Higher diploma in computer animation to start next month

The Hong Kong Arts Centre's Art School is set to launch a series of new higher diploma media arts programmes next month.

The new courses, which will be more comprehensive than the diploma programmes currently on offer, aim to prepare students for the TV, film, photography and design industries. One of the new programmes is the higher diploma in computer animation.

Programme co-ordinator Stanward Ng Wai-kei told Young Post: 'To train students to become [all-round] animators who can design, create and direct animation, the programme will cover theoretical knowledge, practical skills, creativity and project management.'

Moreover, students will have plenty of opportunities to visit computer animation and graphics companies and production houses.

Mr Ng said the programme would attract young people who want to explore animation as a form of self-expression.

The Art School is one of the few places that offers qualifications in computer animation. It has just held its third graduation ceremony for the diploma/certificate in computer animation and the foundation certificate in arts and design.

An exhibition of the graduates' work was also held.