Who Am I? Why Am I Here? What Do I Want to Learn?

Why I Chose to Study Animation at Leeds College of Art?

Working with images is all I have wanted in life however it is just two years ago when I found myself mesmerised by the work of big animation companies. The film that inspires me to study animation is How to Train Your Dragon Series and Big Hero 6, which are both coming of age animation films that soothe me when I am down and motivate me to try a lot of amazing things in life. I really hope that I can make an animation with such genre because I want to make the audience feel the same way as I do when I watched such animation films.

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) by DreamWorks Animation, United States.

Big Hero 6 (2014) by Walt Disney Animation Studio, United States.

Animation skills do not come over night. Although it is as straightforward as making a character or an object to move frame by frame, it has complicated theories which I do not really understand until they are taught by the lecturers. This experience has reiterated that I come to the college to actively learn and to experiment so that I can understand the animation making process.

On that note, I choose the college because drawing could not get me anywhere in the animation industry as I need to know how to use and access the equipment used in the production processes of different media used for animation. Leeds College of Art (LCA) offers a broad range of up to date equipment essential to make professional animation films hence it is a perfect place for me to try out some of them. 

In addition, the curriculum schedule helps us students to pursue our own interest as they entrust us with a lot of independent study session when we can have access to all of the college equipment and resources related to Animation.

The college also provides opportunities for me to collaborate with people from the college, not just within the Animation course, which really suits my need. It is quite rare to find such opportunities in animation schools and colleges around the world as the courses are usually exclusive. Even worse, there are those which are internally competitive. As a student, I prefer a positive and friendly environment, like what LCA offers, for learning as I easily stressed out from competition.