visual presentation courses are offered. The University of Southern California will also offer a minor course in video game design. Courses include: design basics, game control, user interface, game terminal and story development. At the end of the minor degree, students will make a game demonstration, and Princeton Review ranks the School of Video Design at the University of Southern California as the first in the United States.
9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT has a major in animation, which can be regarded as a part of the media research system. Curriculum design includes interdisciplinary academic exchanges. And through various media, movies, television, game design, virtual world, digital art, media, interactive writing and media communication.
10, NYU Tisch College of Art, new york University.
The teaching major of Tisch College of new york University includes film, animation and production courses, and has passed Maurice Kanbar film and television &; New Media Institute (also known as NYU Film Academy). If you haven't heard of new york University, you must know the graduates of new york University, such as oliver stone, M Knight Shamalan, Joel Coen, martin scorsese and Spike Lee.
The teaching content of animation course in new york University is based on extensive film and television research, which provides more specific animation teaching, such as 2D, 3D, story version, digital effect, human sketch, historical criticism and so on. New york University often has invited lecturers or artists to give lectures, including Chuck Jones, nick park, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, mark davis and Faith Hubley. Disney, Deamworks, Warner Bros., Lucasarts, R/GA, BlueSky, MTV and Nickelodeon will be recruited in Tisch.