New Westminster residents wanting a future in the visual effects industry won't have far too go to pursue their education.
A new digital animation and visual effects school -called CG Masters Academy - is opening this fall at the Plaza at New Westminster Station.
The school offers the latest hardware and software technology, its own film studio and shooting equipment and what founding instructor Nicholas Boughen is calling the "evolution of digital arts training," says a media release.
Boughen, a 15-year veteran of the film industry, approaches this new challenge with nine years of teaching experience in digital arts at several institutions, including Capilano University, the release says.
"We are bringing a new way of thinking to digital-arts training because we think some schools are getting it wrong," Boughen says in the release. "Our graduates will be better prepared and better skilled than most others for work in the film, television and gaming industries."
The school will employ master artists as instructors and will keep class sizes small, the release states.
According to Boughen, "The Plaza at New Westminster Station is the perfect location. Already at an education and transit hub next to Douglas College, and the new civic centre, students will literally be able to step off the SkyTrain and walk in our front door or step off a bus and grab a coffee, a bite to eat or take in a movie at the Landmark Cinema after class."
For more information, visit www.cg-masters.com.
