CSU Animation and Visual Effects Showcase 2016

Charles Sturt University presented the graduates from the Animation and Visual Effects degree on Sunday 23rd October, 2016 with an official premiere of their newly released films. Since the entering the degree, the students had evolved from basic hand-drawn 2D art through to sophisticated internationally-competitive 3D animations over 3 dedicated years. Embracing the rich history of traditional animation with the latest advances in industry-leading software, the students had meticulously crafted every frame (often with many layers) for the audience. The edit was 42 minutes runtime representing over 63,000 frames of work. As executive producer I organised the event and compiled the films as our first industry standard 3D Stereoscopic Digital Cinema Package (DCP) for non-theatrical release. Several films have gone on to be independently selected for the Melbourne International Animation Festival 2017 and beyond.