Developed as part of Screen Yorkshire’s Connected Campus Universities Group, this comprehensive degree programme has been designed in response to industry demand for graduates who are both creatively and technically able.

Utilising industry standard facilities, technologies and software, under the supervision of a team of experienced and industry active lecturers, you will gain a solid grounding in:

• Still and moving image capture/manipulation
• Cinematography
• Modelling and animation
• Computational simulation
• Digital composition
• CGI lighting
• Look development and advanced rendering

During your final year on the course you will undertake a major bespoke production project, where you will be able to collaborate with other disciplines and put your learning into practice, whilst showcasing your expertise developed through the course.

Throughout your time on the course you will be afforded a range of opportunities that will enrich your learning and advance your skillset. This includes collaborations with big name broadcasters such as the BBC, and workshops and talks by award-winning professionals including Iki Ikram (VFX Artist, Last of Us, Uncharted) and Nick Wilkinson (Art Director, Game of Thrones).

The Department has a practical relationship with film related organisations such as the Bradford Film Office, UNESCO City of Film and the Working Academy placement agency. These close links provide our students with opportunities to engage on projects outside of the classroom and build up the practical experience needed to break into to film industry. 

Visual Effects are central to almost all blockbuster films and television series - from the dragons of Game of Thrones to the gravitational lensing of the black hole in Interstellar. It is one of the fastest growing industry sectors, both in the UK and abroad.

Over the last five years our post-graduate employment and study rates have been significantly better than the national average for visual effects courses in the UK.

Bradford graduates are currently working at amazing companies such as:

• BBC
• Pixar
• Sky
• MTV
• Channel Four
• ITV
• Disney
• Double negative
• Pixamondo

…and many more, and have worked on such ground-breaking cinematic feats as;

• Avatar
• Inception
• Hugo
• Gravity
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• The Dark Knight Trilogy
• Every film in the Harry Potter series