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Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design) (Honours)

Study Visual Effects and Entertainment Design at Flinders

Build a world-class entertainment design portfolio.

Equip yourself with the creative, practical, critical and collaborative skills necessary to pursue a career in visual effects and entertainment design. This degree provides you with the professional skills of digital media production and a broad knowledge of screen media. Develop skills in a range of areas suitable to your interests and skills, such as 2D and 3D animation, game art, and entertainment design with CDW Studios.

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Why study Visual Effects and Entertainment Design at Flinders

  • Ranked no. 1 digital illustration school in The Rookies, Best Creative Media and Entertainment Schools report 2017
  • Create your portfolio while leaning from current industry professionals
  • Explore the connections between technology and the creative arts
  • Combine study and practice while working solo and in creative teams
  • Learn from academic and professional experts in VFX, 2D and 3D animation, game design, concept art and illustration
  • Gain an in-depth understanding the theory and the practice of digital media entertainment production

Your career

Flinders graduates include 2D concept artist and 3D modellers, animators, matte painters, cinematographers, editors, illustrators, producers VFX artists. Your diverse range of skills and portfolio of creative achievements will make you attractive to a wide range of employers in the arts and communication industries internationally.

Potential occupations include:

  • concept artist
  • animator (2D or 3D)
  • digital designer
  • production artist
  • game developer
  • illustrator.

Potential employers include:

  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • television stations
  • other media production companies.
CDW Studios

Working in conjunction with Flinders University, CDW Studios offers the most up-to-date and relevant information to gain a career in the VFX and entertainment design industry.  

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Artwork by Duncan Li

Ranked No.1 Digital Illustration School*

The Rookies is an international awards and mentor platform for young designers, creators, innovators and artists in film, animation, games, virtual reality and architecture visualisation.

The competition, which involves more than 600 schools and more than 3,000 entrants and thousands of their entries from 81 countries, rated Flinders University and its partner CDW Studios Adelaide as #1 in *Best Digital Illustration Schools in 2017 and 2018.

Flinders University and CDW Studios win World's number 1 Digital Illustration studio 2018

What you will study

First year

 First year topics enable you to develop skills in 2D, 3D and production work in digital media with CDW Studios. Alongside developing skills in digital media, additional topics are available in areas such as screen and media culture, visual arts and IT. Academic skills are developed through the core first year topic in academic and professional communication.

Second year

 In second year, you are able to develop skills in a range of areas suitable to your interests and skills, such as 2D and 3D animation, game art, and entertainment design with CDW Studios. Elective topics contribute to a second area of specialisation in digital media production, screen production, screen and media culture, visual arts, information technology, or business studies.

Third year

 Third year includes a significant practicum or project in which you can put your skills and creative intelligence into industry practices and pipelines. A range of other electives exist, including opportunities to work with a number of our partners in game art, animation and visual effects.
Honours year
 As a student in the honours stream, you will devise, develop and deliver a major project in digital media in your fourth year.

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Practical experience

The degree provides you with practical experience that prepares you for the workforce.

  • Gain hands-on practical experience and produce short films, animations, graphic novels and games for a professional portfolio.
  • Undertake a range of industry placements and learn directly from the best.

Study abroad

There are options for exchange topics at Butler University, Indianapolis.

Innovation and
enterprise topics

At Flinders University, we recognise that careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today.

Whatever undergraduate course you are studying at Flinders you can add innovation and enterprise electives to your degree to gain new, adaptable and transferrable skills that will equip you for changes in the global job market.

These innovation and enterprise electives prepare you for the careers of tomorrow by developing what we like to call ‘personal enterprise skills’ – the innate ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you, professionally and personally.

Your pathway to the creative arts

Bachelor of Creative Industries:

Digital Media - Interactive Design - Film & Television - Festivals & Arts Production - Theatre & Performance - Writing & Publishing

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How to apply

1

Choose your preferred course.

 

2

Check the entry requirements and admission pathways available to you.

 

3

Choose other courses to include in your preferences.

 

4

Visit SATAC and submit your application online.

Applicants must also submit:

  • a supporting statement - responding to why they wish to study the course
  • a Curriculum Vitae - including details of publications, performance, work history, training or other experience they consider relevant to their application
  • a portfolio - examples of original work in film, video production, creative written work, photography, art work, graphic design and/or production management materials.

Students who have completed 18 units or more within the Bachelor of Information Technology (Digital Media) or Bachelor of Media Arts will not be required to submit a supporting statement, Curriculum Vitae or portfolio when applying for a transfer into this course.

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Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study, TAFE/VET qualifications, or through adult entry (STAT/Foundation Studies/tertiary preparation course).

Find the entry path that’s right for you.

Explore our pathways

When choosing your preferences through SATAC, other Flinders degrees you might want to include in your list are:

How to apply

1

Select your course.

 

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Check entry requirements.

 

3

Check your eligibility for credit.

 

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Obtain certified documents.

 

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Submit your application and documents.

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Applicants must demonstrate their creative abilities through the submission of a portfolio, written statement, curriculum vitae and referee details.

View a video on how to build a creative arts portfolio.

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If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.

This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.

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If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through academic pathways programs provided by the Flinders International Study Centre.

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Course enquiries

Want more information about studying at Flinders University? Contact us to find out more – we’d love to help you decide if Flinders University is the right choice for you.

Course enquiries

For all course enquiries phone or email us or complete the course enquiry form.

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