Estonian Academy of Arts

Estonian Academy of Arts is offering a Master of Animation programme to postgraduate students interested in animation directing and film-making.

If you are an ambitious and determined artist, with the talent, motivation and desire to create new work, to form new directions and realise your career aspirations as an animation director, this course is ideal. The course combines several disciplines e.g. animation, scriptwriting, history of animation and media theory. Thus the background of this MA programme is trans-disciplinary. The coursework mainly concentrates on classical and experimental techniques i.e. drawing animation, stop motion, cut-outs, sand animation, painting under the camera etc. In the professional sense, students will direct and produce animated films. An important part of the study are collaboration projects with local companies and organisations.

The programme has a unique teaching and learning framework where students receive abundant individual attention and mentoring from highly experienced animation professionals. The courses are taught by world renowned animation directors and artists Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn, and Ülo Pikkov.

CORE COURSES OF THE ANIMATION MA include:
Philosophy, Ethics and aesthetics, Film theory, Film history, Animation history, Animation technique, Creativity, Film production. Film industry, Animation projects 1 and 2

STRUCTURE OF THE CURRICULUM:
Lectures, seminars, intensive modules and projects are intertwined in the two-year MA programme. Essay writing, script writing, animating, directing, editing, sound engineering and research are core activities to be learnt and practiced throughout the courses, leading to a final diploma-film project. The courses are taught in English.