Apprenticeship training course
Junior animator (level 4)
Create animated assets and content, by producing the motions, gestures, expressions and performance of two or three dimensional characters and inanimate objects.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 18 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Creative and design
- Maximum funding
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£14,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Analyse documentation to determine requirements, for example briefs, specifications, visual references, scripts, animatics, x-sheets or dope-sheets, character/object/creature -, colour- and model references, soundtracks and technical and production parameters.
- Undertake research to inform animation.
- Update own animation skills for example by using new tools, recent software or data.
- Adapt to the requirements of the animation style specified for the production.
- Comply with the laws, regulations, codes of practice, standards and guidelines governing animation and how they affect junior animators.
- Monitor the current priorities, constraints and opportunities of the client’s budget, production requirements and your work as a junior animator.
- Adhere to legislation, regulations and organisational policies such as health and safety, confidentiality and security.
- Work both individually and as part of a wider animation team.
- Work in line with defined workflows within the animation production pipeline.
- Move a character/object/creature in whatever style is required to meet the creative, narrative and technical demands of the production.
- Respond to feedback about the animated material in a positive way, making refinements as requested by clients or supervisors.
- Contribute ideas to aid the production.
- Use given camera angles or make adjustments to camera animations according to the production demands and schedule.
- Use tools to plan and communicate key ideas with colleagues or clients, for example pre vis and storyboards.
- Present work in progress or completed animations to colleagues or clients.
- Animate primary and secondary characters/objects/creatures and elements.
- Interpret the personality or traits of a character/object/creature and convey the necessary performance within a scene.
- Create animation in line with production demands, for example continuity or soundtrack requirements, and ensure the output is correct for the next stage of the process.
- Adapt to the various techniques, procedures and software required by the animation production, selecting and using the necessary industry standard software packages.
- Prepare and store files in line with production requirements, to enable the next stage of animation production to run efficiently.
- Review output with relevant people and offer suggestions to assist others with the production.
- Follow sustainable practices in line with industry standard recommendations.
Full information on Junior animator (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.