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Wyatt Joins University College Falmouth To Launch Digital Animation Degree

Award-winning animation director Andy Wyatt joins University College Falmouth to head up the school's new BA degree in Digital Animation.

His appointment is part of a multi-million pound expansion of the Media Centre at University College Falmouth's Tremough Campus, which includes a new animation studio students will be attending in September 2007.

A 20-year animation production vet, Wyatt worked as an animator on several television series, including the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, and created BEASTLY BEHAVIOUR for Channel 4. He also was creative director of Fictitious Egg in Bristol and a series director at Aardman Animations.

The three-year course will arm graduates with a portfolio of short animated films; and a range of skills in animation design and storyboarding; in voice-over and soundtrack production; in collaborative working; in budget management; and in the processes of producing animated films. Creative practice is augmented with critical theory and a thorough understanding of the history and evolution of animation techniques.

"This course will complement and draw from Falmouth's existing portfolio of successful courses in art, design and media, given its emphasis on core skills, such as life drawing, but it will also lead the way in terms of cutting-edge technologies and industry input," said Wyatt.

University College Falmouth is a founding partner in the Combined Universities in Cornwall, a unique initiative to promote regional economic regeneration through higher education. The CUC is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council.

There is still time to apply for September 2007 entry. For further information, please visit www.falmouth.ac.uk, email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone 01326 213851.

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