Location
Den Bosch
Animation hbo-master full-time
This one-year Master of Animation is directed towards realizing your creative potential. You will learn to critically and creatively integrate innovatory studio work with theoretical principles.
The hbo-master Animation?
You explore storytelling in animation and compare this with your own artistic vision and style. You carry out research to discover which developments in the field of animation are relevant to your practice. You acquire experience in studio work and focus on planning, feasibility and production processes, with an emphasis on testing your own artistic freedom in relation to working on commission.
You widen your technical knowledge and skill sets and learn how to test your storytelling in animation. And you learn to develop your work, artistic development, research and experimental exploration on the level of Animation Principles, Acting & Performance, Modelling, Workflow and Sound Design.
The Master of Animation is delivered in 12 months, across 2 semesters starting early September and ending late August. It is comprised of 5 study periods and corresponding units of study. Each period ends with an assessment correlated to adhering intended learning outcomes. 4 learning tracks run throughout the programme to enable you to develop your animation practice in correlation to the intended learning outcomes: Storytelling & Design, Producing, Positioning and Research, and Professional Practice.
Discover this master
Master of Animation
Study programme of the master Animation
The lesson time is used not for the linear transfer of information, but rather as a forum for student-led discussion and constructive critique of ideas and problem solving. The undertaking of contextual research and the development of a research question(s) is essential to the articulation of your own personal style and attitude.
Dedicated workshops, modules, research seminars, group critiques and tutorials support you in developing a critical toolbox of forms of creative practice.
During this master programme, students from various disciplines learn how to provide meaning to the world, supported by a motivated tutor team.
The curriculum offers you flexibility, as well as a fixed programme of classes.
Fixed elements are:
- Independent Studio Practice
- Professional Practice
- Research Seminars
With these flexible elements you can design your own curriculum:
- Tutorials
- Workshops
- Lectures
- (International) study trips to animation festivals in Europe, such as: Playgrounds, Kaboom Animation Festival, Anima Brussels and Annecy.
The most significant point of reference is your self-directed research and independent studio project.
Location of your programme
Den Bosch
Parallelweg 23
5223 AL Den Bosch
Tel: +3188 - 525 75 00