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Animation & Visual Effects
Level 3
This course gives you the skills to specialise in your desired computer-generated art form, and progress to the area you’re most interested in.
Level 3
This course gives you the skills to specialise in your desired computer-generated art form, and progress to the area you’re most interested in.
4 GCSEs at 9-4 (A*-C), including English
Two Years
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design
4 GCSEs at 4-9 (C-A*) including English
Two Years
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma
Our L3 Animation and Visual Effects course introduces you to industry-standard tools, techniques, and workflows, focusing on 2D and 3D animation, VFX compositing, and image editing. You’ll cover the 12 principles of animation, develop a strong technical and theoretical foundation, and refine your skills through practical briefs and personal projects. With tailored guidance, you’ll build a professional portfolio, CV, and personal brand, preparing you for freelancing, employment, or progression to apprenticeships, further training, or higher education.
In our impressive Media and Games Labs, you’ll gain hands-on experience using professional-grade tools such as Adobe Animate, Premiere Pro, Maya, Blender, and Photoshop. With access to high-performance PCs equipped with RTX graphics cards and Apple Mac desktops running the complete Adobe Creative Suite, you’ll have all the resources needed to create industry-standard animations, VFX sequences, and visual projects. This technical environment inspires creativity and helps you hone your skills to a professional level.
In college, you’ll also have access to:
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During your course, you will have access to a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), where you can:
Our Level 3 Animation and Visual Effects course introduces you to industry-standard tools, techniques, and workflows, focusing on 2D and 3D animation, VFX compositing, and image editing. You’ll cover the 12 principles of animation, develop a strong technical and theoretical foundation, and refine your skills through practical briefs and personal projects. With tailored guidance, you’ll build a professional portfolio, CV, and personal brand, preparing you for freelancing, employment, or progression to apprenticeships, further training, or higher education.
In our impressive Media and Games Labs, you’ll gain hands-on experience using professional-grade tools such as Adobe Animate, Premiere Pro, Maya, Blender, and Photoshop. With access to high-performance PCs equipped with RTX graphics cards and Apple Mac desktops running the complete Adobe Creative Suite, you’ll have all the resources needed to create industry-standard animations, VFX sequences, and visual projects. This technical environment inspires creativity and helps you hone your skills to a professional level.
In college, you’ll also have access to:
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Also benefit from:Â
During your course, you will have access to a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), where you can:
Applying to study with us takes less than two minutes, and we have interviewers ready and waiting to speak to you.
Find out more about the application journey and apply now below.
Applying to study with us takes less than two minutes, and we have interviewers ready and waiting to speak to you. Find out more about the application journey and apply now below.
With all the transferable skills you’ll learn on this course, the world really is your oyster.Â
You can head off to University, study a Level 4/5 course or go straight into the world of work.
Their job is to create artwork that inspires and informs the look of the visual effects in a TV show or film. This might include all manner of designs for characters, creatures, environments, buildings, vehicles, and other prop objects.
VFX production supervisors are responsible for managing the whole VFX project and pipeline, including all the VFX artists. They are the main point of liaison between a VFX company and a film director or producer.
This is an entry-level position in the VFX and games industry but a very important one. Their job is foundational as they have to collect data in and around a live-action scene to help the process of creating a VFX scene.
Modelling artists will create characters, vehicles, weapons, buildings, environments, or any other objects necessary to create a VFX scene. They work with the concept artists following a brief and create 3D models, and they use reference photography or line drawings to create wireframe mesh models in software like Maya.
Responsible for giving movement to characters or moving objects, or vehicles in a scene. They do this by ‘rigging’ character bodies or faces and using keyframe animation to imbue them with life.
Compositors are the last link in the chain of the VFX pipeline and are responsible for putting VFX shots together from all the various assets collected or created, such as 3D CGI elements, live-action footage, or even matte paintings. They use specialist software such as After Effects, Houdini or Nuke.
