Animation Production with Foundation Year

Why Choose Us?

Team-based film projects help you develop knowledge of your specialist role within an animation production team.
Workshops enhance your understanding of storyboarding, concept design, advanced animation, and post-production fundamentals.
Optional workshops allow you to develop specialist technical skills in 2D drawn, CGI, and stop-motion animation.
You’ll have opportunities to enhance your practice through industry placements, exchanges with other universities, or immersive experiences at the - Bournemouth Film School (BFS), which is accredited by CILECT and Screenskills.

Unleash Your Creativity
BA (Hons) Animation Production lets you excel as a creative and critical practitioner in animation and related industries such as illustration, video games, and visual effects. Our practical, studio-driven approach starts with traditional 2D animation drawing, ensuring that foundational skills in drawing and painting support the production of various animation forms, including hand-drawn, stop-motion, and CGI.

What to Expect
You will engage in workshops, seminars, and lectures that introduce the fundamental principles of animation. You’ll learn both traditional techniques and contemporary software while developing observational drawing skills. Optional pathways allow you to acquire professional skills in areas such as storyboarding, character design, and visual development. The course emphasizes the connection between animation practice and its critical and theoretical contexts, fostering independent study, research, and analysis to enrich your creative abilities and critical reflection.

By the End of the Course You Will Be Able To:

Articulate your understanding of animation as a collaborative process.
Demonstrate specialist skills to enhance career opportunities and postgraduate study prospects.
Explain the relationship between the practice, theory, and history of animation.
Use research skills to express analytical and aesthetic awareness.
Show professional competence and management abilities in a team context.
Self-evaluate progress and engage in self-directed learning.
Adapt as a skilled and socially aware practitioner within the evolving industry landscape.

Part of the Bournemouth Film School (BFS)
Choosing BA (Hons) Animation Production at Arts University Bournemouth offers you an exceptional opportunity within the Bournemouth Film School (BFS), a recognized leader in the Screen and Creative Industries for over 60 years. In 2025, we will begin an expansion that will impact the Screen industries locally, nationally, and globally, integrating new practices and celebrating cultural diversity. Our commitment to shaping the future is exemplified by our BFS Funding Futures program, connecting schools, graduates, students, and industry partners in a collaborative and innovative ecosystem.

Foundation Year
If you feel you need some extra preparation before the full undergraduate degree experience, this Integrated Foundation Year (IFY) might be for you. The Bournemouth Film School IFY is for those who may not have the academic qualifications needed for admission onto the degree course or perhaps want the time and space to develop a foundation in core skills. After IFY, you will have a clearer understanding of your strengths, interests and ambitions.

Students enrolled on the IFY will be a part of a cohort with other students in IFY courses across the Bournemouth FilmSchool. Incorporating opportunities for you to work alongside your classmates, integrating opportunities for collaboration and fostering professional relationships to carry you throughout your degree and into your professional practice.

The Bournemouth Film School Foundation Year currently encompasses degrees in the following fields:

• BA (Hons) Acting

• BA (Hons) Animation Production

• BA (Hons) Costume

• BA (Hons) Creative Writing

• BA (Hons) Film Production

• BA (Hons) Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics

Coursework and practical work