School of Design and Creative Industries
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BA Animation

Fouzia Rahman

My work focuses on visual storytelling through the use of colour, symbolism, and mixed media techniques to create expressive narratives to connect with my target audience.

Feeling Blue

Feeling Blue is a mixed-media animated short that explores the emotional experience of depression through a combination of 3D and 2D animation. The film follows a young woman navigating a surreal world shaped by hospitals, medication, recurring visual motifs and shifting environments. The project transitions from realistic 3D spaces into expressive 2D sequences, reflecting changes into perception and emotional state.

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Design

Our BA Animation programme is one of the UK’s most forward-looking, industry-focused animation programmes. It combines a rich, practice-orientated mix of 2D, 3D and experimental animation with an emphasis on storytelling, character design, and immersive animation. Through a strong studio culture, our students develop and share skills across artistic direction, digital sculpting, industry-standard renderings, game design, visual effects, and innovative storytelling. The curriculum is designed to convey best practice in animation and a solid foundation for a career in the Creative Industries, with vocational skills development and student-led learning taking centre stage. See further details on our prospectus page.