Animation (Advanced Diploma)

About this programme

Bring your drawing skills to life through acting and storytelling. The three-year Animation Ontario College Advanced Diploma program provides you with the skills needed to meet the standards of the demanding international animation industry. As a student attending one of the best animation programs in Canada (as ranked by Animation Career Review), you learn industry-standard technologies, drawing and animation skills. This program focuses on incorporating real-world observation and body mechanics to create dynamic animation. Utilizing industry standard 2D and 3D tools, you develop skills in performance animation and storytelling. Our faculty members are industry professionals who have worked for studios such as: Disney Sony Image Works Mercury Filmworks Jam Filled Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Kratts Ubisoft Gain the ability to communicate your ideas through drawing and to present them visually. Learn to see images in motion a skill necessary for an animator and ensure your animated creations are realistic to meet industry standards. Courses in body mechanics, layout, location and character design, gesture drawing and anatomy studies of the NUDE model all culminate in story-based character animation. Upon successful completion of this program, you will have developed a professional portfolio and demo reel that highlights your creativity, skills and proficiency with relevant animation principles, software and technologies. Graduates of this program may find work as a(n): animator at a professional animation or game studio layout artist location or character designer 3D animator, modeler background artist 2D tradigital character builds storyboard artist 2D special effects Other employment opportunities might include working on feature films, animated TV series, commercials or creating short independent films for online content and festivals. The Algonquin College animation program is recognized as a Toon Boom Centre of Excellence.