With all the transferable skills you’ll learn on this course, the world really is your oyster.Â
You can head off to University, study a Level 4/5 course or go straight into the world of work.
Their job is to create artwork that inspires and informs the look of the visual effects in a TV show or film. This might include all manner of designs for characters, creatures, environments, buildings, vehicles, and other prop objects.
VFX production supervisors are responsible for managing the whole VFX project and pipeline, including all the VFX artists. They are the main point of liaison between a VFX company and a film director or producer.
This is an entry-level position in the VFX and games industry but a very important one. Their job is foundational as they have to collect data in and around a live-action scene to help the process of creating a VFX scene.
Modelling artists will create characters, vehicles, weapons, buildings, environments, or any other objects necessary to create a VFX scene. They work with the concept artists following a brief and create 3D models, and they use reference photography or line drawings to create wireframe mesh models in software like Maya.
Responsible for giving movement to characters or moving objects, or vehicles in a scene. They do this by ‘rigging’ character bodies or faces and using keyframe animation to imbue them with life.
Compositors are the last link in the chain of the VFX pipeline and are responsible for putting VFX shots together from all the various assets collected or created, such as 3D CGI elements, live-action footage, or even matte paintings. They use specialist software such as After Effects, Houdini or Nuke.
Learning Structure:
Weekly Schedule:
Year 1:
Year 2:
Professional Development:Â
Attendance and Independent Work:
Students are expected to work independently outside timetabled lessons to:
Progress Reviews and Reporting:
Enrichment Opportunities:
4 GCSEs at 4-9 (C-A*) including English.
This internally assessed course is delivered and evaluated by teachers through planned projects. These combine practical tasks, like motion graphics, 3D environments, title sequences, 2D and 3D animation video/work, and website portfolios, as well as written reports, and presentations, involving both individual and group work. Â The final submission of each year is a Final Major Project where you can choose to focus on techniques, styles and outputs of your choice.Â
Our bespoke professional development programme aims to empower you to take your next steps into your future career. We achieve this by providing you with a three phase programme of lessons, projects and experiences designed to give you as much exposure to industry as possible.
Those who need to retake maths and/or English due to achieving a grade 3 or below will undertake 4 hours of maths and/or 3 hours of English a week. Learn more here.
All campuses 16-18*
FREE
All campuses 19+ (FIRST YEARS ONLY)
£2,882
Learning Structure:
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Weekly Schedule:
Year 1:
Year 2:
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Professional Development:Â
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Attendance and Independent Work:
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Students are expected to work independently outside timetabled lessons to:
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Progress Reviews and Reporting:
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Enrichment Opportunities:
4 GCSEs at 4-9 (C-A*) including English.
This internally assessed course is delivered and evaluated by teachers through planned projects. These combine practical tasks, like motion graphics, 3D environments, title sequences, 2D and 3D animation video/work, and website portfolios, as well as written reports, and presentations, involving both individual and group work. Â The final submission of each year is a Final Major Project where you can choose to focus on techniques, styles and outputs of your choice.Â
Our bespoke professional development programme aims to empower you to take your next steps into your future career. We achieve this by providing you with a three phase programme of lessons, projects and experiences designed to give you as much exposure to industry as possible.
Those who need to retake maths and/or English due to achieving a grade 3 or below will undertake 4 hours of maths and/or 3 hours of English a week. Learn more here.
All campuses 16-18*
FREE
All campuses 19+ (FIRST YEARS ONLY)
£2,882
A range of student-friendly offers are available in partnership with WEX. These vary by store so check in with your local branch to see what support they can provide you as an ACC learner.
Your learning journey doesn’t just stop with this course! Take a look at next steps via courses at Access Creative College, Access Industry and dBs Institute!
Your learning journey doesn’t just stop with this course! Take a look at next steps via courses at Access Creative College, Access Industry and dBs Institute!
Your learning journey doesn’t just stop with this course! Take a look at next steps via courses at Access Creative College, Access Industry and dBs Institute!
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