The current Block 4 final project has been announced, and it's called Firewall! It is a movie about an air race in the not to distant future.

Using live action footage combined with CG elements and planes, Firewall is going to be one fast paced, action packed film! A new cockpit was built for the heroine and was mounted so it could move 360 degrees. Using some new camera techniques and a jib, we were able to get some crazy camera angles never before seen in a DAVE School movie.

Stay tuned to DaveSchool.com for Firewall coming in December!

Graduate Ed McDonough is on his way o Radical 3D in LA where he’ll be working on the show Dogfights. There he will be joining other DAVE School graduates including Ian Mackey and Aaron Witlin, who have recently been hired fulltime as well!

Nick Stevens, Gabe Cassata, Adam Bradish and Sean Joseph have all been hired by Branit VFX in Kansas City.

Alex Lee got a job designing toys for Triad Toys in Austin, TX.

Martin Stankard, a graduate of the Tofu class, has been hired at UFO Films.

Congratulations everyone on your new Careers!

Related Links:
	Radical 3D		Triad Toys
	Branit VFX		UFO Films

Continuing to hone their skills in 3D modeling, Block 1 has just finished a project re-creating the Apollo CSM. "Although we're only in our second week of the curriculum, we want to make sure we're tackling real-world projects," comments William Vaughan, Block 1 Instructor.

The students were also required to composite their CG Apollo models into several photographs on the last day of the three day project.

"I had a blast creating the Apollo. I really enjoyed watching it take shape as I cut in the detail and it's amazing how much you can learn from building a single model. I can't wait to jump into the next project!" exclaimed student Farrah Willis.