Within our art school environment, you’ll learn how to animate for film, television, editorial, and your own stories. You can specialize in areas like sound design, narrative, acting, and character development.
Animation Labs
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About BFA Animation
State-of-the-art animation tools
🎞 About BFA Animation
The studio experience at CCA is unlike others. There are opportunities to model characters in clay and to act our ideas through improv exercises. You’ll apply the tools of the trade—2D and 3D digital modeling, stop-motion, app development, and visual effects—to the stories you want to tell. It all comes together in junior and senior year, when you’ll create your own animated short.
Animation opportunities
Being on the West Coast means we can offer training from the best in the biz! Animators from companies like Pixar, DreamWorks, LAIKA Studios, and others are your faculty or guest lecturers here at CCA. And alumni of our program go on to work as animators at studios large and small, as visual developers for film, gaming, and television, or as independent artists.
🛠️ State-of-the-art animation tools
Our studios are set up for life drawing, painting, stop-motion, and sculptural modeling—and equipped for industry-standard digital production in 2D and 3D. For example, you can use Wacom Cintiq tablets like student Rubi Sanmiguel to sketch out ideas.
The latest software
In the computer labs, students will find 27-inch iMac workstations equipped with all of the latest and greatest state-of-the-art digital animation tools like Maya and Mudbox, Wacom Cintiq displays, and 3D labs.
Down-shooting Lab
Capture hand-drawn animation frames in this lab, which is equipped with down-shooter cameras, 24-inch Cintiq Pros, and Mac Pro Towers.
