This document provides information about animation and video game courses offered at Lisaa, a private higher education institute in Paris, France. It summarizes 10 reasons to study at Lisaa, including its large size, respected creative focus, and successful alumni network. Various 3-year bachelor's degree courses are described, such as animation, video games, visual effects, and digital content design. Course information includes classes, projects, internships, and career outcomes. Exceptional alumni careers at top studios are highlighted.

1. Animation
& Video Games
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Paris. 2016-2017 Courses

3. Photo: guillaume lebrun, Atelier Diptik
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Lisaa is one of the few private higher
education institutes to be recognised
by the French Ministry of Culture
and Communication. It awards
qualifications equivalent to international
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
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Lisaa’s campus is located
in the heart of Paris
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Our students have top-of-the-range
equipment at their disposal, including
a Motion Capture Studio
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A new course, Game Dev,
is available for the academic year of 2016
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Lisaa has more than 10,000 alumni
and a sizeable network of businesses,
such as Dreamworks, which contribute
to fast tracking graduate careers
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Lisaa was ranked third best
animation school in the world
by Imagine FX magazine
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The course offers a range of
specialisations from the second year:
Special Effects, 2-D & 3-D Animation,
2-D & 3-D Video Games
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International courses have been
open since September 2015,
with classes conducted in English
10 reasons
to study at Lisaa
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Lisaa is the largest
design school in France
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At Lisaa, the creativity of each student
is respected, developed and showcased

5. This course is for students wishing to specialise in video
game development. A real link between video games
and pure programming, the Game Dev course gives students
who are interested in video games the means to be within
reach of creative and demanding roles on a technical level.
Classes
First year: drawing, basic IT, Internet networks,
computer graphics, web, English.
Following years: morphology, visual design, Unreal engine,
sound, VFX special effects, animation, 2-D computer
graphics, 3-D production, scripting lessons,
Java script lessons, drawing, English.
+ Workshops and projects with partner companies
+ Evaluation & viva exams
→ January: exam and acquired knowledge accreditation
→ June: acquired knowledge accreditation
+ End of course project (3rd
year)
+ Work placements (six weeks per year)
Work placements are possible from the first year onwards
Game Dev
(new for 2016)
Course in French or English
3 years/60 ects credits per year
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Qualification in Digital Content Design
Equivalent to bachelor level,
listed on the French Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP, level 2)

6. This course prepares students to become specialists
in animated films, music videos and advertising films.
Students will learn about creating storyboards,
layout, set design, characters, and production
for 2-D and 3-D animation.
Classes
First year: observational drawing, life drawing,
outdoor drawing, art, colour, project methodology,
computer graphics, art history, exhibition visits,
English, animation, storyboard, volumes.
Following years: morphology, image analysis, storyboard
and layout, visual design, directing, 2-D/3-D production,
2-D/3-D animation, compositing, sound.
+ Workshops and projects with partner companies
+ Evaluation & viva exams
→ from January: judging panel consisting of teaching staff
→ from June: judging panel consisting of professionals
+ End of course project (3rd
year)
+ Work placements (six weeks per year)
Work placements are possible from the first year onwards
This course prepares students to become experts
in 2-D and 3-D video game design. Over two years,
students will learn about all aspects of game media:
game play, level design, modeling and animation.
Classes
First year: observational drawing, life drawing,
outdoor drawing, art, colour, project methodology,
computer graphics, art history, exhibition visits,
English, animation, storyboard, volumes.
Following years: morphology, image analysis, storyboard
and layout, visual design, directing, 2-D/3-D production,
2-D/3-D animation, compositing, sound.
+ Workshops and projects with partner companies
+ Evaluation & viva exams
→ from January: judging panel consisting of teaching staff
→ from June: judging panel consisting of professionals
+ End of course project (3rd
year)
+ Work placements (six weeks per year)
Work placements are possible from the first year onwards
2-D & 3-D
Animation
2-D & 3-D
Video Games
Course in French or English
3 years/60 ects credits per year
—
Qualification in Digital Content Design
Equivalent to bachelor level,
listed on the French Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP, level 2)
Course in French or English
3 years/60 ects credits per year
—
Qualification in Digital Content Design
Equivalent to bachelor level,
listed on the French Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP, level 2)

