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News Headlines Archive
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Graduate works at Animated Exeter
Work by Rory Waudby-Tolley, Jack Kersey, Anthony Green & David Khosab highly commended
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Masters Show 2012
Our Masters graduates for 1012 showed their work on 5th October at Framestore in London
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VRG member Exhibition
Susan Sloan Animating Stillness: Motion Capture Portraits, Photographers' Gallery July 11th to August 1st -
Six Graduate Projects in Animated Exeter
This year 6 projects by 2012 graduates will be screened at the February festival
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VRG member exhibition
Lizzie Sykes exhibition Movement in Location, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK, May 9th-24th -
boredomresearch in Maribor, Slovenia
Paul Smith and Vicky Isely recently took part in the Soft Control conference and exhibition.
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Engineering and Professional Doctorate Scholarships
The Centre for Digital Entertainment jointly established by Bath University and the NCCA at BU has 50 scholarships available. -
News of a Final Year Game Project is already weirding people out and building expectations
A video released to promote the game "Candle" by final year students James Clark, Max Fitzgerald and Iliana Pavlova which is already gaining critical attention has had over 17K Vimeo plays as people anticipate the game's release.
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BU Hosts Computer Graphics International 2012
welcoming visitors from around the world to the June 12-15 conference -
NCCA at Animated Exeter
Karthik Ramasamy and Perry Yap who came 2nd in Technical Achievement for Jump -
Ed Hooks visit
Ed hooks, famous for his books and classes in Acting for Animation spent two weeks in February teaching NCCA students. Students and Staff alike benefitted from his enthusiasm humour and wisdom. -
the Queen's Anniversary Prize
A Queen's Anniversary Prize recognises the NCCA's 'World Class' teaching. Follow this link to see the videos! -
Associate Dean - Computer Animation
BU are advertising for Associate Dean - Computer Animationdeadline Thursday 8th March -
Dreamworks Animators at NCCA
On their return from the Christmas break some of our students were privileged to have their work critiqued by Kevan Shorey and Robyn Mesher of Dreamworks. Kevan graduated from the NCCA and as Global Department Manager Robyn gave some excellent project management advice. -
NCCA at ISEA 2011 Istanbul
14-21 September 2011
Peter Hardie, Vicky Isley,Susan Sloan and Paul Smith exhibit work
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Masters Show 2011
14th October saw the 21st NCCA Masters Show held at Framestore CFC and MPC in London. -
NCCA achievements praised in NESTA report
The NCCA's approach to CG Animation and Effects education in the UK as a marriage of art and science is praised in this important national report. -
boredomresearch at POCOs
Paul and Vicky present a paper at the POCOs Software Art symposium in Glasgow, 11-12 October 2011"We will be examining the implications of exhibiting digital art beyond its sell by date. Although we ensure all works leave the studio in peak condition we cannot guarantee an indefinite shelf life and some conservation may be necessary to ensure works remain at the high standard you expect. To assist you in this process we have prepared a short presentation outlining the key areas for consideration. This does not affect your statutory rights." -
boredomresearch at POCOs
Vicky Isley and Paul Smith present a paper at a symposium on the durability of Software Art -
NCCA / Bradford Animation Festival talk
On November 14th students and invited guests will saw a special lecture in Bournemouth by renowned layout artists Roy Naisbitt and Scott Caple to mark the publication of Setting The Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout by Fraser MacLean. Fraser studied at the NCCA. -
NCCA Featured in 3D artist
The MA 3D Computer Animation course is featured in 3D Artist Issue 33 -
BA Show 2011
BA Computer Visualisation & Animation Degree Show was held on 15th July at MPC in London. -
NCCA Graduate gets an Oscar and BAFTA Award
Andrew Lockley, graduated from the MA Digital Special Effects course in 2000. This year he got Oscar and BAFTA awards for visual effects work on 'Inception'. Andy was part of a team including NCCA External Examiner and visiting practitioner and Double Negative founder member Paul Franklin.
