{"id":7072935,"date":"2026-10-02T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7072935"},"modified":"2026-10-02T13:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:26:17","slug":"cr6001-specialism-module-starts-sept-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7072935","title":{"rendered":"CR6001 Specialism Module Starts Sept 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"


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CR5001 is an opportunity for students to find something that they feel passionate about and interested in, and specialise in that subject.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For animators, this could
\n be character animation or creature animation, or storyboarding or character design.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. 3D Character Animation<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. 3D Animal & Creature Animation<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. 3D Games Animation<\/li>\n
  4. Character Rigging<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Motion Capture Animation<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Producing Animation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    2D Animation Students generally choose from the following:<\/p>\n

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    1. 2D Character Animation<\/li>\n
    2. 2D Animal and Creature Animation<\/li>\n
    3. Storyboarding<\/li>\n
    4. Character Design<\/li>\n
    5. Concept Art and Production Design<\/li>\n
    6. Layout and Cinematography<\/li>\n
    7. Producing Animation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
      Preparation for Studio Module PR6001<\/b>
      \nThe Specialism module helps students contribute their own unique skills and talents to the 60 credit\u00a0      Studio Project Module PR6001<\/a>, in which our third year students collaborate in teams, contributing to the group project.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

      Types of Specialism<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Character Animation<\/b><\/p>\n

      This involves the creation of a short piece of character animation, with our without dialogue, 7-11 seconds long, most likely entering the monthly 11 Second Club Competition.<\/div>\n

      Animal & Creature Animation\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

      Students wishing to specialise in Animal & Creature Animation will bring animals and creature to life. Usually this specialism will involve the use of live-action reference.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

      Games Animation<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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      Spidey animation by Giorgos Konstantinou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      Students wishing to specialise in Games Animation should animate around 7-11 seconds of a character doing some kind of physical action, or a series of physical actions.\u00a0 Games animators tend to animate looping cycles and character actions, such as stunts, and combat moves.<\/p><\/div>\n

      2D Animation<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n

      2D Animation can be done in Adobe Animate, TV Paint or Toonboom Harmony – we have licenses for all of them.\u00a0 Students wishing to specialise in 2D Animation should animate around 7-11 seconds of a character doing some kind of physical action, or perhaps delivering a line of dialogue, most likely entering the monthly 11 Second Club Competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

      Character Rigging & Product Visualisation\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

      Cinematography<\/b><\/p>\n

      A Cinematography Specialism also encompasses 3D Layout and Previsualisation. To see an example of what a submission in Cinematography might look like, see the video by Sebastian Kuder below. Cinematography is all about the art of animating movie cameras, using the camera to tell a visual story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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