School for Computer Animation, Digital Media, Film, Game Design and Development, Recording Arts, and Show Production. Check it out. :thumb:
that’s pretty cool, but the address is pretty ironic… lol 
Winter Park, Florida
hmmm… it’s only a one year school though 
well I think its closer to a 2 years school then 1.
1 to 2 years,… That’s cool! Don’t have to waste 4 years of your life in college! 
i’ve been to open houses at full sail, it’s 5 minutes away from where i live. very very cool looking campus with really lax enviroment. they have different programs and the 3d modeling one is a lab of like 25 comps all with maya.
they also get all the new stuff before anyone else, heh.
I came across this site couple weeks ago and spent around 2 hours surfing it. It would be awesome to study there! :thumb: Did you guys check out the graduates? 
Yeah, my two top prospects for collage are Digipen or Full Sail. I want to go into game development. Since I live in California Digipen is much closer but I’ve heard many good things about Full Sail. Can’t descide 
:o
That is an awesome Website… really cool menu effects.
I’ll will be going to full sail in 2 years. I live about 30 mins away (West Palm Beach)
awsome
i like full sail, the only problem i have is that i live in jersey. Is there any Condo’s or rental areas in Winter park(hehe)?
ow man tha animation man it exsilent. And the menu is really sharp.
I went to The Art institute of Atlanta - Transfered to the one in Fort Lauderdale to finish my animation degree… pretty good school. Way more than 25 comps runnin maya! (if thats what your lookin for).
how long is the computer animation course? it surely can’t be 1 or 2 years! We do 3 years at Bournemouth (pretty much the best place in Europe for computer animation) and it’s just not enough! It’s like a full time job! The course is so condensed! I’m sure it should be a 200 year course or something! 
ok, well… maybe 5 or 6 years 
There’s now way they could give you comprehensive teaching in that short time.
Theres a lot to be said about academia. But theres just as much to be said about real world experience
*Originally posted by asphaltcowboy *
**how long is the computer animation course? it surely can’t be 1 or 2 years! We do 3 years at Bournemouth (pretty much the best place in Europe for computer animation) and it’s just not enough! It’s like a full time job! The course is so condensed! I’m sure it should be a 200 year course or something!ok, well… maybe 5 or 6 years
There’s now way they could give you comprehensive teaching in that short time. **
The art institute program is a Batchelor Degree (4 years) the CA part is really about 2 though.
The problem I have seen with CA programs is they try to teach you everything instead of making you specialized in one particular area. i.e.: animation shops don’t have one guy to do everything… they have modelers, texture, animation, lighting etc. people…
The simple fact that maya has a 2+ year learning curve should tell schools that they shouldn’t take that approach anyway…
-z
well, our course is multidiciplinary - basically we cover everything: modeling, animation and rendering techniques (maya, plus some more progs in years 2 and 3), we do life drawing, programming, MEL scripting, maths, still and moving image theory and cinematography.
why would you want a course that is so specialised zerium? the point of the course is - you learn everything and chances are there’ll be something there that you really love more than anything else and you’ll go off and do that. some people become character animators, some people become texturers, some go onto programming, other people start writing modelling programs like maya for example. I much prefer it that way!
one of our demonstrators (who actually took the same course) started off as an arty guy - didnt really know anything about computers - now he’s the only member of staff with games industry programming experience!
So what if Maya has a 2+ year learning curve? we’re here for 3!
because you never find out what you are really good at and get a chance to make your portfolio shine… if your port has to meet certain requirements then the requirements are driving your creative and not your skills.
I’m not saying its not good to learn about everything but, you need to focus on SOMETHING and you can’t focus on everything.
surely after the intial year where you’re learning the ins and outs of computer animation, you get a feeling for what you like doing… then your work just starts to reflect that. you’ll do stuff that you like automatically, perhaps without even realising - let’s face it, you’re not going to do something if you dont have an interest in it. our 3rd year is basically just one final project and we have very little restrictions on what we can produce - the type of work that people enjoy will always be reflected in this.
thats good… we had 1 quarter to finish our reel…
