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Official Undergraduate Degree in:

Animation & VFX

ART, ANIMATION& TECHNOLOGY LA SALLE CAMPUS BARCELONA

Xiao Peng, Animation & VFX student.

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The digital revolution we are going through

means content creators are experiencing a

golden age, and the sector is now looking at

some of the best growth projections nationally

and internationally.

At La Salle, we offer a comprehensive education,

from the most innovative technologies and the

artistic knowledge you need to make your ideas

a reality, to the management skills required by

these industries.

Thanks to our original Learning by Challenge

methodology, our students can take on real,

multi-faceted projects, working in unique

laboratories and going on exchanges at some of

the world’s most prestigious universities.

STUDY ART, ANIMATIONAND TECHNOLOGY AT LA SALLE CAMPUS BARCELONA

At La Salle Campus Barcelona, we foster creativity through technology in a range of fields, from creative engineering programmes, such as Multimedia Engineering and Audiovisual Systems Engineering and our Degree in Digital Interaction and Computing Techniques, to more artistic degree programmes, such as the Degree in Animation & VFX and the Degree in Digital Arts.

At La Salle, we offer a comprehensive education, from the most innovative technologies and the artistic knowledge you need to make your ideas a reality, to the management skills required by these industries.

Through close and constant contact with leading professionals in the sector, our degrees will prepare you to become a key player in the industry in a wide variety of roles.

You will produce cross-disciplinary projects alongside students from other Degrees, exactly you would do in a real company, and begin creating your very own portfolio.

You will go on internships at leading companies around the world, who have collaboration agreements with La Salle, and you will be able to create your own company with the assistance of the La Salle Start-up Innovation Park, Technova Barcelona.

You will be able to go on exchanges and stages at leading universities in the multimedia sector such as MIT and Carnegie Mellon University.

You will be working in unique labs: we have more than 30 specialist laboratories equipped with all the latest technologies, such as Animation lab, Medialab, Userlab, Mediadome, an Anechoic chamber, a Reverberant chamber, workshops for painting, sculpture and models, as well as laboratories with high-performance computers that you can access whenever you need them.

96%of graduates employed

+30laboratories

POWER YOUR CREATIVITY WITH TECHNOLOGY.

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METODOLOGY Through our Learning by Challenge me-

thodology you will acquire the skills and

knowledge through the resolution of real

challenges posed by the companies, insti-

tutions or entities.

On Campus you will work in a interdisci-

plinary and transversal way between the

courses of the Degree and the different

areas of the Campus, with small groups

that allow a personalized teaching and with

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At La Salle Campus Barcelona, you will acquire a complete education inthe fundamentals and techniques of animation and special effects.You will be trained in all phases of production to create your very own project from start to finish.

DEGREE INANIMATION & VFX

English Group Trilingual Group

Campus Barcelona

September

4 years

240 ECTS

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SYLLABUS

LA SALLE’S DEGREE IN ANIMATION IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL DEGREE TITLE IN ANIMATION IN CATALONIA.

PRODUCTION PHASES:

Official Degree title: Degree in Animation

PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCTION POST-PRODUCTION INDUSTRY 1 Comprehensive learning: We offer you acomprehensive grounding in the fundamen-tals and techniques you’ll require in anima-tion. You will learn to work with the most advanced 3D animation technology.

2 Production: We place special emphasis on the production phase so that you learn about the technical aspects behind producing your idea, enabling you to execute it and guarantee success.

3 You can create your own project, from the original idea, to the screenplay and character creation, which you will need to integrate into a comprehensive project of your own. Our Animation students own the intellectual property rights over their projects.

AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

KEY POINTS OF THE DEGREE

There is something special about theworld of animation: The never-ending challenge and collaboration between art, technology and artists.

Félix BalbásDegree Director

“Studying Animation & VFX at La Salle has been a dream come true.”

Miguel Morera, graduate of the first edition of the Degree in Animation & VFX.

MAXIMISE YOUR TALENTAND CREATE A PRODUCTIONFROM START TO FINISH.

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Production

Management Pre-production

Post-production

4 Official university Degree: At La Salle Campus Barcelona, you’ll obtain an official Degree title that qualifies you to work around the world.

Joel Dalmau, Animation & VFX student at La Salle.

