ALL ACCESS PASS
AN EXCLUSIVE IN-STUDIO EXPERIENCE
3D ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS
Step Inside VFS’s 3D Animation Program & Experience Your Future in a $22B Industry.
VFS All Access Pass is your exclusive backstage access to VFS’s award-winning 3D Animation & Visual Effects program and a chance to experience your future in 3D & VFX for the entertainment and video game industries!
You’ll meet & chat with faculty, experience demos in motion capture & emerging technology, listen to industry panels on the future of AI & building successful animation careers, and more. PLUS, speak with our Admissions Advisors about possible tuition reductions.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. PDT
Location: 151 W Cordova St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1E1
*Light food & drink will be provided.
Industry Roundtable: Building a Career in Animation & VFX
3D Animation & Visual Effects alumni Chase Houston (Mufasa: The Lion King) and Jay Jessani (The Addam’s Family 2, Spidey and His Amazing Friends) will join Colin Giles to discuss their VFS student experience, career avenues for animators post-graduation, and how they’ve built their own successful careers as industry animators. Q&A to follow.
Meet the Head of VFS’s School of Animation
Meet Colin Giles – Animator, Director, and Head of VFS’s School of Animation. With credits including Sausage Party, Eight Crazy Nights, numerous Disney Interactive titles, and commercial content for Cartoon Network, Ford, the NBA, and Starbucks, Colin has hosted workshops and keynotes around the globe from Los Angeles to Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Seoul. Discover how Colin has created award-winning curriculum for VFS’s School of Animation (ranked #1 in the world by Animation Career Review!) through production-based & collaborative training models, and how VFS launches your career in the $22 billion 3D & VFX industry in just 1 year.
Experience a Motion Capture Demo in our Green Screen Room
In a hands-on demo, you’ll experience this exciting and ever-evolving technology – live on-set! Motion capture is a cutting-edge technology that records movements and applies them to a 3D model (like in Mike Flanagan’s , The Fall of the House of Usher, for example!). Blending real life and animation, this process is a cornerstone of many of VFS’s industry programs including 3D Animation & Visual Effects.
Experience a Demo in Emerging Technology
Like all creative industries, the 3D animation & VFX industries are ever-changing. ‘Houdini’, ‘Unreal Engine’, ‘real-time compositing’, and ‘procedural modeling’ are just a few key buzzwords in one of the world’s largest industries. In a demo led by VFS Animation faculty, you’ll experience how VFS is constantly embracing and integrating emerging technology into its School of Animation curriculum.
Industry Talk: The Future of Animation, VFX, & AI
Colin Giles and Casey Kwan (VFS’s Creative Director for the 3D Animation program) will lead an illuminating discussion into the industry’s most-prominent AI tools. Learn exactly why the rapid development of this technology has the world talking and how animators can harness this power for their own creative process.
Your Personal Portfolio Review
You’ll have the opportunity to review your animation portfolio with our faculty and Admissions team. Don’t be shy! The VFS Animation department is looking forward to reviewing your work – anything from napkin doodles to sketches, models, videos and beyond – that illustrates your passion for the craft of animation. This is your chance to see if you meet the prerequisites for our 3D Animation & Visual Effects program.
Experience All That the Program Offers
Learn about the program’s three specializations (3D Animation, Modeling, and Visual Effects), how you’ll graduate with a powerful portfolio, and how VFS's 3D Animation program forges industry partnerships with top brands like General Motors. VFS’s School of Animation has created artists that have worked on Dune: Part Two, House of the Dragon, Baldur’s Gate 3, and many more. Find out how our students land these high-profile industry gigs.
Watch our 3D Animation & Visual Effects Program Spotlight video to hear about the program, our students' amazing successes, and our alumni's amazing accomplishments.
Register now for VFS All Access Pass | 3D Animation & Visual Effects.