Viscom Challenges RGU Students - in 3D
1 July 2010
Digital media students from Gray's School of Art at the Robert Gordon University were challenged by Aberdeen video and multimedia specialist Viscom to demonstrate their expertise and creativity by producing their own 3D animations to a commercial standard.
The students were given six weeks to fulfil a brief drawn up by Viscom General Manager Bruce Milne and competed to demonstrate their abilities in three individual categories and also to be crowned overall winner.
The successful students were:
- Most creative approach - Marta Noworyta
- Most technically accomplished piece of work - Jamie Chinnery
- Most thorough research and development process - Kevin Sang
- Overall winner - Petia Koleva
The brief was to produce a 3D animated introduction for a theoretical DVD-based educational pack for Calderglen Country Park, a four-star tourist attraction just outside Glasgow which has a children's zoo, extensive nature trails, adventure and special needs play areas, and a golf course.
Mr Milne said: "Overall we were impressed with the time and effort put into both the research and creation of the final pieces. No two students exhibited the same approach, which shows a healthy range of influences and reference points.
"We felt that the winners demonstrated something extra that merited singling them out for particular praise. It has been a worthwhile project with regards to identifying future talent for the industry."
He added: "We welcomed the opportunity to work with RGU on this project and it gave us the chance to showcase what Viscom does, to students who will be looking for employment once they graduate, and it gives us the chance to assess the creative talent on our doorstep."
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