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BFX Mentor Animation 2022
BFX is the UK's largest computer game and animation festival. As part of this year's event, students will create animated work to support three charities - Firmitude, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, and Planet Purbeck Youth Group.
Over the course of nine-weeks, the students will be able to meet with industry mentors who are all BU alumni. As they develop their short animated pieces they will receive insight, guidance and support across various technical areas.
[...] Also returning to mentor students again this year is Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero, Animator at Blue-Zoo, who will guide students through sessions focused on developing character animation.
Over the course of nine-weeks, the students will be able to meet with industry mentors who are all BU alumni. As they develop their short animated pieces they will receive insight, guidance and support across various technical areas.
[...] Also returning to mentor students again this year is Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero, Animator at Blue-Zoo, who will guide students through sessions focused on developing character animation.
BFX Festival Speaker 2021
BFX Festival
The UK's largest visual effects, computer games & animation festival
2 – 7 November 2021
BFX Festival is back this November!
The 2021 Festival is set to include inspiring talks and technical masterclasses delivered by some of the greatest studios from around the world.
Join us for our 3-day speaker series followed by weekend masterclasses at Bournemouth University.
The UK's largest visual effects, computer games & animation festival
2 – 7 November 2021
BFX Festival is back this November!
The 2021 Festival is set to include inspiring talks and technical masterclasses delivered by some of the greatest studios from around the world.
Join us for our 3-day speaker series followed by weekend masterclasses at Bournemouth University.
BU Article BFX Festival 2021
Students support local charities by producing animations as part of BFX competition
[...] Students worked on the animations as part of the BFX competition, which takes place each year as a part of the annual BFX Festival.
Students are mentored throughout the design process by industry professionals, helping the next generation of animators and visual effects artists develop vital skills. This year's mentors included a number of NCCA alumni who have taken part in the competition in previous years and are now working within industry.
Mentor Brenda Ximena Roldan-Romero, who is now working at MPC Episodic as a 3D animator, guided conversation around creative animation development while Serban Ungureanu, a Development/Lighting Artist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), aided students as a lighting and look development mentor.
[...] Students worked on the animations as part of the BFX competition, which takes place each year as a part of the annual BFX Festival.
Students are mentored throughout the design process by industry professionals, helping the next generation of animators and visual effects artists develop vital skills. This year's mentors included a number of NCCA alumni who have taken part in the competition in previous years and are now working within industry.
Mentor Brenda Ximena Roldan-Romero, who is now working at MPC Episodic as a 3D animator, guided conversation around creative animation development while Serban Ungureanu, a Development/Lighting Artist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), aided students as a lighting and look development mentor.
2021 Women in VFX pannel
Organised by CAVE Academy.
About the Panel:
"This week, we’ll be hosting a fantastic group of women from the VFX industry to discuss their career pathways, fulfilling ambitions, company culture and how to go about changing things for the better. The session will be followed by a Q&A with questions from the audience."
About the Panel:
"This week, we’ll be hosting a fantastic group of women from the VFX industry to discuss their career pathways, fulfilling ambitions, company culture and how to go about changing things for the better. The session will be followed by a Q&A with questions from the audience."
2021 AWN Feature Article
Animators Without Borders: How the Global Animation Community Came Together at ACM SIGGRAPH London
Artists from New Zealand, the Philippines, and North America could take advantage of the U.K. group’s virtual events to attend remotely and collaborate through online review tools.
Artists from New Zealand, the Philippines, and North America could take advantage of the U.K. group’s virtual events to attend remotely and collaborate through online review tools.
2020 IMDbPRO feature
Feature on IMDbPRO as part of the prize for winning Audience Award with DEPICT Animation Festival 2020
2020 - Bournemouth University news
Feature in BU news page with "Gaia"
2021 Alcala Informacion Newspaper
Animation featured in the online exhibition showcasing the 30 years of teaching excellence of NCCA(national centre of computer animation)
2020 - Poole museum "Once upon an animation" online exhibition
Animation featured in the online exhibition showcasing the 30 years of teaching excellence of NCCA(national centre of computer animation)
2020 -CGBross YouTube Channel
Feature of "Gaia" on CGBross YouTube Channel (3.4M subscriptors)
2020 - Diario Jaen Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Gaia" in "Diario Jaen" Spanish Newspaper. And insight on the story and interview about the idea behind it
2020 Alcala Informacion Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Gaia" in "Alcala Informacion" Spanish local Newspaper.
2018 - Diario Jaen Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Little Helpers" in "Diario Jaen" Spanish Newspaper. And personal interview about my work as Director and Animator.
2018 - Alcala Informacion Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Little Helpers" in "Alcala Informacion" Spanish local Newspaper.
2018 - BFX Competition
"Chosen teams work for 7 weeks on the charity brief to create the short animated films, under the watchful eye from mentors from major VFX companies such as Framestore, Double Negative, MPC and Outpost VFX." - Bournemouth University Website
2018 - Alcala Information Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Hani" in "Alcala Informacion" Spanish local Newspaper.
2018 - Diario Jaen Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Hani" in "Diario Jaen" Spanish local Newspaper. And personal interview and bibliography about my life in UK as well as my work as Director and Animator
2018 - Diario Jaen Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Hani" in "Diario Jaen" Spanish local Newspaper. And personal interview about my work as Director and Animator.
2018 - Alcala noticias mention
Short film "Hani" was featured on digital (news) plataforms from Alcala Noticias. Twitter and Facebook social media plataforms shared the short film.
2018 - Florida Animation Festival Feature
Featured quote for Florida Animation Festival Advertisement coutdown.