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Sustainability theme & mentors announced for 2022 BFX Easter Jam
BU students have been invited to take part in a sustainability-themed animation jam ahead of this year’s BFX Festival, with mentors from leading visual effects and animation studios providing support to participants. The 2022 BFX East Jam, which will be themed around...
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BFX Festival 2021 takes place at Bournemouth University
Bournemouth played host to visual effects, animation and gaming experts from around the world as Bournemouth University hosted the BFX Festival. The Festival, held in-person and online, brought together university students and industry experts from Bournemouth and...
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Learn from top industry names in BFX masterclasses
A range of masterclasses are on offer as part of the 2021 BFX festival, with the opportunity to learn directly from some of the best in the animation, games and VFX industries. Ten masterclasses will run from Friday 5 – Sunday 7 November 2021 at Bournemouth...
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National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) retains Houdini Certified School status
The National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) at BU has retained Houdini Certified School Status for the fifth year running. The certification means that NCCA graduates are eligible for a free commercial licence with Houdini, a 3D animation software application...
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BFX Festival 2021: tickets now on sale
The UK’s biggest animation and visual effects festival is back for 2021, with leading names lined up to give talks and technical masterclasses. Tickets are now on sale for the BFX Festival, which runs from 2-7 November 2021. The festival includes a three-day speaker...
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BFX Festival 2019 – Thats a wrap!
The BFX Festival is one of the largest visual effects, animation and games festivals in the UK, bringing together professionals and students from across the world to share insights into how the best films, commercials, television shows and games are made. Now in its...
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Visual effects masterclasses available during BFX Festival
A range of professional masterclasses – for a range of skill levels – are available as a part of the BFX Festival, taking place next week in Bournemouth. A number of industry leaders will be delivering hands-on sessions to share knowledge and inspire creativity in...
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Get the inside scoop on blockbuster visual effects with film screenings and Q&As at the BFX Festival
Screenings of two of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters will take place at the BFX Festival, with the chance to ask experts who worked on the films more about their visual effects and animation. The BFX Festival is the UK’s largest visual effects, computer game and...
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Confirmed speakers for BFX Festival 2019
BFX, Bournemouth’s annual visual effects, animation and games festival, returns this October, with a confirmed line-up of speakers ready to lift the lid on how the best films and games of 2019 were made. The Festival attracts students and professionals from across the...
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NCCA graduate returns to BU to share his expertise as a Character Animator
A BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts graduate returned to BU to share his expertise and advice with current students. Arran Baker graduated from the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) in 2015 and now works as a Character Animator at Jellyfish Pictures. His...
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BFX team present competition pre-production work to charities and mentors
The BFX team recently headed to London to present the pre-production work of this year’s competition teams at the offices of Kingston Smith, competition sponsor. This year’s BFX competitors have been working hard to create storyboards, animatics and character designs...
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BU’s National Centre for Computer Animation tops UK rankings
Animation Career Review, which was set up in 2011 to provide an online resource for aspiring animators and digital artists, has ranked BU its top UK animation school, followed by the Royal College of Art in London and Teesside University in Middlesbrough. The...
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Graduate behind some of the world’s biggest blockbusters visits BU
Tom Reed, Head of Rigging at the Moving Picture Company (MPC) in London, visited the university to meet and advise students studying visual effects. After graduating BU’s BA Computer Visualisation degree in 2003, Tom worked on top-grossing films including The Lion...
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Judges announce BFX Competition Teams
Judges have selected the eight student teams who will compete in the 2019 BFX Competition. The competitors will be challenged to create a brand film for the four selected charities who stand to benefit from this festival collaboration. This year’s teams are; Clean Up...
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Charities to benefit from university animation talent
The Creative Vision Award (CVA), supported by Kingston Smith, has seen four charities announced as winners, receiving more than £150,000 worth of bespoke animation design work on a brand film of their choice. The animations will be produced at Bournemouth University...
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