Ellen Wolff

International Flavors: A Look at This Year’s Student Oscar Animation Winners

The Student Academy Awards changed things up in more ways than one this year. The 2024 ceremony was held in London, far across the...

SIGGRAPH 2024: Colorado’s Computer Graphic High

SIGGRAPH is marking the start of its second half-century by returning to Colorado (July 28-Aug. 1), the state where its first conference was held...

Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.

An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...

Student Academy Awards: All About the Animation Medalists

It’s hard to believe that the Student Academy Awards, the pinnacle of recognition for young filmmakers, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The...

SIGGRAPH at 50: What to Expect at the CGI Celebration in L.A.

The ACM SIGGRAPH conference for computer graphics has long prided itself as the place where CG aficionados flock each summer to glimpse the future...

Imagination Immersion: VR Projects at Annecy

The Annecy Festival has long been a mecca for animation lovers of all kinds, who travel to the picturesque French city every spring for...

Turning Up the Volume: Five Popular Virtual Production Classes Across the U.S.

If there’s a technology du jour in the growing trend of virtual production, it’s LED volumes. Studio walls constructed from panels of light emitting...

Aardman Offers an Early Look at Wallace & Gromit’s VR Adventure ‘The Grand Getaway’

***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** The medium of virtual reality remains a relatively brave, new frontier,...

Global Perspectives: The Making of 2022’s Student Academy Award Animation Winners

***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)*** When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its...

Seneca College Finds a New Formula for Success with Its ANI 2.0 Program

This autumn, 115 new students will arrive on campus at Seneca College’s School of Creative Arts & Animation in Toronto, Ontario — just in...

SIGGRAPH’s Electronic Theater Takes the Pulse of Today’s VFX & CG Scene

***This article originally appeared in the August '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 322) *** SIGGRAPH is often considered a popular barometer of progress...

Exclusive: Annecy’s Eclectic VR Program Delivers the World of Tomorrow, Today

***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)*** The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has long strived...

Guiding Lights: Five Innovative Animation Classes in 2022

***This article originally appeared in the April '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 319), International Education & Career Guide supplement*** While pandemic restrictions have impacted...

Tactile Trilogy: A Tour of the Netflix/Nexus Stop-Motion Anthology ‘The House’

***This article originally appeared in the February '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 317)*** A stop-motion trilogy about the surreal events in a single house...

Pandemic Academics: Animation Programs Pivot to a New Normal

***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine's 2021 International Education & Career Guide*** Forget those quaint images of college life, with students chatting amidst scattered...

Romancing the ‘White Snake’

***This article originally appeared in the December ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 295)*** Last January, Chinese audiences were able to enjoy Light Chaser Animation’s...

A Cord That Binds: Kazuki Yuharu’s ‘MOWB’ Refreshes VR Formulae

***This story originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 293)*** As VR projects appear with increasing frequency at festivals worldwide, interesting...

SIGGRAPH 2019: A CG Progress Report

***This article originally ran in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)*** When SIGGRAPH attendees congregate in the Los Angeles Convention Center from...

USC Students Blaze a Trail with Ollie

The short film Trailblazer may appear at first glance to be animation created by a soon-to-graduate student from the University of Southern California in...

Learning from the Masters: Must-Take US Animation & VFX Classes

***This article originally appeared in Animation Magazine’s 2019 International Education & Career Guide*** In an era when teachers can be rated like restaurants on Yelp,...
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