CLASSICAL ANIMATION AT VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL Study Classical Animation at VFS, and train at the No.VFS ANIMATION 1 Animation PROGRAM VFS ANIMATION PROGRAM VFS ANIMATION PROGRAM VFS ANIMATION PROGRAM #2 IN THE WORLD #1 IN CANADA #2 IN THE WORLD #1 IN CANADA School in Canada, and No. 2 Animation School in theANIMATION World, CAREER REVIEW according ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW to Animation Career Review. During your year, you learn from veteran animators inside a world-class studio environment. You’ll build a / QUICK FACTS powerful suite of skills, create attention-getting work, and graduate with the ability to breathe life into believable characters, tell great DURATION 1 Year stories, and successfully launch your career. START DATES January, May, September RESULTS MATTER STUDIO ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED From day one in the program, you focus on The 42,000-square-foot Animation + Visual 1994 developing the kind of artistic foundation Effects campus is located in the middle of you’ll need to thrive as a professional vibrant Downtown Vancouver. This leading-edge INDUSTRY EVENTS (AVERAGE) animator. During your year’s first half, you focus facility closely mirrors a real-world professional 10 per year on fundamentals like timing, acting, weight, and studio and gives you access to every amenity motion, and how to use them all in character you could ever possibly need, from studio space YOU GRADUATE WITH creation. You also delve into character design to a custom-built life drawing theatre. Diploma in Classical Animation, and storyboarding, which will prove vital during professional-level reel, art and animation portfolio, and access to the VFS the second half of your year as you take on INDUSTRY-LED job board two major short film projects — a festival-ready You want to carve out your place in the traditional 2D animated film and a digital film. animation industry? Then you want to learn These form the core of your portfolio — from the best. In Classical Animation, you’re your calling card to the industry. guided by a world-class faculty of award-winning animators and artists. Together, they’re led by Head of Department Vanessa Jacobsen, who has been cultivating close relationships around VFS.EDU/CLASSICAL the world with the industry, so students have access to the jobs they desire. / CAREER PATHS / ALUMNI CREDITS Classical Animation is about more than simply FILM becoming an animator. When you graduate Kim Ooi, Animation Director from Classical Animation and begin your ASTRO BOY professional journey, a number of paths are Brian Demoskoff, Animator open to you, including: CORALINE • ANIMATOR Andrew Park, Animator • FLASH ANIMATOR THE AVENGERS “It will try and test you in a • 2D DIGITAL ANIMATOR Claudia Keene, Key Assistant Animator • PRODUCTION DESIGNER thousand areas that you THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG • CHARACTER DESIGNER didn’t expect. Leech every • LAYOUT ARTIST Daniel Holland, Production Artist drop of information and • STORYBOARD ARTIST WALL-E • MATTE PAINTER Michael Cozens, Lead Animator/ experience you can out of • BACKGROUND DESIGNER Sequence Animation Lead every millisecond that you’re AVATAR / ALUMNI EMPLOYERS Luis Gadea, Character Designer there because I guarantee THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE that when it’s over, you will ILM Weta TELEVISION weep bitter tears that you Scanline VFX Jayson Thiessen, Supervising Director MPC couldn’t stay another hour.” MY LITTLE PONY Bardel Entertainment DHX Andrew Overtoom, Animation Director Sarah Jolley, VFS Graduate, Storyboard Artist Atomic Cartoons SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS Nitrogen Studios Michael Loya, Retake Director Slap Happy Cartoons AMERICAN DAD Giant Ant / APPLICATION TIP Ánima Estudios CREATORS Electronic Arts Show us your artistic identity. Assemble Rob Boutilier, Creator Sony Imageworks a visual art portfolio of your very best KID VS. KAT Bron Studios work that includes still-life drawings, life Mercury Filmworks Jon Izen, Creator drawings, and character sketches. No Global Mechanic YAM ROLL more than 12 pieces total, please! Ankama Games Brad Rau, Co-Founder Disney GHOSTBOT READY TO GET STARTED? Learn More About the Program VFS.EDU/CLASSICAL Speak to a VFS Advisor VFS.EDU/STARTNOW.