VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL & REAL IDEAS STUDIO

OUR PROCESS

"Our work on this project directly reflects what we teach in the Digital Design program. In the course of developing Reel Ideas Studio (the site and the project's brand) we employed all three design streams studied by our students: Motion Design, Interactive Design, and Communication Design."
-- Digital Design Head of Department Sebastien de Castell

Below are short video introductions to these three types of design, as well as some examples of each created as part of the Reel Ideas Studio development process.

Vancouver Film School, an Adobe alliance partner, provided the expertise and manpower required to create the Reel Ideas Studio online community. The site, based on the VFS team's vision of "Shared Indie Glory", allows documentary filmmakers from around the world to come together to create the best films possible, while vying for the big prize - a trip to Cannes.

The team developing the site was comprised entirely of faculty, students and graduates of Vancouver Film School's renowned Digital Design program.

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DIGITAL DESIGN AT VFS

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Students in VFS's Digital Design program work with live video, Flash, animation, print, and all the other essential tools that drive today's entertainment and media projects. Students use typography, colour, composition, motion, interactivity, and sound to build truly compelling user experiences.

To see examples of work students create in this program, please visit the Digital Design Showcase.

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FILM PRODUCTION AT VFS

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If you're interested in documentary filmmaking, check out our celebrated Film Production program. Students learn the disciplines of directing, producing, cinematography, art direction, and editing, as they collaborate on dramatic and documentary film projects in both studio and location environments.

VFS and Adobe are sending two Film graduates — Robin Kupferman and Dave Roncin — to participate in Adobe's American Pavilion Student Filmmaker Program at Cannes. Check out their blog chronicling the experience.

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ABOUT VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL

Vancouver Film School, founded in 1987, offers a proven education for everything you see, hear, and experience in the entertainment industry. As a results-focused school, VFS teaches the arts through doing, with programs in Foundation Visual Art & Design, 3D Animation & Visual Effects, Acting for Film & Television, Classical Animation, Digital Character Animation, Digital Design, Entertainment Business Management, Film Production, Game Design, Makeup Design for Film & Television, Sound Design for Visual Media, and Writing for Film, TV & Interactive Media. Students develop direct relationships with the people, industries, and ideas shaping these disciplines, and discover the passion and experience needed to become working artists. Graduates work for top companies or elect entrepreneurial routes starting their own studios.

To learn more about us and see examples of student work, check out the VFS website, VFS on YouTube, our Showcases, and our Blog.