Visual Effects and Virtual Production (Hons) Staffordshire University

Overview

Virtual production combines skills used in film and games, enabling you to create realistic environments on virtual sets. You’ll be exploring convergence technologies, camera tracking and real-time rendering. And inside our Virtual Production Suite, you’ll get to use green screen techniques to learn how to build action sequences.

Our Motion Capture Studio here in Visual Effects and Virtual Production (Hons) programme at Staffordshire University  is where students can record different movements and then map the data onto CGI models. They could even work with real dancers to get the models to shadow the humans.

These are just some of the fantastic industry-standard facilities available to students. Other features include a TV studio and post-production labs. As one of only a select few UK certified partners with Houdini, you’ll also have amazing access to the latest professional software for visual effects. We have lots of other industry links too.

On the course, we teach students about storytelling and the science of movement and interaction, as well as technical skills such as 3D modelling and compositing. You’ll get to make a short VFX film to put your skills into practice. You could also be using simulation to create weather effects, CG fire and dynamics for animation.

Work placements

During your course you will be given the option to undertake a work placement and other career based opportunities, which we will support you with. You can complete your placement locally, nationally or internationally in settings such as media and film companies, Post-production houses, games companies, other arts and cultural organisations, or even within the university itself.