Difference between revisions of "The Animation Workshop"

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Foto by Sarah Rothenberger

Foto by Leoni Dietrich

The Animation Workshop (TAW) is located in Viborg, Denmark. It is a part of VIA University College’s School of Business, Technology and Creative Industries and has expertise in the areas of education, culture, communication and business development. It benefits from a strong international network of artists, professionals, companies, funding institutions and partner schools. It offers exchanges in form of individual courses as well as entire semesters. TAW also offers professional courses (course costs cannot be covered by HSLU) that usually take 1-2 months, such as a Houdini&VFX, Storyboard, Visual Effects etc...

Viborg is the animation hotspot of Denmark not just because of TAW's good reputation but also because of it's proximity to the professional industry; around the school's campus, many students set up shop for their very own animation studios & collectives, while the neighbouring more established studios also frequently headhunt graduating students.

Attention: The Animation Workshop only admits exchange students if there is a seat free in their own courses! A parallel application to a 2nd-choice-school is highly recommended if you want to get an exchange. Although TAW-exchange students pay the regular HSLU semester fee, TAW also requires a course-material fee of 1'200 Euro which are not covered by the HSLU.

Specialties: Character animation (CGI & 2D), character design, CG Arts, drawing skills

Course language: English

Below, you can see a comparison between the course content of the two most popular courses that are taken during an exchange: Character Animation (CA) and CG Arts. The two courses overlap in the 3rd year when students get together to create their graduation projects.


	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year
CA	2D Animation	3D Animation	Graduation Project
CG Arts	Modelling, Concepting, Maya	Texturing, Shading, Lighting, Compositing	Graduation Project

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-[[File:Viborg The Animation Workshop Denmark.jpg|thumbnail|400x400px|Foto by Sarah Rothenberger]]
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-[[File:The Animation Workshop Denmark outside view Leoni.jpg|miniatur|400x400px|Foto by Leoni Dietrich]]
+[[File:The Animation Workshop Denmark inside workshop Leoni.jpg|thumb|right|Foto by Leoni Dietrich]][https://animationworkshop.via.dk/ The Animation Workshop (TAW)] is located in Viborg, Denmark. It is a part of VIA University College’s School of Business, Technology and Creative Industries and has expertise in the areas of education, culture, communication and business development. It benefits from a strong international network of artists, professionals, companies, funding institutions and partner schools. It offers exchanges in form of individual courses as well as entire semesters. TAW also offers professional courses (course costs cannot be covered by HSLU) that usually take 1-2 months, such as a Houdini&VFX, Storyboard, Visual Effects etc...
-[[File:The Animation Workshop Denmark inside workshop Leoni.jpg|miniatur|400x400px|Foto by Leoni Dietrich]]
-[[File:The Animation Workshop Denmark outside field Leoni.jpg|miniatur|400x400px|Foto by Leoni Dietrich]]
-=='''The Animation Workshop (TAW)'''==
+Viborg is the animation hotspot of Denmark not just because of TAW's good reputation but also because of it's proximity to the professional industry; around the school's campus, many students set up shop for their very own animation studios & collectives, while the neighbouring more established studios also frequently headhunt graduating students.
-is located in Viborg, Denmark. It is a part of VIA University College’s School of Business, Technology and Creative Industries and has expertise in the areas of education, culture, communication and business development. It benefits from a strong international network of artists, professionals, companies, funding institutions and partner schools. It offers exchanges in form of individual courses as well as entire semesters. Professionals can also visit them for 1-2 month courses in individual topics.
-'''Attention:''' The Animation Workshop only admits exchange students if there is a seat free in their own courses! A parallel application to your 2nd choice of schools is highly recommended if you want to get an exchange.
+'''Attention:''' The Animation Workshop only admits exchange students if there is a seat free in their own courses! A parallel application to a 2nd-choice-school is highly recommended if you want to get an exchange. Although TAW-exchange students pay the regular HSLU semester fee, TAW also requires a course-material fee of 1'200 Euro which are not covered by the HSLU.
-'''Specialties''': Character animation (CGI & 2D), character design
+'''Specialties''': Character animation (CGI & 2D), character design, CG Arts, drawing skills
-'''Course language:''' mostly english
+'''Course language''': English
-=='''Documents:''' ==
+Below, you can see a comparison between the course content of the two most popular courses that are taken during an exchange: Character Animation (CA) and CG Arts. The two courses overlap in the 3rd year when students get together to create their graduation projects.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!
+!1st Year
+!2nd Year
+!3rd Year
+|-
+|CA
+|2D Animation
+|3D Animation
+|Graduation Project
+|-
+|CG Arts
+|Modelling, Concepting, Maya
+|Texturing, Shading,
+Lighting, Compositing
+|Graduation Project
+|-
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|}
-- [[:Datei:Official TAW Exchange Options.pdf|The Official TAW exchange program options]]
+== Exchange Reports ==
-- [[:Datei:Viborg ShortShortFilmProject.pdf|The 2nd Semester "Short, Short Film Project"]]
+* [[2020 - Student Exchange Report - The Animation Workshop - Lukas Bieri]]
+* [[2019 - Student Exchange Report - The Animation Workshop - Jonas Bienz|2019 - Internship Report - The Animation Workshop - Jonas Bienz]]
+* [[2018 - Student Exchange Report - The Animation Workshop - Leoni Dietriche]]
+* [[2016 - Student Exchange Report - The Animation Workshop - Ramon Arango]]
-Read some of our [[Student exchange reports|students' exchange reports]].
+== Links ==
-- [[:Datei:Daenemark - Via University College, The Animation Workshop Viborg, Dietrich Leonie, FS 2018.pdf|Dietrich Leonie (FS 2018)]]
+* [[:File:VIA Professional Training-brochure semester courses.pdf|The 2021/22 professional training course offers]]
+== List of International Animation Schools ==
-- [[:Datei:The Animation Workshop RamonArango FS 2016.pdf|Ramon Arango]] (FS 2016)
+[[International Animation Schools]]
-=='''Links:'''==
-[https://animationworkshop.via.dk/ Visit the Animation Workshops' official Website]
-[https://wiki.animation-luzern.ch/Partnerschulen Back to complete list of exchange schools]