Summary:

The Animation, Film and Visual Effects program consists of two one-year courses designed to help students gain valuable media creation experience, and move to the next stage of their career path.
Our media production facilities include digital film and audio equipment, a green screen studio space, and Macintosh workstations.
Students use the same industry-standard software as professional filmmakers and animators, including Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects, Toon Boom Harmony and Autodesk Maya.

Objectives in Film and Visual Effects (Morning Session):
- Emphasizing hands-on production, this one-year course explores the fundamentals of film creation, including the techniques and aesthetics of shooting, lighting, and editing.
- Students explore film technologies, equipment operation, composition, lighting, audio fundamentals, motion graphics, visual effects, production planning, and non-linear editing.
- Students work individually and in teams to experience the pre-production, production, and post production stages of video creation, distribution, and evaluation.

Objectives in Animation (Afternoon Session):
- This one-year course introduces the basic terminology, concepts, and techniques of animation.
- Students gain experience with current technologies, historical perspectives, applications and basic principles of 2D and 3D animation.
- Students use a variety of animation techniques to create a portfolio of work designed to give them an advantage in their pursuit of further training in the field.

Orleans/Niagara BOCES

Animation, Film and Visual Effects (AFV)