Earlier this month in the Digital Photography program, students were taken to Vancouver Phoenix Gymnastics and Burnaby 8 Rinks for some hands-on experience shooting action using strobes. While instructor Ian Hylands was away on assignment, Christopher Morris filled in, and later wrote a blog post about shooting action which included some shots from the day...

http://christophermorrisphoto.blogspot.com/2012/01/sports-and-motion.html

Follow Christopher's blog for lots of great stories from the field and the classroom.

Here are some great shots from the week-long course:

Photo of Kira Hallwood by Rodrigo Ceballos

Photo of Guy McVey from Dojang by Jens Kristian Balle

Photo of Nicole Hopkins by Ester Bueno

...and here is a video (shot & edited by our studio manager Jeff Bell) highlighting the action!

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Digital Photography Action Week

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Disney's animated classic Beauty and the Beast is now back in theaters in 3D, and playing before it is a brand new short film, Tangled Ever After.  VanArts is proud to say that our own animation graduate Rahul Dabholkar contributed to the new short as a Senior Character Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He also contributed there to the recent Prep & Landing Christmas specials.

Rahul, originally from Mumbai India, graduated from our 3D Animation program in 1999 and has since enjoyed an illustrious career at studios such as Sony Imageworks, Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore and many others. His feature film credit list includes box office hits such as The Smurfs, Arthur Christmas, Green Lantern, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

In a recent CGCoach interview, Rahul shared how his career got started: "I started my career in 1996 when 2D animation was still in demand. Soon after I graduated from  University completing a BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration I was hired by an animation company, trained on board, and promoted as a Lead Animator. When 3D computer animation began growing due to successful films like Jurassic Park and Bugs Life, I decided then that I wanted to work for these amazingly talented studios. The obvious choice was to take my 2-dimensional drawing knowledge and translate it to the 3-dimensional computer world. I chose VanArts, and got my first gig even before I graduated, which helped me boost my confidence."

Rahul Dabholkar @ IMDB

(Images courtesy of Disney & Attreo Studio)

Georgie Daburas, a graduate from the William Davis Centre for Actors' Study at VanArts, is featured in the lead role (with additional credit as a co-producer) of a new local web series called Hitman 101, which consists of 12 episodes currently continuing their release online. VanArts acting graduate Jacob Wolpert is also featured with a role in the series.

Since graduation, Georgie Daburas has been actively involved in several local productions for film, television and theater.  He also continues to lend support to current students at VanArts, in the areas of acting, voices & reference for animation, and visual effects. One of our visual effects graduates, Pranjal Verma, was recruited to contribute some effects work to Hitman 101, through his connection of previously working with Georgie.

(Visit Georgie Daburas online at www.gdaburas.com.)

Hitman 101 is created & directed by Scott Staven, who had this to say about our graduates working on the show: "Georgie was not known to us before auditioning, and was cast based on his acting talents and look. It was only after casting him did the production realize how awesome a human being he was and how above and beyond nailing the role on screen he aided in the production of the film. He earned the co-producer credit and was very integral to the project's completion. I think it's a testament to the work ethic VanArts teaches and the Hitman 101 team is grateful VanArts is producing professional actors who are driven.  Also Pranjal Verma, who is doing all our visual fx on his own, is another great VanArts product who time and again is saving our butts in post production fixing all our mistakes and adding in elements that raise the production value. Not only driven and talented, Pranjal is also a pleasure to work with. Thank you!"

To view episodes and learn more about Hitman101, visit www.badguyfilms.com/hitman101.

Here is the teaser trailer: 

Congratulations to Jessie Storm, a graduate from our group of Broadcasting students who completed their training through Columbia Academy at VanArts. She has landed her first major radio job, and in this video she tells us about it and how our program helped her reach her goals.

Contact us today to find out more about our Broadcasting program!