Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)
VFX •• LIGHTING/RENDERING •• CHARACTER FX •• ENVIRONMENT ••
MODELING ☼ LOOK DEV ☼ ANIMATION & RIGGING ☼ GAME DEV ☼
•• Multiple Houdini Courses | • Single Houdini Course | ☼ Houdini available for Project/Studio Use
The Visual Effects for Film & TV Program (VFX) is designed to provide graduates with all the relevant skills needed to enter and maintaina career in the VFX industry. This goal is achieved through our school's tight industry connections ensuring that our students are building afoundation of VFX abilities used in the industry today.
The program is a one-year, hands on, intensive program to prepare the student in the technical and artistic components that make up the VFX process. The program operates within a studio production paradigm to prepare students for industry standards and expectations.
Students are trained to be diagnostic problem solvers and to develop professional level standards in their work ethic and the practice oftheir craft. Each of the four program terms are comprised of a tight integrated course network in which students accomplish specificindustry driven competencies.
The curriculum is structured to facilitate exceptional portfolio outcomes culminating into the development of a professional level ‘demoreel’. Students will learn how to effectively participate in a simulated industry environment as well as how to communicate and presentideas effectively.
The program is a one-year, hands on, intensive program to prepare the student in the technical and artistic components that make up the VFX process. The program operates within a studio production paradigm to prepare students for industry standards and expectations.
Students are trained to be diagnostic problem solvers and to develop professional level standards in their work ethic and the practice oftheir craft. Each of the four program terms are comprised of a tight integrated course network in which students accomplish specificindustry driven competencies.
The curriculum is structured to facilitate exceptional portfolio outcomes culminating into the development of a professional level ‘demoreel’. Students will learn how to effectively participate in a simulated industry environment as well as how to communicate and presentideas effectively.