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Digital Futures in Dance
9 September 2011 Zhidong Xiao will give a talk about the Beijing Opera Project at DFID in Bournemouth -
AHRC funded Practice Led PhD Studentship
Fully funded PhD research studentship in Visual Research or Experimental Media
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NCCA Post: Senior Lecturer in Computer Animation
We are seeking an experienced Mid-Senior Animator in 3D character animation for film and/or games with at to lecture on our BA and Masters courses.Deadline Wednesday 8th June 2011 -
VRG work in Salisbury Exhibition
Susan Sloan, Peter Hardie and boredomeresearch have work in 'Broken Stillness' in Salisbury -
Paper on Computers and Drawing
by Stephen Bell and independent artist and critic Sarah Thompson published -
boredomresearch in Sweden
Whirligigs exhibit in 'Electrohype 2010' sixth biennial of electronic art, Ystad -
NCCA at SIGGRAPH 2010
Researchers Olusola Aina and Denis Kravtsov presented posters at the Los Angeles conference -
BA Final Show 2010
This year's show was held at The Moving Picture Company in London on Friday 16th July
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Student work at Animated Exeter
The following work produced by NCCA students was screened at 'The Best of the West' at Animated Exeter on February 12th 2010:Sky Caper Dean Wright and Todd Sellar.Norton Steven Twist.Tank Ben Matthews. Ripper Chris McLaughlin.Hams Off Gareth Bell,Denis Constantinou,Nicholas Lee, Anthony Magdalinis, Edward Olive and Wuxan Shi. -
boredomresearch in Edinburgh and Gijon
Research Fellows Vicky Isley and Paul Smith AKA boredomresearch have work in Edinburgh and Gijon -
Student Awarded Cinesite 'inspire' Internship
BA graduate Alexander Betancourt is now working at Cinesite on 'John Carter of Mars' -
NCCA in 3DWorld
An article about how to get jobs in the September edition of 3D World features NCCA staff -
Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning
Saf Efstathiou gets award for online collaborative work tool -
Over 50 NCCA Alumni worked on Avatar
A quick survey of Alumni by Saf Efstathiou (Course Leader MA 3D Computer Animation) revealed that over fifty graduates and ex-staff from the NCCA were involved in the groundbreaking movie 'Avatar'. -
July Screening and Workshops in Bournemouth
On 16/17/18 July VRG members will show work and run workshops -
Bystander Project featured on BBC Radio 4
A BBC Radio 4 programme Walk on By broadcast on 28th June featured a Virtual Reality project that Prof Jian jun Zhang, Dr Richard Southern and Gavin Lewis worked on with Prof Mel Slater of UCL and Dr Mark Levine of Lancaster University can be heard online until 4th July. -
Practitioner in Residence: Computer Games Arts
Closing date for applications Friday July 2nd 2010With an established reputation in the arts and animation side of Computer Games you will primarily work with BA students developing character animation and visual arts. -
Modeling Paper in Communications of the ACM
Alexander Pasko and Valery Adzhiev paper on HyperFun published -
Student Work at Animated Exeter
Five short films by NCCA students were selected for the 'Best of the West' competition. -
NCCA Alumni Oscar & BAFTA nominee
1991 MA graduate Paul Kavanagh has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar. -
NCCA Graduate Awarded BAFTA
Adam Shaw, co founder/director of Blue Zoo, recently received a BAFTA. Adam graduated in 2000 -
NCCA promoted in China
Pro Vice Chancellor Nick Petford and NCCA members have been flying the digital flag in China -
SIGGRAPH 2009 Poster
Researcher Denis Kravtsov will present the poster "Polygonal-Functional Hybrids for Computer Animation and Games" at this year's New Orleans SIGGRAPH -
iPhone App for NCCA Showreel
Jon Macey has developed an iPhone app for viewing the NCCA showreel -
boredomresearch exhibition
Research Fellows boredomresearch exhibit at DAM gallery in Berlin -
EPSRC Funded Research Centre
NCCA's Prof Zhang and Bath Uni's Prof Willis succeed in bid for £6m project -
Staff Show work at Kube
VRG members Stephen Bell, Peter Hardie and Lizzie Sykes showed work in the 'Second Salon' exhbition at the Kube gallery in Poole in September - October 2009. Exhibitors included MA Computer Animation graduate Sarah Thompson. -
Student work in Kara Film Festival
Seven NCCA student animations shown at Karachi International Film Festival -
Film by NCCA Alumnus Premiers in Ramallah
Fatenah, a film by Ahmad Habash, graduate of the MA 3DCA in 2007 was premiered on July 1st in Ramallah. Follow the link to BBC report for more information. -
PhD in 3D Hand Motion Capture for Human Computer Interaction
Fully funded project to develop a marker-free hand-mocap system.
