What is animation for?

Animation majors mainly study basic knowledge such as film, television and animation creation, and at the same time receive skills training such as animation design, painting, directing and production.

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This major belongs to the major of drama, film and television, and it is an artistic expression that integrates painting, comics, movies, digital media, photography, music, literature and other artistic categories.

The establishment and development of animation specialty aims to cultivate the basic knowledge, theory and methods of mastering the creation and production of animation, comics and game design and the application of related tools; Applied and innovative talents engaged in animation planning, animation creation, animation promotion and animation application in various schools, film and television and animation production groups, animation communication enterprises and institutions, and animation teaching and research.

2. Main courses

The main courses of animation major include animation movement law, original painting design, animation design, post-film synthesis, animation short film creation, derivative design, script writing foundation, history of animation at home and abroad, etc.

3. Employment prospects

Film and television animation

There are two main types of movies that require the participation of animators. One is pure animated movies, such as Nezha and The Legend of the White Snake, and the other is live-action movies, such as The Wandering Earth and Marvel superhero series.

Cartoon and animation

Recently, the most popular national romances, such as The Bright Moon in Qin Dynasty, Linglong and Legend of the Immortal, all belong to this category.

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Now many high-cost games will attract many animation professionals to participate in the production process. At present, the domestic game market is developing very well, and the demand for animation talents is also relatively high.

advertisement

In advertising companies, animation and post-production also need professionals. Many advertisements such as Three Squirrels, JD.COM and Nongfu Spring involve animators, so animation majors can also engage in advertising industry.

Short video production

In the past two years, with the rapid development of short video platforms, many individual short video creators, self-media platforms and some professional media companies will hire professional animators to participate in video production, so this is also an employment direction worth considering at present.

Courseware animation

With the rise of distance education, many online education platforms pay more attention to the quality of courseware, so they will recruit professional animators to be responsible for the animation production in the courseware to improve the quality of the whole courseware.

VR virtual reality, AI painter

Recently, in new industries, look at the recruitment website, and the salary is also considerable. Keep up with the latest technology, study and apply machine learning and computer vision technology to generate painting effects.

It can be seen that the demand of animation industry is still quite large, and the income is also considerable. Candidates who are very interested can also consider choosing this major.