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The NCCA is delighted to announce the launch of a brand new course for the 2018/19 academic year.

Whilst we are not able to release all of the details just yet, we can tell you that the new course title, which is BA (Hons) Visual Effects.

In an ever expanding industry, the NCCA is perfectly positioned to deliver the very best education to aspiring visual effects artists!

Watch this space for more news.

The annual Tech Nation survey quantifies the value and growth of the UK digital economy, in particular identifying sectors of significant growth in terms of wealth creation. Bournemouth University and the National Centre for Computer Animation (and Visual Effects, apparently) has been identified in the 2017 report as a centre providing strong graduate talent to the digital and creative economy. Read about it here.

Hot on the heels of their win at AniFest 2016, Naughty Princess has won the best student animation award at the Royal Television Society Southern awards ceremony on Friday 3rd March 2017. There to receive the award on their behalf was Chris Williams and Adam Redford, who managed to take this shaky photo of the award:

The film now goes to the National Awards in London in June when we hope for more success. Congratulations to the students Klaudia Smigielska, Zeno Pelgrims and Vasil Shotarov, and staff, in particular supervisors Ingrid Morrison and Claudia Moore, on a great achievement.

Click on the screenshot to watch the project (or click here).

Congratulations to Constantinos Glynos, one of the Demonstrators in the NCCA, who has just been awarded best paper in the 45th Annual IEEE AIPR 2016: Imaging and Artificial Intelligence: Intersection and Synergy​ conference in Washington DC. http://www.aipr-workshop.org/

Don’t miss out on this amazing week, scheduled with speakers, screenings and other events that celebrate and promote the visual effects, games and animation industry.

http://www.bfxfestival.com/

We are excited to announce that the student project Naughty Princess has won the Best British Film award at AniFest 2016!

Congratulations to Vasil Shotarov, Klaudia Smigielska and Zeno Pelgrims for their superb work, and to their supervisory team Ingrid Morrison and Claudia Moore.

Watch this excellent project here.

For more information about the awards, visit the site.

Fabulous news from our colleagues Vicky Isley and Paul Smith:

“With so many exceptional entries in the Moving Image category we were genuinely surprised to hear boredomresearch announced as winner at the Lumen Prize winners gala last night in Hackney House http://lumenprize.com/newsarticle/2016-shortlist-announced

Thanks to all at BU who have supported us with this project which was recognised for its fusion of arts and science. It was a pleasure to act as a beacon highlighting bournemouth’s unique appreciation of the value of interdisciplinary practice.

A big thank you to Abigail Addison of Animate Projects, who as well as commissioning the project led the simultaneous celebrations at the opening of Silent Signal in LifeSpace, Dundee http://lifespace.dundee.ac.uk/exhibition/silent-signal where we hear AfterGlow was well received. Finally of course a huge thank you to Dr Paddy Brock at the University of Glasgow who we hope that we can invite to BU to share his experiences transcending the boundaries of epidemiology whilst working on the AfterGlow project.”

The finalists have been chosen. Meet the teams, including runners-up and have a look at their work here: BFX Finalists 2016

BFX FESTIVAL

NCCA welcomes all new students to our Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses and those who are returning from the vacation. We are looking forward to seeing you all and helping you in your chosen areas of study.  

NCCA Undergraduate Degree Show 2016!

Recruiters and Practitioners! Join us at this celebration of graduate student work, and see the best that our students have to offer. Gain access to the freshest talent across all areas of animation, games and VFX production, including design, visual effects and software development. Represented will be graduates from our three undergraduate programmes:

• BA Computer Visualisation and Animation
• BA Computer Animation Arts
• BSc Software Development for Animation, Games and Effects

The Event

When

Thursday, July 21, 2016 from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM (BST)

Where

The Mill – 11-14 Windmill Street, London W1T 2JG, United Kingdom

The schedule for the event is:

• 15h00-17h00: Drinks and Networking in The Mill Loft Bar
• 17h00-20h00: Screening of the Degree Show and continued networking

All of this takes place at The Mill, London. Register for the event using the following link :

• Undergraduate degree show 2016 tickets

Signing up for this event is voluntary, but will help us keep track of numbers. Students will have showreels to hand and there will be plenty of space for breakout discussions. Please forward this invite on to anyone at your organisation who would be interested in attending. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions relating to the event.