Since the 1990s, Sheldon College has been called Harvard in Animation , has long been known around the world as high-quality graduates, and even rumors Half the Hollywood animators graduated from Sheldon College What's special about this school that has dominated the animation industry for many years?

　 Animation and Game Design

Source: Home page of Animation and Game Design Department of Sheldon College

Sheridan College has set up a department of animation and game design for animation majors, and the confidence of the college in animation majors can be fully seen in the introduction of the department.

A large number of Sheldon graduates work in the world's top animation companies and studios, such as Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks, etc. What is more difficult is not only to work, Sheldon's animation talents can also serve as Promoting the development of animation films of these companies Fashionable guy 。

Source: Home page of Animation and Game Design Department of Sheldon College

In addition to basic animation majors, 3D CG technology accounts for a high proportion, in addition to game design, game level design and visual effect design. It can also be seen from the detailed professional arrangement The general research characteristics of Sheldon College should be biased towards 3D visual effect direction Of.

Undergraduate majoring in animation of Sheldon College

What we choose today is the most distinctive Animation undergraduate major , to refine the analysis and comparison for students.

Source: Introduction to Animation Undergraduate Major of Sheridan College

First, let's take a look at the professional introduction. The first sentence of Slogen on the home page has already demonstrated the confidence and ambition of Sheldon College in animation: Enter (animation industry) by producing Oscar winners However, in fact, this major can also be said to be complete Around Cultivate Oscar film talents And expanded 。

Although they are all animations, the purpose of Sheldon College is very clear, that is Film Animation Design In fact, generally speaking, colleges and universities will focus on relatively detailed basic skills and special training in 2D and 3D, which will relatively weaken the requirements for students' ability to become independent.

Source: Highlights of animation major of Sheldon College

　　 But Sherdan is different ， For students Film creation ability in the direction of animation as well as Ability to form independent films Both have high emphasis and requirements . This also fits in with Slogen, whose profession is directed directly at Oscar.

When we saw the detailed curriculum, the natural light understood why only students who really love animation would come to Sheldon. The four-year course is no exaggeration, Basically a collection of current animations All just needed dry goods courses 。

about Really love and want to develop in the animation industry Of the students, there is no doubt that it is paradise. But on the other hand, such a centralized high-pressure course will not be easy.

Source: The first year curriculum of animation major in Sheldon College

Above is Sheldon animation First year of undergraduate The curriculum intensity of a single semester is basically equivalent to Contents of other colleges in one year . The eight courses in the first semester have already covered Basic skills of almost all animation creation , from the most basic animation principles and digital tools, to abstract narrative, structure, and even Basic Life Drawing There are special units to help students practice.

It's not just the content that seems to be related to animation, about The Elements and Rhetoric of English Language , even for the deepening of animation motion rules Introduction to Dynamic Anatomy We have everything. It is no exaggeration to say that studying in Sheldon is A carnival of knowledge This is only the content of the first year.

Source: Animation Bachelor of Sheridan College

Curriculum in the first semester of the third year

In the third year, Sheldon's curriculum is even more impressive. Generally, in the undergraduate stage, for animation 2D, 3D or live shooting, colleges and universities will let students make a relatively simple understanding, make a choice of direction, and then follow up with detailed tutoring.

But in Sheldon, even Relatively unpopular Freeze Frame Animation , both It takes one semester to set up special courses 。

What is the first animation major of Sheldon College like?

Curriculum in the second semester of the third year

As an auxiliary script in animation Story Board Sheldon even set Independent research courses throughout the school year Students who don't know about it may feel that it is necessary to set up a curriculum with no details such as Sheldon.

But actually Story Board It is a very critical existence for both animated films, animated dramas and even all film and television works In other words, if a student has a solid story board narrative foundation, it is not only in the animation film, but also in the animation field, Basically, the whole film and television industry , TA can find their own place.

After reading the curriculum, we can also understand why the animation undergraduate major of Sheldon College is so famous, and even arrogantly Oscar It was written on the front page of the professional introduction After four years of precise and intensive film animation learning, students are fully qualified and capable of becoming the world's top animation talents. ！

What is the first appearance of the animation major of Sheridan College? Because of the space limitation, we only use the first or three years of courses for analysis. Students interested in the animation major of Sheridan College can contact Natural Light Arts to study abroad to obtain a four-year curriculum.

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