VFX Artist for Audiovisual Productions - Specialisation Education

The first VFX Specialisation Education in Finland starts in the Autumn 2022!

This Specialisation Education will help you strengthen your ability to work in international and domestic productions using VFX industry standard techniques and tools especially in compositing. TAMK, Metropolia and domestic industry’s top professionals are involved in the implementation of the VFX Specialisation Education.

Description and objectives

The objective of the specialisation education is to develop competencies in the field of visual effects, VFX, for advancing the competitiveness and growth of the Finnish audiovisual industry. The initiative for the education comes from the audiovisual sector and is triggered by the increased number of international and national VFX productions. The goal is to educate professionals who know the pipeline and work methods of visual effect productions, can work as VFX artists in audiovisual productions and can further develop their knowledge and skills in the international work environment. According to the working life partners, the training should start quickly so that Finland's VFX sector becomes an internationally competitive expertise field.

Target group

The target group is professionals who work in the audiovisual industry, game industry, or in some other media field and whose prior work experience and competencies support building the VFX artist career in the specialisation education. The education is targeted to professionals holding Bachelor’s Degree in Culture and Arts or some other applicable degree or to professionals that a higher education institution recognizes to have sufficient knowledge and capabilities for the studies.

Students develop intentionally their knowledge and skills in some VFX specialisation field by planning and executing a project work and creating a personal VFX showreel.

Teaching

Teaching takes place on average one to two times a week every other week, excluding summer and Christmas holidays. About 70% of the teaching is contact teaching at TAMK (Mediapolis and Paidia) or visits to companies. About 30% of teaching days is distance teaching. Independent work takes you about one to two days a week, which is around 60% of the whole Specialisation Education.

Teaching in 2022 (from 9 to 16 o’clock):

12.-13.10. contact teaching
27.-28.10. contact teaching
4.11. distance teaching
10.-11.11. contact teaching
25.11. distance teaching
1.-2.12. contact teaching
16.12. distance teaching

Teaching days in 2023:

12.-13.1. contact teaching
26.-27.1. contact teaching
9.-10.2. contact teaching
23.-24.2. contact teaching
9.-10.3. distance teaching
23.-24.3. contact teaching
30.-31.3. distance teaching
13.-14.4. contact teaching
20.-21.4. distance teaching
27.-28.4. contact teaching
11.-12.5. contact teaching
25.-26.5. distance teaching
1.-2.6. contact teaching
9.6. distance teaching
15.-16.6. contact teaching
10.-11.8. contact teaching
17.-18.8. contact teaching
31.8-1.9. distance teaching
14.-15.9. distance teaching
28.-29.9. contact teaching

Please note that teaching days are subject to change.

The main sections and the learning outcomes are as follows:

VFX Production Pipeline in Audiovisual Productions, 3 credit point

Opetuksessa käytettävät kielet: englanti

Sisältö

Students have knowledge and understanding of the visual effects pipeline in audiovisual productions that include artistic, technical and economic management of projects. They understand the key fields of cinematic storytelling regarding visual effects productions such as scenes and their role in the narrative. They differentiate the key roles of audiovisual and VFX productions and know-how audiovisual departments and VFX department collaborate. They understand the cost structure and technical management of productions. They know the competence requirements and competence development practises of VFX artists. They know which are the essential tools needed in the production pipeline.

VFX Pre-Production, 3 credit points

VFX Production, 2 credit points

VFX Post-Production, 15 credit points

Professional Self Development , 7 credit points

Hakumenettely

Application is made through "Apply here" link between 15 April and 31 May 2022

VFX Artist for Audiovisual Productions - specialisation programme is primarily designed for audiovisual, game or other media professionals whose prior work experience and competence support the need for further VFX competence.

Higher education graduates are eligible to apply to the programme.

Maximum of 20 students are selected in the specialisation programme.

Eligible applicants are selected in the programme based on their portfolio, work experience and their answers to the questions 1. through 5. specified in this application form. Applicants receive points on the above mentioned areas. It is possible to have a maximum of 20 points in student admission. No minimum number of points is required.
The first question’s points are decisive if applicants have the same number of points.

The work experience has to be completed by the end of the application period.

The first question’s points are decisive if applicants have the same number of points.

Applications can be made through the "Apply here" link between 15 April and 31 May 2022.

Instructions for the delivery of portfolio work samples:

General:
*Accepted work sample categories are from the following fields:
3D, VFX (e.g. using After Effects, Nuke), matte painting, photography, motion graphics, animation, games, video and movie productions.
*Only the most common text document file formats (doc(x), rtf ,odt, pdf), image file formats (jpg, png, pdf) and media file formats (mp3, mov, mp4) can be used.

Delivery:
1) Create your shared online folder (e.g. in Onedrive, Google Drive) and add there max 9 work samples + one text document where you shortly describe your role/task in the work samples' productions.

2) Add the URL of your online folder to the correct field on the application form (make sure that the link works for all who have the link).

Student admission

Students are informed of their admission on 13 June 2022 at the latest. Applicants are informed of the decision by email.

Acceptance of study place

Selected applicants have to accept or reject the offered study place on 20 June 2022 at the latest.

Admission from waiting list

Applicants are admitted from the waiting list if study places become free.
Admission from the waiting list ends on 31 September 2022 at the latest.

Delivery of appendices

Degree and work certificates are requested from admitted students in connection with acceptance of the study place. Students deliver the certificate copies by e-form.

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VFX Artist for Audiovisual Productions - Specialisation Education

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The first VFX Specialisation Education in Finland starts in the Autumn 2022!

Description and objectives

Target group

Teaching

The main sections and the learning outcomes are as follows:

VFX Production Pipeline in Audiovisual Productions, 3 credit point

Sisältö

VFX Pre-Production, 3 credit points

Sisältö

VFX Production, 2 credit points

Sisältö

VFX Post-Production, 15 credit points

Sisältö

Professional Self Development , 7 credit points

Sisältö

Hakumenettely

Student admission

Acceptance of study place

Admission from waiting list

Delivery of appendices

Perumisehdot

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VFX Artist for Audiovisual Productions - Specialisation Education