The programme
Bring to life the characters and worlds that take shape through movementBecome a professional of the animated image, able to design, produce and contribute to the creation of animated sequences within collective projects. Through immersive teaching, hands-on projects and input from working professionals, the Bachelor Animation prepares you to master traditional and digital animation techniques, to develop a graphic and technical practice serving movement and storytelling, and to meet the demands of careers in 2D animation, stop motion and audiovisual creation, in a collaborative, creative approach that stays open to changing tools and practices.
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Curriculum
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Culture & image
➜ Introduction to art history
➜ Contemporary art history
➜ General culture and expression
➜ AI and prompt writing
➜ Soft skills_Active listening
Creativity & representation
➜ Character drawing
➜ Drawing and perspective
➜ Analytical drawing
➜ Object drawing
➜ Life drawing
➜ Outdoor sketching
➜ Ideation and creativity
➜ Creativity workshop
Production & technique
➜ Colour theory
➜ Indesign_Introduction
➜ Photoshop_Introduction
➜ Illustrator_Introduction
➜ Storytelling workshop
Project & image
➜ Introduction to the drawn narrative image
➜ Graphic design_Introduction
➜ Illustration and comics_Introduction
➜ Animation_Introduction
➜ Game art _Introduction
➜ Image workshop
Student life & career development
➜ Induction day
➜ Academic mentoring
➜ School life council
➜ English conversation
➜ English training
➜ Masterclass (examples): The drawn narrative image today, A career path in the image industry
➜ Careers guidance day
Professional development
➜ Four-week discovery placement (optional)
➜ Employability
➜ Job dating
Culture & image
➜ Culture artistique
➜ Ecriture et scénario
➜ Techniques rédactionnelles
➜ Idéation et IA
➜ Soft skills_Citoyenneté
Créativité & technique
➜ Storyboard
➜ Anatomie artistique et biomécanique
➜ Peinture modèle vivant
➜ Perspective, décors et background
➜ Mise en couleur numérique
➜ Concept art et digital painting
➜ Photoshop_Perfectionnement
➜ Illustrator_Perfectionnement
Image & métier
➜ Rigging et puppet_Initiation
➜ Atelier stop motion
➜ Acting et animation de personnage
➜ Animation_Perfectionnement
➜ Production_Initiation
➜ Fx et compositing_initiation
Projet & image
➜ Workshop volume
➜ Workshop spécialisation
➜ Workshop métier (collaboration entreprise)
Vie étudiante & valorisation du parcours
➜ Journée d'intégration
➜ Suivi pédagogique
➜ Conseil de vie d'école
➜ Journée de l'orientation
➜ Anglais conversation
➜ Anglais training
➜ Masterclass (exemples) : IA et image, Narration et image
Professionnalisation
➜ Stage d’approfondissement 4 semaines
➜ Suivi individualisé de l'expérience professionnelle
➜ Insertion professionnelle
➜ Jobdating
Analysis & context
➜ Image culture
➜ Semiotics and image
➜ Film analysis_Introduction
➜ Soft skills_Personal organisation
Creation & design
➜ Life drawing
➜ Drawing technology
➜ Chara design
➜ Specialisation workshop
➜ Design workshop - Bachelor Animation final project
Delivery & production
➜ Rigging and puppet_Advanced
➜ Editing and post-production
➜ Animation _Expert
➜ Production_Advanced
➜ FX and compositing_Advanced
Management & project
➜ Professional status and activities
➜ Image rights
➜ Meeting with a professional animator
➜ 2D animation workshop
➜ Production workshop
➜ Bachelor Animation final project
Student life & career development
➜ Induction day
➜ Academic mentoring
➜ School life council
➜ Careers guidance day
➜ English conversation
➜ English training
➜ Masterclass (examples): Image and critical reading, Image and context
Professional development
➜ In-company application period: minimum four-week placement
➜ Individual support throughout work experience
➜ Employability
➜ Job dating
Teaching strengths
Teaching methods
The methods used on the programme combine theory and practice, allowing students to flourish under the guidance of professionals from the applied arts and image industries.
Skills development directly matched to the demands of the profession
Studio classes
Site visits
Placements
Workshops
Optional seminars abroad
Masterclasses
100%
pass rate for Bachelor Animation candidates in the 2025 cohort.
After the bachelor's
Once they have graduated, the Bachelor allows students to move straight into working life or to continue into Year 1 of the Mastère Directeur de Création en Design Graphique at ESDAC or at an art school.The careers targeted by the qualification
Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and take on these roles linked to the qualification.
➜ Animated film, series and short film studios, and audiovisual production companies
➜ Studios specialising in 2D animation, motion design and digital content
➜ Communications agencies, creative studios and businesses producing animated content
➜ Freelance and self-employed work
➜ Studios specialising in 2D animation, motion design and digital content
➜ Communications agencies, creative studios and businesses producing animated content
➜ Freelance and self-employed work
➜ Traditional and digital 2D animator
➜ Storyboard artist
➜ Background concept artist
➜ Character designer
➜ Motion designer
➜ Storyboard artist
➜ Background concept artist
➜ Character designer
➜ Motion designer
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