The Level 3 NEXTGEN Games, Animation and VFX Extended Diploma is an award-winning vocational course accredited through AIM Qualifications awarding body.
The course is written in collaboration with creative industry firms and industry specialists to address the current skills shortage in the Games, Animation and VFX industries. Industries such as Framestore, DNEG, Blue Zoo Animation, Sold Out, Centroid Motion Capture, Creative Assembly, Ubisoft, Playground Games, Sumo Digital, The Mill and Sony Interactive Entertainment, are engaging closely with DN Colleges Group and NEXTGEN; overseeing and updating the course content to meet present and future industry skill requirements.
This course is designed to equip students with sophisticated technical, artistic, arithmetic and programming skills needed in the Games, Animation and VFX industries. From this, students can create and develop games, animation, and VFX sequences, as well as giving them the experience into industry working practices.
Students will study from specialist lecturers and industry professionals through a range of masterclasses, workshops, events, work placements, live industry briefs and more. Students will develop and build on their skills ranging from the initial research stage to the end presentation and pitch.
The projects are designed to enable students to experience project and production management, including the common industry practice of agile and scrum techniques.
Over the course of the study programme, students will collate their work and build specialist portfolios demonstrating their skills, in preparation for either employment or further/higher education or apprenticeships.
Do you have a keen interest in games? Could you see yourself as a game developer? Our Level 3 NEXTGEN: Games, Animation and VFX course could be just the thing you need to propel yourself to your next step! This course is designed to equip students with sophisticated technical, artistic, arithmetic and programming skills needed in the Games, Animation and VFX industries. Check out our facilities in this video.