Digital Film Design VFX
Why study „Digital Film Design“?
The beauty of moving pictures!
Moving images and visual effects are your passion? You love to create dark creatures, futuristic Cyborgs or fearless androids? Developing epic battles in far-away galaxies is exactly your thing? And you love colorful worlds, exciting stories and heroes traveling the universe? So do we! At the Mediadesign University we will teach you how to visualise storylines and how to bring 3D-animations to life!
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Duration
ECTS points
Degree
Start
Language
Campus
Düsseldorf (DE)
Munich (DE)
Format
Düsseldorf (On site)
Munich (Blended)
Munich (Blended)
Monthly fees
Non-EU from 1.050,00 €
Insights
You can look forward to:
Your Program
Courses at mdh cover the complete range of film design, including virtual reality, augmented reality, VFX and even 360-degree filming. The theoretical foundation of Design is taught in lectures, but practical know-how is gained in real-life projects. Key qualifications taught over the course of your studies are, amongst others:
- Film design & staging
- Computer graphics, visualisation & typography
- 3D-modeling, animation & drafting
Your study content
Enhancing your skills and abilities
Apply your new skills and know-how directly in practical exercises. Just like in real-world projects, you will develop genuine film material with your team, combining it with digital elements. This way you not only learn the craft of cinematography, but everything you need to know about the design, planning and execution of film projects.
Intuitively you will become familiar with increasingly complex technology and tools. We begin with Autodesk Maya. In Compositing you will learn After Effects and Nuke. At a later stage, we add designing with the 3D-software Houdini.
At the end of the program, all our students will have accumulated sufficient material to produce their own demoreel, which all graduates need for their application portfolio before entering the job market.
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Our showreel
Exhibition Hall
Your Career
Target group - Who should study "Digital Film Design"?
- Creative talents, who like to draw, paint and make movies
- Computer nerds who have an interest in learning Design techniques
- Storytellers who can develop ideas and write
The film industry is booming. Netflix & the like have set new standards. Films und tv series are more popular than ever. Other industries, too, make more and more use of animated visuals, as for example in cinematic game trailers or commercials.
What our partner companies say
Trixter
"The students of the Mediadesign University have a broad range of basic knowledge. Furthermore, their ability to work in a team and adapt quickly allows them to be integrated into ongoing productions. Therefore, we gladly accept mdh students as interns and, following their studies, as junior artists in our team."
Christina Caspers-Roemer, Head of Studio & Business Development
Trickstudio Lutterbeck
"The students of mdh are well qualified. We look forward to hiring more!"
Christian Asmussen, Production Manager
Application requirements
Enrollment Requirements
- Higher Education Entrance Qualification (Abitur) or equivalent diploma, i.e. IB or A-levels (check with our counseling department whether your diploma qualifies)
- English skills. Language proof: TOEFL IPT: 543, TOEFL IBT: 74, IELTS (Academic): 6, Cambridge FCE: B2, PTE Academic: 59, IB Diploma: English A or B at HL or SL, BI 'English Language Proficiency Exam': PASS. We also accept Duolingo.
Information for applicants from abroad: You have the possibility to check your international certificates independently in advance via uni-assist and to inform yourself about the requirements for your admission: TO UNI-ASSIST
International students who have not met the HZB requirements must complete the Studienkolleg preparatory course to be admitted to higher education in Germany. mdh has partnered with IISC to offer this course at our Berlin Campus which will earn them the qualification to study at mdh.
Personal Requirements
- Creativity and imagination
- A feel for aesthetics and an eye for design quality
- Interest in filming trends and audiovisual media
- Being a team player
Your personality and talents are more important than top grades!
Please apply via e-Mail (or regular mail). This is what we need from you:
- A motivation letter (tell us what inspires you – ca. 1 page)
- Representative work samples (Sketches, pictures, collages or early work, etc…)
- Relevant grade reports as well as a resume with your current photo
- You may apply during the school year (even before secondary school graduation)
- Graduation diploma can be submitted after completion of your secondary school
Tuition Fees
- Campus Berlin: English language program: EU citizens: 4.710,00 EUR/Semester | Non-EU citizens: 6.300,00 EUR/Semester
- Campus Düsseldorf: German language program: EU-Citizens: 4.662,90 EUR/Semester | Non-EU citizens: 6.300,00 EUR/Semester
- Campus München: German language program: EU-Citizens: 4.662,90 EUR/Semester | Non-EU citizens: 6.300,00 EUR/Semester
For all courses we charge a one-time registration fee of 490,00 EUR and a one-time examination fee of 1.050,00 EUR.
For non-EU citizens, the one-time examination fee of 1.050,00 EUR is included in the tuition price.
In case of prepayment (semesterly, annually, completely) the tuition fees can be reduced by up to 5%. (This discount is not compatible with early registration discounts).
Lecturers Showreel
Your career prospects
Your future employers are studios from the film and television industry, such as Trixter, Scanline, Pixomondo or Rise FX. But also "classic" companies, such as BMW or Bosch/Siemens.
Possible professions after graduation are:
- 3D Generalist
- 3D Animator
- VFX Artist
- VFX Coordinator
- FX Artist
- ...
Your career prospects after graduating from Mediadesign University are promising, both creatively and financially. Our graduates have already achieved financial success, including one former student who joined as a VFX Coordinator after graduation and achieved an annual salary of €43,000.
Invest in your creative passion and gain not only professional fulfillment, but also the opportunity to succeed financially! The Mediadesign University prepares you optimally.
Alumnus Markus Frank - Digital Film Design (B.A.)
Head of VFX-Department / VFX-Supervisor, Cine Chromatix, Berlin
"The Mediadesign University is characterized by its practice-oriented teaching concept. The lecturers are experienced professionals from the industry who pass on their expertise with great enthusiasm and commitment. They gave me valuable insights into the different areas of media and helped me develop my own skills."
Alumna Patricia Feldmann - Digital Film Design (B.A.)
Chief Operating Officer, Cine Chromatix, Berlin
"I benefited in many ways from my studies at mdh. Above all, it was important for me to go through each area once. This was possible due to the many different projects. Our student teams were structured like they are in the real working life. That helped me a lot to find my way."
