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Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' takes home Golden Globe
This is the fifth year that the Golden Globes has awarded a “Best Animated Feature Film” award, and this year the honour went to Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin. Three out of five of the 2006-2011 winners also went on to take ho …
Design Industry News: survey shows small creative companies are ready for expansion in 2012
FunctionFox Systems Inc, a company that provides specialized time tracking and billing services for small businesses in the creative industry, just released a new survey on the outlook of small companies in 2012. This is positive news for t …
Golden Globe Playlist: Winners in Film
The Artist – winner of three Golden Globe Awards. Photo: IGN. Awards season in in full swing in Hollywood, with the recent Golden Globes giving way to the now upcoming Oscars. The buzz seems to be that in some categories, we’re going to see …
What is the difference between Interior Design and Interior Decorating?
What is the difference between Interior Design and Interior Decorating? This is a question we hear quite a bit with students who are exploring their training options. There are varied explanations explaining the differences, but we find tha …
Digital downloads overtake physical music sales in the US for first time in 2011
A sign of the times? For the first time in US history, digital downloads of music have overtaken “physical” music sales. And we can assume this trend will be echoed in Canada as well. In 2011, 50.3% of all music sales were through digital d …
2011 Kelowna Student Film Festival
The 2011 Kelowna Student Film Festival was another great success. The day started on the beaches of Kelowna with a Digital Photography and Filmmaking shoot, with a live radio remote from Sun FM. Following the shoot, the VIP Party went on at …
Kelowna Cinematography Workshop
Richard Walden, film guru and Director of Photography conducted a 2-day cinematography workshop for our Digital Filmmaking students at our Kelowna campus this fall. Richard is a veteran of the film industry with 102 titles under his name on …
Kelowna Animation Students at Siggraph 2011
This past summer, Animation students from the Kelowna campus got the chance to travel to Vancouver to attend Siggraph 2011, the 38th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The students got t …
Industry Update from ESAC: Canadian Video Game Industry Shows Sustained Growth
The Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC) published a 2011 report on their website, including information about job outlooks, salary information, and Canada’s place in the animation global market. Here are some of the highligh …