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BFX team present competition pre-production work to charities and mentors

Jun 20, 2019

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...

BU’s National Centre for Computer Animation tops UK rankings

May 17, 2019

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...

Graduate behind some of the world’s biggest blockbusters visits BU

May 15, 2019

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...

Judges announce BFX Competition Teams

Mar 15, 2019

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...

Charities to benefit from university animation talent

Jan 16, 2019

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...