Animation at JMC involves more than just bringing a character to life through technical ability. Through association with studio professionals from Pixar and Animal Logic, JMC Animation is born of a love affair between technology, creativity and science.
Animation is an essential ingredient in the collaborative, innovative and future-forward global entertainment industry, which is why some of the most in-demand players are animators and visual-effects specialists. Learn to design and develop characters and worlds – from concept to finished art – and create believable character performances and arresting graphical motion.
Take advantage of JMC’s industry-standard technology to bring your project to life, and add to your skills, with extension electives like augmented and virtual reality, motion capture, and compositing. Build a polished portfolio and showreel and learn the essential skills of working in a studio with professional colleagues. You will be able to access the Full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Autodesk Maya, Wacom Intuos Pro + Cintiq tablets, Animation lightboxes, ball + socket stop-motion rigs, Dragonframe stop-motion software, Rokoko Motion Capture System, VR facilities, green-screen studios, renderers (Redshift, Pixar RenderMan, Arnold), Substance Painter for texturing, Zbrush for sculpting, Compositing tools (After Effects, Nuke), Katana for Look Development and Shotgun Studio for Project Planning + Management.
With world class campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, a dedicated team of academics and industry professional lecturers, and the opportunity to participate in international masterclasses and study abroad programs, JMC Academy is committed to ensuring our graduates make their own indelible mark on industry.
All JMC Bachelor Degree graduates are eligible to apply for entry into JMC
Academy’s Master of Creative Industries, or relevant post-grad qualification at any Australian university.
