The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School
Collaborate with Your Classmates and Graduate Studio Ready
Work together to create an animated film or visual effects for a school-produced live action short that replicates the workflow found at an actual studio. Our students have created award winning short films and games together under supervision of professional artists and directors. Launch your career and skills farther with DAVE School’s one of a kind approach to visual effects production education.
Software Taught
Course Curriculum
Game Production is broken down into five 10-week course blocks. Below are the course codes and more information on each.
DAVE 101
DAVE 201
DAVE 251
DAVE 301
DAVE 401
Character, Prop and Environment Modeling
3D Animation
Visual Effects
Lighting and Texturing
History of Film FX
Digital Compositing
Rotoscoping
Green Screen Keying
Color Grading
2D/3D Tracking
Digital Matte Painting
Look Development
Stereoscopic Techniques
Demo Reel and Portfolio Creation
DAVE Student ACHIEVEMENTS
The DAVE School has a rigorous work schedule that aptly prepares you for the industry you’re about to embark upon. Showing how communication, strong work ethics and the ability to adapt to change are key to being successful in an industry where problem solving is vital. These fundamentals are shown through the leadership of our instructors each day, and it has been a pleasure to have learned from such talented artists in our industry.
Sandra Ross / Alumna
VFX Artist at MPC
Rustin Devendorf
Stereoscopic / Technical Director
Dale Matasovsky
Digital Compositor
Andrea Jamiel
VFX Artist
Tiffany Cheung
Cinematic Animator
What makes DAVE different
DAVE is the real collaborative studio experience