3rd COURSE

First Semester

Advanced render

Digital compositing

Digital visual efects

Digital character animation II

Filming

Script programming for animation

Second Semester

Digital special efects

Animation and tools for videogames

Digital facial animation

Motion capture

Advanced editing and color grading

Music and digital sounds effects

Annual Subjects

Thought and creativity III

Market and intellectual property

Project III

1st COURSE

Annual Subjects

Thought and creativity I

Animation culture, industry and business

Creativity and visualnarrative

Fundamentals of drawing and digital tools

Sculpting and digital character modeling

Fundamentals of animation and basic tools

Cinematography and color

Project I

2nd COURSE

First Semester

Audiovisual scripting

Photography

Acting for animation

Ilustration and storyboard

Advanced tools for 3D animation

Second Semester

Textures

Lighting

Advanced tools for 3D animation

Digital character animation I

Editing and introduction to compositing

Annual Subjects

Thought and creativity II

Project management

Project II

4th COURSE

First Semester

Management skills

Second Semester

Entrepreneurship and businesses startup

Annual Subjects

Optatives

Final Thesis

Internship

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN WITH THIS DEGREEBy studying Animation & VFX at La Salle, you’ll gain a comprehensive education in all phases of content creation and production, as well as an in-depth exploration of the most relevant aspects of the industry.

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3 You can travel to Annecy, Animation Festival ofworld reference.

WHAT MAKES THIS DEGREE UNIQUE

1 You will learn with professionals from the sector who have participated in the most relevant productions of recent years.

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Alumni from thefirst class to graduate ourDegree in Animation have found work in companiesaround the world.

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Thanks to your comprehensive education covering the whole of the creation process, you can specialise and work in any of the three fundamental stages.

CAREER

OPPORTUNITIESPRE-PRODUCTION:

Narrative scriptwriter.

Illustrated scripts.

Storyboard.

PRODUCTION:

3D modelling and textures.

Rigger/character director.

Lighting director.

POST-PRODUCTION:

Composition artist.

Colourist and colour correction.

Producer and Executive Director.

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WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WITH:

Creative profile

Artistic sensibility

Lovers of animation, FX and video games

Interest in the use of technology

Eager to work and get everything they have inside

You will learn the fundamentals of the indus-try and business meaning you’ll be able to participate and negotiate your own project at the business level.

You will learn to unify all aspects of produc-tion to achieve a coherent finished project. You’ll work on composition, editing and colour correction, 3D, VFX and Motion Graphics.

You will work through the initial pha-ses of a production, from concep-tion and screenplay, to design and story-board. You’ll also learn the principles of anatomy, movement and performance.

PRE-PRODUCTION

INDUSTRY

You will work through all aspects of production to give form to your idea, from 3D modelling, textures, rigging and lighting to renders and FX.

PRODUCTION

POST-PRODUCTION

DIRECTOR

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PROJECTSAND WORKSHOPSCARRIED OUTBY OUR STUDENTS

Recording lab.

Medialab laboratory.

Student from La Salle Campus Barcelona.

Multimedia Engineering students in the presentation of a joint project.Students Group at Bagà.

Aula Natura.

Gerard Ginovart, Audiovisual Engineering alumni taking part in the Urubamba Solidarity Project.

Digital Arts students during their visit to MNAC museum.

Project by Judit Baulés, Animación & VFX student.

Visiting by Digital Arts studentsto an immersive Monet exhibit.

Project by Multimedia students.

Digital Arts students at Mira Festival.

LA SALLE, A GLOBAL EDUCATION NETWORK

65 Universities worldwide

Countries La Salle Presence80

90,000 Educators

650,000 Students Primary & Secondary Education

We are part of a worldwide organisation with more than 300 years of history.

350,000 Students University Education

LA SALLE, EXPERTS IN TECHNOLOGY

We have been experts in Technology for more than 50 years, and it is present across all Degrees as a transversal axis.

HIGH EMPLOYABILITY AND AN EXCLUSIVE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING

+ 4,500 Job offers per year

96% Employability of students

+ 800 Corporate agreements

In the top 10 European startup accelerators with more than 150 incubated startups.

LA SALLE’S DNA

We train professionals with values, with innovative spirit and entrepreneurial capacity, who dominate technology and have an international global vision.

4,748Students

31%International students

16 Official undergraduate Degrees

6 Double Degrees

6 Research groups

66 Master’s, Postgraduates and Executive Programmes

73Nationalities

LA SALLE CAMPUS BARCELONA

Our university centre has a history spanning over 110 years, and we are proud to offer undergraduate, graduate and master’s programmes, PhDs and specialisation courses.

RAMON LLULL UNIVERSITYRANKINGS

8th Best-performing university in Spain 2019 (CYD Ranking)

Spanish University and 38th in Europe (Multirank Ranking 2018)3rd

Worldwide & Top 25 Europe, Best Business and Management studies 2019 (QS World University Rankings)

Top

25

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150Business administration ranking of the Shanghai Academic World Universitites Ranking

Best Universities for Teaching in Europe (University Teaching Ranking 2019)

Ranked

76/100

Founding member of the Ramon Llull University and one of the 3 Campus of International Excellence in Spain.

At La Salle, we provide quality training in the areas of Architecture and Building Engineering, ICT Engineering and Technology, Computer Sciences, Business & Management and Digital Art, Animation & VFX.

These 5 areas of knowledge are also mixed through research, a close relationship with the business world and a unique, cutting-edge methodology.

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