Visual Effects

The Minor in Visual Effects (VFX) provides Animation and Digital Filmmaking students with the technical and conceptual skills needed to enhance their visual moving images, be it in film: video, web design, game application, or animation, through computer generated imagery to enhance and clarify their narrative. We encourage you to speak with the Chair of Animation or Film if you would like help picking an elective that will best serve your interests.

Required Courses (12 credits)

 

IANIM 2550	Introduction to 3D	3
IANIM 2650	Technical Drawing	3
IANIM 4300	Creating Worlds	3
IDFLM 3500	Compositing & Visual Effects	3

Electives Studio Options

Select ONE

IANIM 2700	Mixed Reality: Non-Linear Storytelling	3
IANIM 2750	Rendering & Lighting for Virtual Space	3
IANIM 2850	Organic Modeling	3
IANIM 2900	3D Character Animation	3
IANIM 3320	Procedural Modeling	3
IANIM 3350	Art Directed Destruction	3
IANIM 3455	Advanced Stop Motion Animation	3
IANIM 3625	3D Physics & Simulation	3
IANIM 3665	Props for Film & Practical Effects	3
IANIM 3825	Rigging & Skinning	3
IANIM 3875	Tracking + Rotoscoping	3
IANIM 3950	Motion Capture	3
IANIM 4320	Set Extension	3
IANIM 4625	Advanced Rigging	3

Program Notes

For further information about this minor please contact Trina Baker, Chair of Animation, [e-mail], or Matthew Nash, Chair of Digital Filmmaking, [e-mail]. To declare this as your minor, contact your Academic Advisor and have them initiate a Program Change dynamic form with the Registrar's Office. You are responsible for determining how the change in program affects your educational plans.