Digital Domain Institute & Florida State University Welcome Inaugural Classes to Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation & Digital...
August 16 2012 - 12:50PM
Business Wire
Digital Domain Media Group, Inc., (NYSE:DDMG) the Florida State
University College of Motion Picture Arts and the City of West Palm
Beach announce the arrival of the inaugural classes of students to
their pioneering public/private collaboration – an accredited
four-year BFA degree program in Animation and Digital Arts. Student
orientation begins August 22 in West Palm Beach, with classes
starting August 27 in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach.
The joint FSU/DDMG program gives students a "best of both
worlds" experience, with the opportunity to earn an accredited BFA
degree from the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts and a Diploma in
specialized areas of digital media production from the Digital
Domain Institute (DDI). Students learn from professional artists
and trainers working at DDMG studios and also have the opportunity
to apply their skills in a practical environment, with the
potential to earn internships on the production of the major
feature films underway at DDMG studios. The goal is to provide a
well-rounded education while at the same time equipping students
with the skills they need to get an entry-level professional
position in digital media.
Next week, DDI and FSU will welcome both the freshman and
sophomore classes to the program simultaneously – 20 freshman who
will be attending FSU’s Tallahassee campus for general education
courses, and 30 sophomores who have transferred to the program
after completing their freshman studies at FSU and other
institutions. The sophomores will attend classes at the FSU/DDI
West Palm Beach urban campus, where they will immerse in the
Animation and Digital Arts curriculum. The new students will join
dozens of part-time students who have been enrolled in DDI’s
Essential Skills program since March 2012.
“We’re off to a great start,” said Frank Patterson, Dean of FSU
College of Motion Picture Arts. We have 50 full-time students who
have an impressive 3.92 average high school GPA, representing our
inaugural class in the animation and digital arts program. And we
are excited that our bachelor students will be walking into already
vibrant classrooms -- they will be joining dozens of part-time
students who are already taking courses at Digital Domain
Institute’s (DDI) Essential Skills Program. We have created an
excellent learning environment that promises to produce a new
generation of film school graduates.”
Digital Domain Media Group Chairman and CEO John Textor said,
“We are pleased to welcome our first class of degree students to
Digital Domain Institute. We have created a unique partnership of
our educational institution with an accredited university, and thus
are able to offer our students a college degree. We also have
formed relationships with other companies that need employees
skilled in computer-generated graphics, so students have the
ability to hone their skills on real projects not only in the film
industry at Digital Domain but also in other applications. As a
result, we offer our students a college degree as well as the
opportunity to build a resume that shows that they have acquired
the skills necessary to get well-paying jobs.”
About Digital Domain Media Group
Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG: NYSE) leverages its expertise
in digital visual effects (VFX) and computer-generated (CG)
animation across a group of interrelated businesses. At its
foundation is Digital Domain Productions (DDPI), an award-winning
digital production company founded in 1993. This leading provider
of visuals has contributed to more than 90 major motion pictures,
including Titanic, the Transformers series, Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s End and TRON: Legacy, hundreds of
commercials, and recently created the virtual likeness of rapper
Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre’s show at the Coachella Valley Music
Festival. Mothership, a DDPI subsidiary, focuses on creating
advertising, entertainment and branded content from concept to
completion, across multiple media platforms. DDMG, its work and its
employees have been recognized with numerous awards, including
seven from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The
company is building on its success in VFX to participate as a
co-producer in major productions and is currently co-producing the
upcoming live-action sci-fi feature film Ender’s Game, as well as
virtual likenesses for Elvis Presley that will be jointly owned by
CORE Media Group and DDMG. DDMG also converts two-dimensional (2D)
imagery to three-dimensional (3D) imagery and holds key patents in
this area. The company is also applying its CG expertise to produce
original, family-friendly animated feature films at its subsidiary
Tradition Studios. The first movie, The Legend of Tembo, is in
pre-production and two more features are in development. The
company’s education subsidiary, the Digital Domain Institute, sets
a new standard in digital media education through a pioneering
public-private partnership with The Florida State University
College of Motion Picture Arts. DDMG is expanding its worldwide
footprint of the highest quality visual effects and animation at
the lowest possible cost through global partnerships in India and
China. The company has studios in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Florida and Vancouver and is currently establishing studios in
Beijing and Abu Dhabi. http://www.ddmg.co
About The Florida State University College of Motion Picture
Arts
The Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts is
recognized as a top film school, described by the Hollywood
Reporter as "one of the world's best," the New York Times as "one
of the top motion picture schools in the nation," and recognized by
the Directors Guild of America for its "distinguished contribution
to American culture through the world of film and television."
Florida State is renowned for the number of Student Oscar®, Emmy®,
and notable national and international awards its students earn
each year. (FSU earned four Student Emmys® in 2011, more than any
other US school.) The faculty comprises award-winning industry
experts with a combined 400+ feature film credits who share a gift
for teaching students the art, craft and business of storytelling
in the motion picture industry.
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