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Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

 

Programme information

The Institute of Animation,Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at Filmaka-demie Baden-Württemberg is dedicated to the education of upcoming animated filmmakers, CG artists and technical directors. Instruction at the Filmakademie takes place in small classes with practicing experts – some local, some from Europe, some from far corners of the world. They come to Ludwigsburg to offer seminars and workshops in a wide variety of skills from story development, art design and animation to production management, presentation skills and technical specifics. In all courses of study, emphasis is placed on independent and responsible work within a team. Nearly all projects evolve in larger teams, often in collaboration with students from other departments. Excellent manual skills are pooled together to create convincing films. Understanding a project’s artistic and dramatic vision is as important as the quality in which it is executed.

At the institute, students can work with 3D systems such as 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Gelato, Houdini, Lightwave, Maya, Mental Ray, Motion Builder, Renderman and Softimage XSI; with 2D systems such as Animo, Flash or Harmony; with compositing systems such as After Effects, Combustion, Digital Fusion, Nuke or Shake. Students have access to motion control equipment as well as digital finishing and editing facilities such as Avid DS Nitris, Discreet Flame, Final Cut Pro HD or Symphony Nitris, just as they have access to the Filmakademie’s recording studios, film, video and HD cameras, lighting equipment, editing suites and sound design stations.

Degree category / length of studies
Diploma of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
4 ½ year programme for Animation studies
4 ½ year programme for Interactive Media studies
2 ½ year programme Technical Director studies

Programme categories
Animated Shorts;
Visual Effects;
Concept & Design;
Research & Development;
Digital Postproduction;
Interactive Media

Philosophy

Students are free to choose the topic they want to work on for their projects and to tell the story they want – within certain limits: the content and feasibility of all projects must be approved by the Institute of Animation / Prof. Thomas Haegele.
Students can also use Institute materials for their film: they can do stop-motion or puppet animation, hand-drawn animation, 3D computer animation or hybrid techniques, specialize in visual effects, set extension, compositing and 2D effects, digital postproduction, color grading, etc.