Master Design — CID : Cinéma d’animation

The Master Design track CID: Cinéma d'animation is offered by Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès at its Montauban Cedex site in France. This two-year program is taught in French, has an anticipated September start, and carries an annual tuition of 250 EUR. This track focuses on animation cinema, an area of design and visual arts concerned with creating moving images through techniques such as drawn, stop-motion, or digital animation. Students typically study animation techniques and history, storyboarding and narrative construction for animated works, character and background design, and the technical software and production pipelines used to create animated films. Coursework in animation often covers the principles of movement and timing that underpin believable animation, the collaborative production process behind animated films, sound design as it relates to animation, and case studies drawn from the history of animation cinema across different techniques and traditions. Students frequently work on short animated projects that take them through the full process from concept and storyboard to final production, developing both artistic and technical skills. Career paths for graduates in animation cinema include roles as animator, storyboard artist, character designer, and positions within animation studios, film and television production companies, or design studios producing animated content for advertising, games, or digital media. The program is delivered by Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, a public university, at its Montauban site, with instruction conducted in French across the two years of the master's degree.