ALL ACCESS PASS
AN EXCLUSIVE IN-STUDIO EXPERIENCE
3D ANIMATION & VISUAL EFFECTS
Experience VFS’s 3D Animation program & your future in 3D & VFX.
VFS All Access Pass your exclusive backstage access to VFS’s 3D Animation & Visual Effects program (ranked #1 in the world by Animation Career Review!) and a chance to experience your future in 3D & VFX for the entertainment and game industries. You’ll join Industry Talks, experience Unreal Engine and motion capture demos, tour our 64,000 cubic ft. motion capture volume, and more.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. PST
Location: 151 West Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
*Light food & drink will be provided.
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 creative arts 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.
Industry Talk: Building a Career in Animation & VFX
Colin Giles will lead an industry roundtable with VFS alumni on how to start a career in animation. The alumni will discuss their VFS student experience, animation career pathways for graduates, and how they’ve built their own successful careers as industry animators. Q&A to follow. (Stay tuned for the alumni announcement!)
Industry Talk: The Future of Animation, VFX, & AI
VFS Animation faculty 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.
Case Study: The Animation Production Pipeline
Through VFS’s production-focused training model, our 3D Animation students create incredible work – all in just 1 year! Using a past student project as a case study, you’ll get a detailed walkthrough of how this student brought their vision to life from concept to completion.
Experience an Animation Green Screen Demo & Tour our Motion Capture Volume
Join a hands-on demo in our 180-degree green screen room to experience the cutting-edge motion capture technology available to 3D Animation & Visual Effects students during their training. Then, tour our state-of-the-art, 64,000 cubic foot motion capture volume Beyond Capture Studios – located right on VFS campus. An official VFS industry partner. Beyond Capture’s impressive work includes The Fall of the House of Usher, an in-arena cinematic video for the Vancouver Canucks, and more.
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 an Unreal Engine workshop led by VFS Animation faculty, you’ll experience how VFS is constantly embracing and integrating emerging technology into its School of Animation curriculum.
Your Personal Portfolio Review
You’ll have the opportunity for an animation portfolio review 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.
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 the best animation school in the world by Animation Career Review!) through production-based & collaborative training models, and how VFS launches your career in just 1 year.
Watch our 3D Animation & Visual Effects Showreel to see what you could achieve in 1 year at VFS.
Register now for VFS All Access Pass | 3D Animation & Visual Effects.