CGMA Academy

Learn from the animation industry’s best!

COURSES START ON OCT 3, 2020

You are invited to take your passion for movement, acting, staging, timing, and storytelling to the next level! The Animation Master Academy was created to be the next evolution in online animation education. We do this by providing you with the best mentors and artists in the animation industry.

TIME

12-24 months

ESTIMATED TUITION

$4K to $9k

Programs

The Animation Master Academy programs offer a comprehensive slate of exciting and cutting-edge educational tracks. These programs enable students to pursue their interests and cultivate their skills in a variety of animation industry paths. Whatever your desired specialty, we have a pathway that will suit your training needs.

Animation Foundation Courses

Begin your animation story in our Act 1: Foundation classes. At AMA we know the value of developing solid fundamentals in animation principles, and the importance of building good habits within your animation workflow--which will set the stage for further success and growth.

Length: 1 year

Tuition: $3,592

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of 3d software or Free course

Start Date: Fall Term - October 2020 - Free course May 11th

Animation for Beginners FREE ($50 registration fee)

Performance Animation Courses

You’ve laid down your animation foundations-now is the time to create the performance! Continue to go wider and deeper with your animation knowledge which allows you to combine animation principles and solid workflow in the blockbuster feature animation and television industries! You will concentrate on the nuances of animation performance whether it’s pantomime, facial performance, advanced acting and finally polish.

Length: 1 year

Tuition: $3,992

Prerequisites: Foundation Animation Program or Demo Reel

Start Date: Fall Term - October 2020

Animal/Creature Courses

This program is for students wanting to expand their skill set and widen their marketability in the animation arena. Creature animation makes for a killer demo reel--especially at blockbuster VFX studios and leading commercial and television FX houses! These studios create ultra realistic animation sequences of creatures doing amazing things in an eye-popping way--sequences that would be difficult or even impossible to create using motion capture!

Length: 9 months

Tuition: $2,994

Prerequisites: Foundation Animation Program or Demo Reel

Start Date: Fall Term - October 2020

Games/Realtime Courses

If you’ve had your foundations but games are more your speed then we have an animation program for you. In our Games/Rea-time program you will create animations that respond to gameplay and storytelling to help translate what the player is doing while being in control of where they go! You’ll learn to work with specific real-time rigs , game engines, while learning the specifics of animation within a gameplay scenario and be more successful within the games industry.

Length: 1 year

Tuition: $2,994

Prerequisites: Foundation Animation Program or Demo Reel

Start Date: Fall Term - October 2020

Level 2: Advanced Body Mechanics and Workflow

Animation Workshops

Our Animation Workshops are compact classes that allow animators to develop some peripheral skills to help expand and develop skill sets that make them a more well rounded animator. These workshops will also help with the improvement of their demo reels to present their animations better. Here are some of the offerings!