Fatal Vittles

The Animation program is proud to announce the completion of Assistant Professor Devin Bell's Fatal Vittles, which was produced with the help of a student crew as a Project Bluelight. 

Below are some stills from the film, which premiered to an audience of faculty, staff, students, family, and friends just last week at the CDM Theater on Jackson Street! 

Congratulations Devin! We are all very proud of you and your students! Bravo! 

Be sure to look for Fatal Vittles at a film festival near you! 

Premiere 7 at the Music Box Theater

We'd like to invite you to Premiere 7, this Friday, June 1st, at 7.00pm at the Music Box Theatre in Lakeview! This year we received over 100 amazing submissions, and we have chosen a 90 minute line-up of our students' best work in live action, animation, documentary, and music video. There will be an intermission between the two acts, as well as a short awards ceremony following the show.  Celebrity judges include Irvine Welsh, John McNaughton, Jon Shestack, Pam Thomas, Michael McCarthy, Steve Jones, and Tommy O'Haver. After the event, Mystic Celt is hosting a party for all guests 21 and older. Just bring your program for drink specials in a private area reserved just for DePaul. Tickets are available either at the cage on the 9th floor of CDM, or there is a stack at the 4th floor reception desk (please take only what you need.) We really hope to see you at this celebration of our students' work!

Pixar Masterclass in Chicago

Vancouver Institute of Media Arts will present a Masterclass in Animation & Story Development, featuring instructors Matthew Luhn (Head of Story) and Andrew Gordon (Animator), both from Pixar Animation Studios

This exceptional 2-day event takes place in Chicago, Illinois on June 22nd & 23rd, offering participants a rare and exciting opportunity to learn from the industry's top talent. The seminar will be held at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, in Chicago's Gold Coast, at 1016 North Dearborn Street. 

For more information, and details on how to register, please visit this link! 

MAYDAY! 2012

Here it is folks! The MAYDAY! 2012 reel of films -- made in one crazy weekend! First, our students offered themes, and then we all voted on the suggestions. "Casual Doomsday" was the clear winner, and with that -- we were off! Animating our brains out for the next two days! There was pizza, there were energy drinks, there was a fog that settled in the computer lab... And when it was over, there were these glorious animations!

 

The MAYDAY! 2012 participants, including our cohorts in Mexico, on screen via Skype!

Here are some pics of the students at work:

Even faculty member Lisa Barcy stayed up all night animating a psychedelic puppet disco!