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Preparatory year Entertainment

A gateway between a baccalauréat and training for careers in 3D Animation & Special Effects, Video Games and Concept Art Illustration, the Entertainment Prep course is designed for those who want to work in the entertainment industry.

Available in English

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  • Location

    Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes, Toulouse

  • Duration

    1 year full-time classroom training

  • Hours of lessons/year

    +750 hours of teaching

  • assessment

    Continuous assessment
    Assessment of projects and knowledge
    Final assessment of end-of-year project and oral presentation

  • prerequisite

    Baccalauréat or equivalent level 4 qualification
    Courses in English: minimum level B2 and non-French speaker

  • Language

    Available in French at all ESMA campuses
    Available in English at the Bordeaux, Lyon and Montpellier campuses

Preparatory year Entertainment

Shape the future of Entertainment.

With a solid grounding in the basics and fundamentals, our preparatory year gives you the chance to experiment with all aspects of the applied and plastic arts.

3D Animation & Special Effects, Video Games, Illustration Concept Art, come and discover the diversity of professions that can be practised after completing the training course.

What are you waiting for to find your calling?

What does this preparatory year involve?

You have the passion
We teach technique.

As well as focusing on general culture and the arts, our preparatory year is devoted to artistic practice. Observational drawing, illustration, storyboarding, colour, sculpture and more. The different techniques of perspective, proportion and volume will hold no secrets for you.

With our complementary approach to professional and technical teaching, everything is done to stimulate and give free rein to your creativity.

By the end of this preparatory year, our students will have built up the perfect toolbox for creating their own worlds and embarking on a course in 3D Animation or Video Games in the best possible conditions.

Objectives

  • Enrich their general and artistic culture
  • Develop your practice and your creative universe
  • Acquire the technical and creative foundations through drawing practice
  • Refine your critical eye and analytical skills
  • Develop a methodology for work, research and creation
  • Give life to personal graphic and visual worlds
  • Demonstrate a sufficient level of French language and culture to function in everyday situations (course in English)

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