Rising Sun Pictures Training Center

Rising Sun Pictures is collaborating with one of South Australia’s leading Universities, The University of South Australia (UniSA), to give students of UniSA‘s Bachelor of Visual Effects program a rare opportunity to learn from the best.

Graduate Certificate in Dynamic Effects and Lighting (post graduate)
and
Visual Effects Project: Dynamic Effects and Lighting course (undergraduate as part of the Bachelor of VFX)

Students undertaking the RSP and Adelaide University Dynamic Effects and Lighting courses will experience an immersive full-semester project with Rising Sun Pictures in their studio environment. Students completing this training will gain a developed understanding of working within the dynamic effects pipeline and will gain expertise with key digital asset development techniques in order to deliver a high quality, finished product for inclusion in their showreels. Through this process, students will experience simulated production practices including participating in project progress reports and management of client and supervisor requirements.

This course familiarises students with professional practice in the visual effects industry, and provides the theory, skills and techniques to produce an industry-standard dynamic effects shot. Student will develop expertise with key digital asset development techniques including SOP, CHOP, ROP, etc. and will gain advanced skills needed to integrate, remove, isolate, grade and insert asset elements. Students will also undertake production projects to develop expertise with importing attributes, casting and dynamic simulations. This course exposes students to professional standards, through learning in a production studio under the supervision of experienced visual effects artists.

This simulated project environment will expose students to professional practice situations including participating in project progress reports, understanding and developing client requirements and delivering an industry-standard project within agreed timeframes. Upon completion of this course, students will have developed a clear understanding of professional practice in the visual effects industry, and will be employable on a global scale, equipped with a unique and sought after skill set.

Graduate Certificate in Creature Effects (post graduate)
and
Creature Effects course (undergraduate as part of the Bachelor of VFX)

On completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate advanced visual effects techniques including how to realistically simulate hair, fur, cloth, and other garments within a professional creature effects pipeline. Students will also develop a visual effects showreel and resume in addition to gaining practical, hands-on experience with industry mentoring.

This immersive full semester course, delivered on-site at Rising Sun Pictures, will build upon students’ existing visual effects knowledge, and familiarises students with professional practice in the visual effects industry, providing the theory, skills, and techniques to produce industry-standard creature effects simulations. In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of a professional creature effects pipeline, and will be introduced to the realistic simulation of hair, fur, cloth, and other garments. Students will learn how to problem solve common issues and how to optimize the performance of their projects. The course will cover the techniques required to create realistic cloth, hair, and fur for animated characters and environments, including dynamics; constraints; collision detection; and physical properties, such as weight, density, and flexibility. The course will provide insight into career strategies and employment prospects locally, nationally, and internationally, and students will be exposed to professional standards, through immersive learning in a production studio, and using industry-standard software under the supervision of experienced visual effects artists. Upon completion of this course, students will have developed a clear understanding of professional practice in the visual effects industry, and will be employable on a global scale, equipped with a unique and sought-after skill set.