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Student animations to support local and national charities
Each year at the BFX Festival, Bournemouth University students work with charities to produce animations that raise awareness of their work and campaigns. Charities are selected for the BFX competition for several reasons, one being the alignment of their values with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...