Ten-week certificate course from the National Film and Television School offers one guaranteed paid job contract at the studio and production company co-founded by Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish.
LONDON -- The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has partnered with The Imaginarium, the Performance Capture studio and Production Company co-founded by actor/director Andy Serkis and producer Jonathan Cavendish, to deliver a ground-breaking new VFX course.
The 10-week Certificate course in Performance Capture, starting in February 2016, will train people to work in this fast expanding area of the film and games industry. It will be taught by industry professionals at both the NFTS, in Beaconsfield, and The Imaginarium, based at Ealing Studios where students will enjoy a work placement. Graduates will produce a fully-realized performance capture sequence to be shown at an industry screening. There is also a guaranteed paid job contract for one graduate at the end of each course.
Tony Orsten, CEO of The Imaginarium Studios, said there was an urgent need to train people to work in performance capture. Orsten commented, "Our remit, as championed by our founder and creative mentor, Andy Serkis, is to tell next generation stories using our techniques and technologies. To do that, our industry needs new talent, very quickly. Working with the NFTS to inspire and educate the next generation of creative/technicians in the Performance Capture arena is clearly vitally important to continue the UK’s stellar journey in the VFX industry.”
Jon Wardle, NFTS Deputy Director, Registrar and Head of Curriculum, said the School was excited to be launching this course with Europe’s leading performance capture studio. “This partnership with The Imaginarium means that we can offer an innovative course using cutting edge technology to produce students with the level of animation skills needed to allow them to get jobs as animators within this competitive industry,” shared Wardle.
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Source: The National Film and Television School
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
