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3D animation training 🇫🇷

3D animation training 🇫🇷

Are you passionate about 3D animation? Join Rubika's training program and earn the industry's benchmark diploma for 35 years!

BAC TO BAC+3

Admission level

90%

Success rates

Campus

Valenciennes

9,450€ / year

Tuition fees

State-approved diploma

Diploma level

The leading training course in 3D Animation

For 35 years, we have been training high-level creatives ready to enter the markets of cinema, animated series, 3D imagery, and advertising.

Become a 3D animation professional

Careers in animation require advanced technical, artistic, and collaborative skills. Our programmes are designed to meet industry expectations, providing our students with the tools they need to achieve their professional ambitions.

Throughout their course, they explore all the stages of producing an animated film: from the script to the storyboard, including art direction, modelling, animation, and editing. They also acquire project management and teamwork skills, which are essential for success in this field.


We are a member of :

Hanami Monogatari - Year 3 Short film

L'Animal Sauce Ail - Year 5 Short film

3D Animation training objectives

  • Learn to observe and reproduce reality

  • Master tools for creating still and moving images

  • Develop a culture of animation and critical thinking

  • Understand the production chain of an animated film

  • Acquire the working methods of a professional studio

  • Create animated shorts as a team

Our 3D Animation training opens doors to the professional world

The animation sector is dynamic and a significant creator of jobs. With a long tradition in animated film, the French industry employs over 8,000 people and has nearly 130 studios. It is the largest in Europe and the third largest worldwide, behind the United States and Japan.

The French Touch shines around the world. It is a significant asset for our graduates, who will easily find international opportunities. Careers in animation are diverse and constantly evolving. The diploma awarded by RUBIKA covers numerous positions of responsibility:

On leaving school:
Layout artist - Texture artist - Rendering artist - Rigger - Matte Painter - Lighting artist - 2D / 3D animator - VFX artist - Compositing artist - Surface artist - 3D modeler

After several years' experience:
Director - Art director - Story-boarder - 3D animation supervisor - Technical director - Production manager

Credit - Pierre-Jean Moreau

Our 3D Animation course is for you if ...

👉 You are passionate about storytelling and character creation
👉 You have a good grasp of drawing
👉 You're interested in 3D techniques and software
👉 You are creative and have a lively imagination
👉 You enjoy working as part of a team

The curriculum

Years

1-5 years

1

Fundamentals

Classes

900 hours / year of face-to-face teaching (courses, workshops, follow-up, etc.)

Projects

Production of a motion design sequence

Internship

It is possible to do an internship. This is not compulsory.


2

Consolidation

Classes

950 hours / year of face-to-face teaching (courses, workshops, follow-up, etc.)

Projects

Production of a 2D/3D animated short film

Internship

It is possible to do an internship. This is not compulsory.


3

Putting it into practice

Classes

950 hours / year of face-to-face teaching (courses, workshops, follow-up, etc.)

Projects

Production of a 3D animated short film

Internship

8-week internship
At least one internship is compulsory in year 3 or 4 .

4

Mastery

Classes

1200 hours / year of face-to-face teaching (courses, workshops, follow-up, etc.)

Projects

Pre-production of graduation film

Internship

8-week internship
This internship is compulsory if not done in year 3.

5

Expertise

Classes

1300 hours / year of face-to-face teaching (courses, workshops, follow-up, etc.)

Projects

Intensive production of graduation short film in 3D animation


No internship after year 5

During the course you will learn

Graphic development

Creation of graphic universes, characters and environments.

Stage direction

Be able to create a story and its screenplay. Create a storyboard and then the film.

Programming 3D animation

Opening up to programming for software used in the production pipeline.

Project formalization

Creation of graphic bibles bringing together all the pre-production stages of a project.

Project management

Production management: organization, planning, project follow-up, production, communication...

Management

Manage a multidisciplinary team to ensure project success. Share a creative vision.

Culture

A general overview of the history of art, cinema, directors and animated films

Analysis and Creativity

Acquire an iterative, rigorous and creative methodology.

Software

Master the technical skills required to produce animated films, as well as the associated software (Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Arnold, etc.).

Sketch / Drawing

Master traditional drawing techniques to express and present your ideas. Drawing on live models and morphological studies.

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