MA Visual Effects Production (Compositing / 3D)

Our Visual Effects (VFX) masters degree has two pathways: Compositing and 3D, so you can choose the area of VFX that you would like to build a career in. You’ll initially follow a common path with the first two modules, then take either the Compositing or 3D route for the next two modules, before coming back together for the final project modules.

Visual Effects Artists create computer generated imagery (CGI) and effects, including 3D visuals, that would otherwise be too dangerous, expensive or impossible to film. VFX is not going anywhere; almost every image we see has it in some form – for example, if the image was not captured in its totality in one pass with the camera and consists of two or more live action elements, or it has been either wholly or partly generated on the computer.

Compositing (2D VFX) is an essential part of the VFX pipeline in films, TV and commercials. It entails seamless and photorealistic combining of various live action elements, and sometimes CG elements, that may have been filmed in different locations and in different lighting conditions. The Compositor’s job is to combine them in such a way that they seem like they have been filmed in one pass by a camera.

An undergraduate honours degree in a related subject or equivalent industry experience, plus a portfolio of creative work.