Tag: USC School of Cinematic Arts
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
Turning Up the Volume: Five Popular Virtual Production Classes Across the U.S.
If there’s a technology du jour in the growing trend of virtual production, it’s LED volumes. Studio walls constructed from panels of light emitting...
Disney TV Animation Ups Bensimon, Mejia to VPs of Current Series
Douglas Bensimon and Edward Mejia have both been promoted to Vice President of Current Series, Disney Television Animation, the animation studio within Disney Branded...
USC John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts Turns 25
USC’s School of Cinematic Arts’ John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts (Hench DADA) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, it was...
VES Announces 2019 Special Honorees – Disney, Kubrick & Stan Lee Join Hall of Fame
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, announced the 2019 inductees into the VES Hall of Fame, the newest Lifetime...
USC Students Blaze a Trail with Ollie
The short film Trailblazer may appear at first glance to be animation created by a soon-to-graduate student from the University of Southern California in...
Nickelodeon Names 19th Annual Writing Program Participants
Nickelodeon has selected five new participants to join its 19th annual Writing Program, including the program’s first-ever preschool-specific finalist. The Nickelodeon Writing Program offers...
Breaking the Glass Frame Spotlights Women’s Achievements and Challenges
On the morning of Saturday, October 6, as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was being confirmed after facing sexual assault allegations in hearings that...
Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 Fellows
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s global professional honorary society, has announced the 2018 class of VES Fellows. The distinction, bestowed by the...
Animation Is Film Prelim Line-Up, Jury Members Announced
Organizers of the second annual Animation Is Film festival (Oct. 19-21 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood) have revealed the preliminary competition selection...
SoCal Schools & WIA Announce LA Women’s Animation Symposium
The University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts have partnered with Women In Animation to create...
Oscar’s Short Film Shortlist
In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the titles advancing to nomination voting for the 90th Academy Awards Best Animated...
Bold Ideas Shine at the 2017 Student Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a notable history of honoring student filmmakers with medals for their thesis films. That honor...
2017 World Animation Celebration Wraps, Announces Winners
Another edition of the World Animation Celebration has drawn to a close. Following two days packed with screenings, panels, speakers and much more, WAC...
Animation Legend Eric Goldberg to Teach at USC
Veteran animator Eric Goldberg has joined the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts.
Goldberg will teach classes...
USC Film School Opts for OptiTrack
The USC School of Cinematic Arts has installed state-of-the-art OptiTrack motion capture and tracking systems in three locations within the Robert Zemeckis Center for...
Katzenberg to Receive Academy’s Humanitarian Honor
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors voted this week to present the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to DreamWorks CEO...
Autodesk, USC Present 5D | Flux
Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute will hold a world-building design discussion series in Los Angeles March 13-15 with 5D | Flux, presented in...
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