COURSE OVERVIEW
Want to bring great stories to life through titles and motion graphics?
This unique MA course, delivered in partnership with Sky, equips you with the skills required to become a film and television graphics designer.
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This MA course gives you the opportunity to become an innovator in your field by combining practical experience on a range of TV shows, films and digital content with industry work experience placements and intensive training in Photoshop, After Effects and Cinema 4D. One of the key benefits of the course is that it enables you to collaborate with fellow students from other specialisms and see first hand how your skills directly feed into the entire production process.
You will meet Industry professionals, visiting tutors, alumni and lecturers from a wide range of backgrounds throughout the course during workshops, seminars, visits and on productions.
COURSE FACILITIES
You will have a dedicated course base, fully equipped with Industry standard equipment and resources for creating 2D and 3D graphic design work. As a student of the NFTS, you will also benefit from the largest production facilities at any UK film school, including our cinemas which are used for work-in-progress screenings, as well as exclusive screenings of pre-released films and Masterclasses.
The first module on the course will give you an introduction into the world of graphic design for film and TV in 2D, and you will be taught an understanding of Adobe Creative Suite. Practical projects will enable you to put this into action as you design and produce a finished storyboard, create a brand identity for a TV programme, and also design a film poster.
In the second module, you will be introduced to working in 3D, and receive tuition in After Effects to assist you.
In module three, you’ll produce graphics for our TV Summer Multi-cam Project – including a logo, opening title, stings and lower thirds.
Then, after a 4-week work placement with Sky, you’ll get practical experience on our School graduation projects, where you’ll get to produce title sequences, incidental on screen graphics and poster and other advertising materials.
The final part of the course is our final motion project - the piece of work you produce should work in broadcast and across all forms of digital content. The aim is to create an outstanding motion sequence, a creative culmination of all that you have learnt.
A graphics design qualification at degree level is beneficial, but not essential. A portfolio of your work, and interest in graphic design and motion graphics for television and an ability to work to deadlines as part of a team are essential. We are looking for people who can marry good design with moving image computer software skills.
While many applicants will have a degree from a British or overseas university, we will consider applicants who do not have a degree if they have an impressive portfolio, a creative track record or an alternative qualification.
International students Visa and English language requirements
If you have any questions, please email info@nfts.co.uk
The following item(s) should accompany your online application:
- Please provide links to your portfolio
- Tell us about a production you admire. What makes it in your own eyes a great piece of graphic design? (no more than approx. 1000 words)
We are happy to receive applications until 23:59 on the application deadline date.
Funding Available
The NFTS awards more scholarships and bursaries to British students, relative to the size of our student body, than almost any other educational institution in the UK. If you’re successful at gaining a place on the course, you will be contacted by our funding team with details on how to apply for one of these scholarships.
Student Showcase
Motion Graphics and Titles Graduate Montage Reel
A compilation of work from our 2023 cohort of graduates.
This reel features course projects and projects which were made collaboratively with other departments within the School.
Student Showreel:
Lily McStocker
This reel features course projects and projects which were made collaboratively with other departments within the School.
Student Showreel:
Cameron Mole
This reel features course projects and projects which were made collaboratively with other departments within the School.
Student Showreel:
Louis Walters
This reel features course projects and projects which were made collaboratively with other departments within the School.
Student Showreel:
Liv Hayman
This reel features course projects and projects which were made collaboratively with other departments within the School.
Graduate Success
Students graduate with a showreel and the essential skills and industry contacts necessary for a career in the film, television, games and advertising sectors.
The course has a high rate of employment, with graduates going on to work at ITV, BBC, CNN, Intermission, Éclair, Lipsync, Empire Design and major brands including Coca-Cola and Jo Malone.
Graduate credits include...
Scoop
Assistant Graphic Designer Emma Beinish
Graduate Success
Students graduate with a showreel and the essential skills and industry contacts necessary for a career in the film, television, games and advertising sectors.
The course has a high rate of employment, with graduates going on to work at ITV, BBC, CNN, Intermission, Éclair, Lipsync, Empire Design and major brands including Coca-Cola and Jo Malone.
Graduates include...
Xanthe Bodington
Motion Graphics and Titles Designer at LIPSYNC
Graduate Success
Students graduate with a showreel and the essential skills and industry contacts necessary for a career in the film, television, games and advertising sectors.
The course has a high rate of employment, with graduates going on to work at ITV, BBC, CNN, Intermission, Éclair, Lipsync, Empire Design and major brands including Coca-Cola and Jo Malone.
Graduates include...
Maria Cerrato Ayala
DFX Digital Artist at Deluxe Digital Cinema
Graduate Success
Students graduate with a showreel and the essential skills and industry contacts necessary for a career in the film, television, games and advertising sectors.
The course has a high rate of employment, with graduates going on to work at ITV, BBC, CNN, Intermission, Éclair, Lipsync, Empire Design and major brands including Coca-Cola and Jo Malone.
Graduates include...
Ibukunoluwa Taiwo and Gintare Tamasauskaite
Motion Designers at BBC News
