An example of the vfx work being down at the Victorian College of the Arts. © Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2004.

With a national and international student cohort (New Zealand, U.K., U.S., Spain, France, Canada, China, etc.) we are a school that attracts those applicants who wish to develop comprehensive film-making skills in an environment where the story is the most important part of the process. The tools used to develop those skills are always chosen to reflect current industry practice at a practical level.

Our course development is ongoing and reflects feedback from our (industry-based) course advisory committee, current student and graduate surveys and changing methodology and technology. Current changes reflect the move to 16:9 aspect ratio for electronic post-production and the changing nature of film production (digital intermediate, etc.).
Victorian College of the Arts
Southbank, Australia

Our market is primarily either current professionals who want to upgrade their skills (or “go digital”) or artistically skilled individuals who want to pursue careers in high-end computer graphics in the entertainment industries. Through our very active Advisory Board, the working professionals who teach our courses and the other FOGs (friends of Gnomon) who are extremely vocal about what the CG industries need, we get lots of input regarding what we should be teaching. We work extremely hard to steer our curriculum in the needed direction.
The Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Los Angeles, California

We are creating a co-op with Cameron University to train 3D modelers and animators to get students into an internship at Fort Sill creating models and animations for the Army Base to use as fight simulators and training assistants.
Northern Oklahoma College
MMDC – Advanced Animation Lab
Tonkawa, Oklahoma

Please describe recent initiatives with hardware/software companies aimed at making new technology more accessible to students.

Recent emphasis on motion capture for animation resulted in the procurement of a motion capture system and its inclusion in Ex’pression’s curriculum. The expansion of ProTools towards a High Definition platform will certainly govern our efforts for inclusion in the future.
Ex’pression College for Digital Arts

Price is on the top list if we’re talking about students. Previously, around six months ago, Discreet helped a small students community to generate a short movie by providing them more than they expected. We were just persons who were standing between Discreet and the students, to make sure that their communication bridged well.
Sentra Grafika Kompumedia, PT
Jakarta, Indonesia