Professional interpretation

What is animation major?

In the new professional catalogue, animation major belongs to drama, film and television in art, and it is a comprehensive art category. It is an artistic expression that combines painting, comics, movies, digital media, photography, music, literature and many other artistic categories.

The basic principle of animation, like film and television, is visual principle. By dividing the expressions, movements and changes of people and things into many frames, and then shooting them into a series of pictures with a camera, people's vision is constantly changed. No matter whether its still picture is made by computer or hand-painted, or only the model changes slightly every time, as long as its shooting mode is frame by frame, when it is played, single frames are connected in series, and it is played at a speed of more than 12 frames per second, the effect of moving images will be formed when it is viewed.

What do you study at the undergraduate level?

In the undergraduate stage, students majoring in animation will systematically learn the basic knowledge and technology of animation, learn professional knowledge such as scripts, shots, audio-visual languages, master relevant animation production software, and be able to design and produce complete animation short films. Animation major can be roughly divided into animation director, animation design, digital animation and other professional directions. Mainly cultivate students' ability of modeling design, original painting and animation design; Cultivate students' ability to design and express animation in sports audio-visual language; Cultivate students' ability to design, make, edit and synthesize animated characters, backgrounds and special effects by using 2D, 3D and post-software.