7. This course prepares students to become experts
in visual effect creation: cinematographic shows,
computer generated creatures and digital scenes
are just some examples of uses of visual effects.
Classes
First year: observational drawing, life drawing,
outdoor drawing, art, colour, project methodology,
computer graphics, art history, exhibition visits,
English, animation, storyboard, volumes.
Following years: morphology, image analysis, storyboard
and layout, visual design, directing, 2-D/3-D production,
2-D/3-D animation, compositing, sound.
+ Workshops and projects with partner companies
+ Evaluation & viva exams
→ from January: judging panel consisting of teaching staff
→ from June: judging panel consisting of professionals
+ End of course project (3rd
year)
+ Work placements (six weeks per year)
Work placements are possible from the first year onwards
This course allows each student to develop skills
in the following fields: production direction, storyboards
and directing, concept art, layout, modelling, rigging,
animation, matte painting, lighting, rendering,
VFX and compositing.
Classes
First year: digital art direction, interactive animation,
web development, videographics, motion design,
environment, agency simulator, cross-media project.
Second year: 3-D animation, advertising videos,
interactive advertising, mobile, creation.
+ Workshops and projects with partner companies
+ Continued evaluation & viva exams
→ conducted by a panel of professionals
+ End of course project (2nd
year)
+ Work placements (six weeks)
Visual Effects Production Management
& Digital Animation
Techniques
Course in French or English
3 years/60 ects credits per year
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Qualification in Digital Content Design
Equivalent to bachelor level,
listed on the French Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP, level 2)
Course in French or English
2 years following Baachelor level/120 ects credits
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Advanced Course
Equivalent to master level
Courses

8. ExceptionalProfessions&Careers–WorkPlacements&Partnerships
WelcomingInternationalStudents–Application

9. Exceptional Professions & Careers
Yannick Tan
Digital Matte Painter/Environment
Animal Logic (Australia)
graduated 2011
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After London and Singapore
where he worked for big industry
names in the VFX arena like
Prime Focus, MPC and Industrial
Light & Magic, Yannick is now
based in Australia at Animal Logic,
one of the most successful digital
studios in the world.
He works on advertisements,
television shows and above
all films like Transformers 4,
Agent 47, The Great Gatsby
or Lego: The Piece of Resistance.
→ animallogic.com
Mai Anh Tran
Matte painter and Concept artist
Rodeo FX (Canada)
graduated 2013
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Upon graduating from Lisaa,
Mai Anh went straight into a work
placement at Stargate Studio before
being hired in 2014 at Rodeo FX.
She works on advertisements, films
like Warcraft and Tomorrowland
and television series like Game of
Thrones, for which Mai Anh and
her team received an Emmy Award
for their visual effects work
on season four.
→ rodeofx.com
Frédéric Cussey
Production Director
Backlight Studio (Paris)
graduated 2005
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After almost seven years in business
as head of computer graphics
and then director of IT services,
Frédéric created Omg! Creation
in April 2013, a communications
agency for small and medium sized
companies and self-employed people.
Since July 2013, Frédéric has been
production director and copywriter
at Backlight Studio, an agency
specialising in CGI, 2-D and
3-D animation, special effects, video
games and virtual reality experiences.
→ bklprods.com
Careers in 2-D and 3-D video games: game designer, level designer,
character designer, project manager, concept artist, background designer,
props designer, modeller, animator, character rigging, mapping, texturing specialist,
scripter, shading technician, tester.
Careers in 2-D and 3-D animation and visual effects: 2-D/image
image/vectorial animators, visual designer, character designer, set designer, 2-D effects
designer, story-boarder, concept artist, compositing artist, matte painter, tracer, colourist,
cleaner, background artist/designer, roto-artist, director, special effects director, animation
director, motion graphic designer, 3-D modeller, setup/rigging, texture artist, shading artist,
lighting artist, 3-D animator, layout artist, cloth FX artist, motion-capture technician,
rendering artist, tracking/match move.

10. Sullivan Richard
Environment artist and Matte painter
Double Negative (UK)
graduated 2010
After five years of experience in visual effects,
Sullivan has gained solid experience. He has worked
at MPC, Digital Domain and Double Negative,
the largest visual effects provider for cinema in Europe.
During his time here, he worked on films such as Godzilla,
Thor and Interstellar, for which he has received
three awards, including a Bafta and an Oscar.
→ dneg.com
Interstellar (2014) - © Warner Bros

11. Several Lisaa alumni feature
in the credits for the Minions film!
17 LISAA Paris alumni participated in the animated film Minions,
produced and directed by the French studio Illumination Mac Guff.
“Thanks to a passionate team of teachers who are talented and invested professionals,
and a continuous renewal of our courses, we are happy to see our former students
develop in ambitious companies in France and internationally.”
Renaud Jungmann, Director of Studies of the Animation and Video Games department of Lisaa Paris.
Les minions (2015) - © MAC GUFF / UNIVERSAL PICTURES

