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Bachelor 2D/3D Animation

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City

Paris, Toulouse

Eligible for:

High school diploma

Output level:

Bachelor degree

Rythm(s):

Full time course

Language:

French or English

Back-to-school:

September 2025

This course in 2-D and 3-D animation trains professionals to direct animation films, animated series, music videos and motion design. Students will reinforce their practice of drawing, color and production softwares; they will tackle the creation of storyboards, layout, sets, characters and the production of animation. They benefit from a high-end equipment, at the cutting edge of digital techniques, and from a teaching staff of professionals.

A SCHOOL AT THE FOREFRONT OF DIGITAL TECHNIQUES

LISAA provides students with a professional setting, facilities and equipment, including a photo studio, motion capture area, colour grading suite and sound studio, as well as a large range of computers equipped with the software used in the studios such as Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Harmony, Adobe, Nuke Studio, TVPaint, Houdini, Shotgun, Unity, Unreal Engine, Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Kitsu, Arnold and VRay.

The school has partnerships with many leading organisations in the industry, including Toon Boom Centre of Excellence, progiss/3DVF, Wacom, Adobe, Les Tontons Truqueurs, The Rookies, CST, FICAM and RECA. LISAA also has an exclusive subscription with Bellefaye (professional film and audiovisual network) which brings together more than 50,000 contacts across more than 650 professions and provides access to job offers for all of the school's students.

LEVEL 6 QUALIFICATION RECOGNISED BY THE STATE*

The 2-D/3-D animation course takes place over three years. The programme can be joined from the first year or during the course of the curriculum (second or third year).

The course enables students to obtain the qualification* of Designer in Animation and Digital Special Effects - IDAA-LISAA, NSF 323m - level 6, registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications by order of 27 December 2018 published in the Official Journal of 4 January 2019.

The Bachelor's degree can be extended with the French-speaking 3-D Animation & Special Effects or 2-D Animation Master's degrees or by the Scriptwriting Master's degree for animation and video games. In two years, these programmes complete the 2-D/3-D Animation training by furthering or diversifying your technical and managerial experience. As such, students are able to enter the job market armed with sound professional skills.

Courses

The schedule is for information purposes only and may be modified.

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SUBJECT

Fondamentals

Life Drawing

Sculpture

History of Art

Film Analysis

Preproduction

Scriptwriting

Storyboard

Observational Drawing/Props

Background Design

Charadesign/li>

Perspective / Layout

Production

2-D Animation

Stopmotion Animation

Digital Colour/3-D Techniques

Shooting/VFX

SUBJECT
SCHEDULE
ECTS CREDITS

Fundamentals

Morphology
81hrs/year
4

Film Analysis
54hrs/year
4

History of Art
27hrs/year
4

Development

Storyboard
81hrs/year
8

Visual Design
81hrs/year
8

Production

2D Animation
81hrs/year
8

3D Techniques
81hrs/year
8

3D Animation
81hrs/year
8

Post-production

2D/3D Compositing
81hrs/year
8

SUBJECT
SCHEDULE
ECTS CREDITS

Fundamentals

Morphology
87hrs/year
8

Development

Directing
87hrs/year
8

Visual Design
87hrs/year
8

Production

2D/3D Animation
87hrs/year
10

3D Techniques
87hrs/year
8

2D Techniques
87hrs/year
8

Post-production

2D/3D Compositing
87hrs/year
10

You can become:

3D Animator

Background Designer / Artist

Character Designer / Artist

Educational Staff

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Frédéric Lefort

Head of Studies - Animation & VFX Masters

Fahim Boukhelifa

Head of Studies Animation & VFX

Perrine Roussel

Head of Admissions - Animation, VFX and Video Game

Jessica Allely

Admissions manager - Animation, VFX and Video Game

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