Love and Business Blossom at NYFA
After working post-production in New York City and Los Angeles for five years on projects like Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New York Film Academy graduates, Helena Hilario (Producing)…
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October 22, 2014
July 25, 2014
Making Magic at NYFA
The students in my Cine 810 class in visual effects cinematography outdid themselves recently by shooting a mock Solar Power commercial complete with miniatures and size scaled performers. Originally, the…
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July 9, 2014
How to Make a Better Zombie Movie
Our students and World War Z fans got a special treat this past Saturday at a New York Film Academy Animation School event where they were introduced to the “pre-viz”…
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June 13, 2014
NYFA Meets the Hollywood Monster Makers
On June 11th, the New York Film Academy Animation department hosted an anniversary screening of The Terminator (1984) to a full house. The film remains exciting as ever as evidenced…
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April 8, 2014
Space Effects Seminar at NYFA LA
To celebrate the Oscar winning work of the ground breaking film Gravity, Co-Chair of the Animation Department at NYFA Los Angeles, Mark Sawicki was invited to give a lecture on Space Effects…
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March 3, 2014
Our Guide to the Best Apps for Aspiring Filmmakers
With the rise of apps through smart phones and tablet devices, visual storytellers of all stripes have more tools with which to complete a project than ever before. At times,…
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February 26, 2014
VIEW Conference 2014 Contests
Here are some exciting opportunities for our 3D Animation and Game Design students to not only have their projects reach a wider audience, but also win an award! VIEW Conference, an…
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February 20, 2014
NYFA Grad Animates Instagram
Yet again, while scoping the Internet, we stumbled across another talented New York Film Academy Animation graduate. Eliska Podzimkova, who studied here in the summer of 2012, created a very…
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February 5, 2014
Which Software Does NYFA Animation Use for Modeling?
Over the past few years there have been huge leaps and bounds in the development of modeling software, especially for us folks doing organic modeling– such as monsters, animals and…
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