12. A professionally-orientated education
Thanks to its professional teaching, which is highly valued
by recruiters, 83% of recent graduates in animation and video
games find employment upon graduating from Lisaa.
Professional teachers. Teachers are active professionals in their fields.
They continually update the content of the learning process to follow market evolution.
Project-based learning.Teaching via projects familiarises students
with methodology, tools and budget, creative and organisational constraints.
Alumni network. The department, which is celebrating its 20th
year of graduates,
benefits from a solid network of former students who turn to Lisaa to find
work placement candidates and collaborators.
Work placements.From the first year, students are invited to undertake
six-week work placements in companies.
Business partnerships. Students benefit from interactions with numerous
partner companies, particularly during competitions, partnerships (17 students participated
in the production of the Minions film), conferences (by the creators of Angry Bird,
for example) and during the viva exams at the end of the year, at which they present
their project to professionals.
DreamWorks and Ubisoft are partners of note of the school.
Ubisoft: French company ranked as the number three video games developer in the world and the third independent video games producer in Europe and the US (Assassin’s Creed,
Raving Rabbits, etc.). Double negative: British British considered to be the largest visual effects provider for cinema in Europe (Inception, Interstellar, etc.). DreamWorks: famous American
film and TV series production company founded by Steven Spielberg (Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, etc.). Mikros Image: company specialising in the creation of visual effects and key player
in postproduction. MPC: a world leader in VFX for over 25 years for cinema (the Harry Potter franchise, X-Men) and advertising (Samsung, Coca Cola, Sony). Illumination MacGuff: Universal
Pictures’ animated film production company (Minions, Despicable Me, etc.). BUF: French company specialising in computer generated imagery for advertising and music videos. One of the
biggest digital visual effects studios for cinema in France and the world (Matrix, The Dark Knight, Avatar). Cube Creative: French production company for advertisements and music videos…
...

13. Welcoming International Students
Obtaining a visa
Students from outside of the European Union must proceed with an application for a long
stay visa for studying and residency (VLS-TS) from the French consulate in their country.
The standard duration of validity for a VLS-TS is one year. In addition to other assessment
criteria for the long stay visa for studying, French law requires that international students
have proof of sufficient living funds, equating to 615 euros/month.
At the same time as the visa, the consulate will send an OFII (the French Office
for Immigration and Integration) certification form as well as completion instructions.
OFII formalities should then be carried out upon arrival in France.
• Campus France, the French national agency for the promotion of higher education,
international student services, and international mobility can help you with these steps.
→ www.campusfrance.org
• A welcome service for international students (SAEE) answers all of your questions
every year from September to November at the Maison Internationale.
→ 17 Bd Jourdan – 75014 Paris.
• Lisaa is part of CUMULUS, an association of the most prestigious universities
of art in Europe, whose aim is to promote research and teaching in art and design
through exchanges, partnership and transfer of knowledge and best practices.
This network facilitates international mobility for students and teachers at Lisaa.
→ www.cumulusassociation.org
• Lisaa has signed a partnership with the US Department of Veteran Affairs
to enable beneficiaries to follow courses at LISAA. → www.va.gov
Finding accommodation
• To apply for accommodation in university halls of residence, you must complete
an application on the Paris CROUS (students’ representative body) website
before 30th
April. → www.crous-paris.fr
• UNME, the National Union of Student Housing, has details of all student
accommodation in the Paris region. → www.unme-asso.com/VillesUNME/Paris.html
• Lisaa has a partnership with estate agents Les Estudines who offer studios for rent
as well as several services for students. → www.estudines.com
Practising French at Lisaa
During their studies, international students are able to follow 1½
-hour French evening
classes every week. A very effective way of perfecting the language of Molière.

14. Professional equipment at Lisaa
Just a few steps from Montparnasse train station, the Animation and Video Games
department is at the forefront of digital techniques. It provides students with high-quality
equipment: a motion capture studio, photography studio, post-synchronisation studio
and a colour grading studio.
Lisaa Paris chose to establish itself in the heart of the student neighbourhoods of the capital,
in prestigious sites on a human scale. A choice reflecting the school’s desire to be a real part
of Parisian student life and to establish close links with its students.

15. Applications
The closing date for applications is 30th
June.
To apply you must:
1. Make an appointment via the LISAA website. A date for an interview will be arranged
with a director of studies at LISAA or via Skype if you are an international student.
2. Bring the following with you on the day of the interview:
• cover letter
• CV
• grade certificates for the last two terms of your schooling
• portfolio of personal work
During the interview, you must explain your career plans to the admissions officer
and show proof of your motivation.
3. You will be informed of your admission status two days following the interview.
A registration form will be sent to you and you must proceed with your visa application
if you are an international student.
4. Your enrolment will take effect upon reception of your completed and signed
registration form, accompanied by the required documents and registration fees.

16. Lisaa Paris - Animation & Video Games
7 rue Armand Moisant - 75015 Paris
+33(0)1 71 39 88 00
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Private Higher Education Establishment, recognised
by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
@ecole_lisaa
Lisaa
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