afda
Website: www.afda.co.za Courses offered (in-house): ba Motion Picture Medium students: over 1,200 Placement rate: over 90% An Oscar-winning institution, AFDA (African Film Drama Art) is the only African film school to win the Best Foreign Student Film award in 2006.
With over 1,200 students, AFDA offers a number of training courses in the creative industries, including Motion Picture Medium, in which you can learn VFX, including compositing, 2D animation, title and credit design, motion graphics, using typefaces, keying blue or green screen, motion tracking, rotoscoping, particle generation, grading or colour timing, 3D modelling, texturing, shading, painting, animating, rendering and visual effects supervision.
With a permanent staff of over 150 academics, AFDA creates a unique production environment for students, where everything – including film development – happens in-house. Boasting fully equipped campuses in Botswana, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth, you’ll benefit from expert training in beautiful surroundings.