Animation

As Hawaiʻi’s film school, ACM: The School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is at the forefront of cinematic arts in the Pacific. Located in Honolulu at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SCA is dedicated to academic and creative excellence through its Bachelor of Arts degree designed to encourage innovation and collaboration with emphasis on Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and Asia. Focused in the heart of a state with a robust film and television industry, SCA encourages professional development, mentorship, and community engagement through a variety of programs including internships, master classes, and industry screenings such as the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. 

Mission Statement

SCA nurtures and empowers students to develop their own unique voices as storytellers, exploring creative media forms rooted in personal experience and place-based learning through animation, critical studies, digital cinema, and screenwriting. 

SCA Students Are: 

Driven by a boundless curiosity, SCA students collaborate and support each other in their creative endeavors and conduct themselves in a respectful and professional manner. SCA students create stories for the screen rooted in diversity and personal identity. These films offer windows into their communities, cultures, beliefs and experiences. Whether on set or in the classroom, SCA students embody the values and ethics of emerging artists and scholars who aspire to educate, challenge, and entertain audiences through their work. 

SCA offers a core curriculum in three tracks: Cinematic Arts, Animation, and Digital Cinema.

The SCA Animation track focuses on storytelling through the art of animation. Students explore traditional, experimental, and computer animation techniques to best tell their personal and unique stories from Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and all corners of the globe. Students gain a well-rounded understanding of the various roles, skills, and techniques used in the animation industry, enabling them to perform each task themselves when making an independent film, or recognizing areas of interest in which they want to specialize. Admission to the animation track is based on the submission of an artist’s portfolio.

For more info about UH Mānoa’s program, please visit their site.

Prerequisites

ART 113 – Introduction to Drawing

Core Requirements

Core: 21 Credits

CINE 255 – Introduction to Cinema and Digital Media
CINE 215 – Introduction to 3D Computer Animation
CINE 216 – Fundamentals of Animation
CINE 350 – Screenwriting
CINE 360 – Indigenous Aesthetics
CINE 385 – Topics in Cinematic Arts
CINE 460 – Ethics and Film

Track (Required Courses): 9 Credits

CINE 316B – Intermediate 3D Animation or CINE 316C Intermediate 2D Animation
CINE 320 – Animation Production I
CINE 420 – Animation Production II

Electives

Track (Elective Courses): 12 credits/4 course

CINE 314 – Experimental Art and Animation
CINE 315 – 3D Modeling
CINE 316B – Intermediate 3D Animation
CINE 316C – Intermediate 2D Animation
CINE 317 – 3D Lighting, Camera, and Rendering
CINE 321 – Storyboarding and Animatics
CINE 325 – Motion Graphics
CINE 386 – Techniques in Cinematic Arts
CINE 390 – Workshop in Cinematic Arts
CINE Independent Group Project
CINE 415 – Computer Game Production
CINE 419 – Virtual and Augmented Reality Programming
CINE 420 – Animation Production II
CINE 484 – Data Visualization
CINE 486 – Capstone Creative Production
CINE 487 – Video Game Design and Development
CINE 495 – Cinematic Arts Internship
CINE 499 – Directed Study

Program Overview

As Hawaiʻi’s film school, ACM: The School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is at the forefront of cinematic arts in the Pacific. Located in Honolulu at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, SCA is dedicated to academic and creative excellence through its Bachelor of Arts degree designed to encourage innovation and collaboration with emphasis on Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and Asia. Focused in the heart of a state with a robust film and television industry, SCA encourages professional development, mentorship, and community engagement through a variety of programs including internships, master classes, and industry screenings such as the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival. 

Mission Statement

SCA nurtures and empowers students to develop their own unique voices as storytellers, exploring creative media forms rooted in personal experience and place-based learning through animation, critical studies, digital cinema, and screenwriting. 

SCA Students Are: 

Driven by a boundless curiosity, SCA students collaborate and support each other in their creative endeavors and conduct themselves in a respectful and professional manner. SCA students create stories for the screen rooted in diversity and personal identity. These films offer windows into their communities, cultures, beliefs and experiences. Whether on set or in the classroom, SCA students embody the values and ethics of emerging artists and scholars who aspire to educate, challenge, and entertain audiences through their work. 

SCA offers a core curriculum in three tracks: Cinematic Arts, Animation, and Digital Cinema.

The SCA Animation track focuses on storytelling through the art of animation. Students explore traditional, experimental, and computer animation techniques to best tell their personal and unique stories from Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and all corners of the globe. Students gain a well-rounded understanding of the various roles, skills, and techniques used in the animation industry, enabling them to perform each task themselves when making an independent film, or recognizing areas of interest in which they want to specialize. Admission to the animation track is based on the submission of an artist’s portfolio.

For more info about UH Mānoa’s program, please visit their site.

The School of Cinematic Arts
Crawford 210
2550 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822

(808) 956-5660
cinema@hawaii.edu

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