APPLICATION DEADLINE 30 JUNE
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Staff and Student Work Screening in Bournemouth Lower Gardens
See work by Staff and Students of BU and AUCB -
Student work at Edinburgh Film Festival
Graduates of the BA had their work selected to be shown at the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival.'Harvester' by Nicholas Hampshire in the McLaren Animation 2 programme'Toy' by David Bell in the Trailblazers programme -
Meet us in Annecy 2009
Staff and students from the NCCA were on stand 4-208, hosted by South West Screen and UKTI
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Heterogeneous Object Modelling Book
Springer have published a book on Heterogeneous Object Modelling and Applications, edited by Alexander Pasko, Valery Adzhiev and Peter Comninos -
NCCA at SIGGRAPH 2008
"Real-Time Lighting for Stage Use", Ian Stephenson"A Per-Grain Simulation of Film", Ian Stephenson
"Hardware-Accelerated Shaders Using FPGAs"' Luke Goddard, Ian Stephenson
"Cloud 21", Leigh McLoughlin
"Real Snail Mail [RSM]", Vicky Isley and Paul Smith (Boredomresearch)
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The Salon at Study Gallery Poole
Visual Research Group members showed new work at the Study Gallery in Poole In November 2008 -
Realflow Software Donation
Next Limit Technologies have donated 30 licences for their Realflow software to us -
BA Show in London 11 July
Meet the BA graduates and see their work at The Moving Picture Company -
Massive Battle Project
Masters Students use 'Massive' software to produce battle sequenceThe animation can be seen online at:The piece is mentioned in a recent VFXWORLD feature article which can be viewed online at: -
Melania Fodritto joins 3DWorld tutorial team
Lecturer Melania Fodritto has joined the 3DWorld Tutorial Team. -
Applying AI to Computer Games & Animation
March 14 event in London chaired by Prof John Vince. One paper by Ari Sarafopoulos -
Student Work in Animated Exeter
Work by students from the BA course have been selected for Animated Exeter -
Claudia Moore Animation in Festival
Claudia Moore's recent animation has been shown at Girona Film Festival
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Paula Callus organizes Afrimation festival
Senior Lecturer Paula Callus organised the recent 'Afrimation' Festival in London -
Students Game Design at Dare to be Digital
Students work at 'Dare to be Digital' on the 'Ergophobia' website.
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NCCA at SIGGRAPH 2007
BA Joel Green's 'The Itch' in the Electronic Theatre.BA Ben Jones's 'Fat Chance' in the Animation Theatre.PhD Students Eike Anderson and Leigh McLouglin presented 'C-Sheep' in the Educators Program.Principle Lecturer and Researcher Peter Hardie's 'Falling Water' was exhibted in the Art Exhibtion. -
Multichannel at ArtSway
Lizzie Sykes, Adam Vanner, Susan Sloan, Peter Hardie and Stephen Bell, of the VRG had work screened at the Multichannel event at the ArtSway gallery in The New Forest on 28th-30th September 2007. ArtSway, located in Sway has achieved an international reputation for promoting and supporting new media art. The VRG have held two meetings there in association with SCAN. -
BA Final Show July 13 London
Graduating BA students showed their work at The Moving Picture Company -
Massive Donation to BU
BU is the first university in Europe to have access to state of the art computer animation software -
Senior Research Posts Deadline 17th May
BU are advertisng two senior research posts in Computer Animation. A Chair in Creative Computer Animation and Readership in Computer Games.
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NCCA Number 1 in UK
Industry Experts consulted by 3D World Magazine Ranked NCCA No1 Centre in UK -
Radar Festival Winner
James Healy, BA graduate was awarded £1000 fora piece he produced with the support ofFramestore-CFC and, among others, NCCAgraduates Hege Berg and Catherine Roberts. -
DreamWorks Guest Lecture
Dave Burgess, Supervising Animator at DreamWorks, visits our students
Read and watch clips of his interview
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The Media School