Work on more than 80 projects
Explore different audiovisual fields: cinema, fiction series, experimental video and advertising in some of its variables (fashion film and video clip).
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Master in Postproduction and VFX
Duration
1 academic year
(60 ECTS)
(60 ECTS)
Format
In-person (Madrid)
Language
Spanish
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September 2024
Become a VFX artist, the most demanded profile in the audiovisual industry
The demand for VFX artists is increasing exponentially in film and digital platform industry. The Master in Postproduction and VFX offers an intensive specialization to develop successfully in the postproduction of all types of audiovisual content.
Delve into the technical and creative processes associated with visual effects, digital image treatment and color correction. Work with Nuke, Houdini y After Effects in the field of composition and VFX and with DaVinci y Mystika (includes Official Accreditation) in color correction to obtain a professional perspective at the highest level.
Become an expert in postproduction and VFX coordination, a new professional field in high demand. Learn to control and supervise visual effects on real shoots with a multidisciplinary team from the Filmmaking Area.
You will obtain the SGO - Mistika Accreditation as well as the Side FX Houdini Certification, and guaranteed practices in relevant companies in the sector.
Studying VFX is synonymous with employability: train for a booming sector that demands professionals capable of combining advanced technological knowledge and artistic creativity.
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With the Master in Postproduction and VFX you will experience all phases of work processes in the postproduction department. You will be able to design and create VFX from an artistic perspective.
Learn to work as a postproduction coordinator to know how to advise directors in project planning, audiovisual content development, animations and motion graphics design, as well as control and supervision of visual effects on set. Handle color corrections and grading and discover the creative trends applied in contemporary cinema, TV series and advertising films.
You will have the opportunity to do an internship in the best postproduction studios with the distinctive value of having gained experience in filming and real audiovisual projects within a multidisciplinary creative environment that will provide you with a unique artistic vision.
1. COMPOSITION AND VFX FOR FILM AND ADVERTISING WITH NUKE
Delve into visual effects from an exhaustive knowledge of Nuke, the most recognized and used tool in the audiovisual industry internationally. Learn to do a postproduction design and how to coordinate effects on set.
Subjects
Technology and Work Environment
Conforming
VFX Typologies
Tracking
Embedding and Rotoscoping
Integrations
particles
2. 3D VFX DESIGN WITH HOUDINI
Always in connection with Nuke, you will learn Houdini's procedures and tools for 3D design, virtual lighting, and particle simulation of all kinds of natural phenomena (water, smoke, fire, explosions, fabrics, fog, snow, destruction, architecture, textures, etc.). Includes Side FX Houdini Certification.
Subjects
Technology and Work Environment at Houdini
Modeling and Procedural Animations
Particle Simulations: Fluid and Volumetric
Lighting Techniques
Fractures and Destructions
Render
3. GRADING AND COLOR CORRECTION WITH DAVINCI AND MISTIKA
A highly professional training based on two highly recognized tools: DaVinci and SGO Mistika (includes accreditation).
Subjects
Color Psychology and Color Management
Technology and Processes
Regulations, Curves and LUTs
Grading and Color Correction with DaVinci and Mistika
Creation of Advertising Looks
4. MOTION GRAPHICS WITH AFTER EFFECTS
You will develop a creative look around 2D graphic animation and you will master the procedures and tools of After Effects.
Subjects
Technology and Work Environment in After Effects
Sign Design and Animation
Graphic Creation and Animation
Visual Effects in After Effects
5. POST-PRODUCTION AND VFX COORDINATION AND VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
You will understand the postproduction processes and their needs in all phases and you will know how to creatively advise directors, producers and DOPs to optimize the work. You will develop attitudes and aptitudes for the professional exercise of VFX coordination and advice.
Subjects
Pipelines
Technology and Postproduction Processes
Postproduction Management
Digital Post and Special Effects on Set
ShotGun and Virtual Production
6. DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECTS
Tutoring and advice on projects by teachers throughout the year master.
Fiction Project Tutoring
Tutoring Nonfiction Projects: Advertising or Documentary
Pitching Projects
Project Dossier Presentation
7. SUPERVISION OF PROJECTS
Supervision of the process during the realization of digital composition, VFX and color grading of the projects.
Supervision of VFX Postproduction and Color Grading
8. PROJECTS
You will assume the tasks of composition and VFX, color grading and postproduction coordination of film, TV, creative documentary and advertising projects for the students of TAI Filmmaking Masters.
Projects
Fiction Short Film
Nonfiction Short Film, to choose between:
- Fashion Film or Music Video
- Creative Documentary or Experimental Film
CERTIFICATIONS
This master includes the SGO-Mistika Accreditation and the Foundry Nuke or Houdini Certification.
INTERNSHIPS IN BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TAI makes available to master's students its Business and Entrepreneurship Practices Program, linking the training field with the professional one. Through this program, whoever requests it will be able to receive advice to carry out internships with one of the 500 companies with which TAI have collaboration agreements.
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Student profile
Students with a Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication, Communication Sciences, Fine Arts or other related bachelor's degrees, from national and international universities.
Students with a Diploma in Filmmaking from TAI School of the Arts or other film schools that want to obtain a second specialization.
Film professionals who know postproduction processes and want to immerse themselves in a discipline other than their own.
Teachers
Meet our animation and postproduction teachers
Edgiannid Figueroa
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
Vicente Ruiz
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
Yara Nodar
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
Juan Ruano
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
Santiago Jiménez
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
David Maroto
Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction Animation & Postproduction
Career Opportunities
Madrid is the main benchmark for audiovisual animation and VFX effects in Spain, where the most innovative specialized companies are based. With more than 900 shoots a year, Madrid is the city that hosts the largest number of productions.
A wide network of infrastructures and the growing professional offer that brings together more than 3.000 companies in the audiovisual sector, among which production companies and technical services, postproduction and animation and VFX studios stand out, make Madrid the ideal city to train in the sector with the greatest exponential growth in the industry.
Editing
Film editor. Fiction series and/or advertising (spot, branded content, video clip, fashion film) editor.
Postproduction
Postproduction and workflow coordinator. VFX consultant on set. Nuke Operator. Color artist/grader.
Others
Designer of signs and 2D animations. Audiovisual content developer for interactive media and videogames.
Facilities
Internships at Companies
Academic Outlook
Internships at Companies
TAI offers EXTRNAL INTERNSHIPS always accompanied by tutorials and prior preparation that give students the opportunity to work in top-level companies.
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Master in Postproduction and VFX. Train as a VFX artist and postproduction coordinator, the most demanded figure in the industry.