Savannah College of Art and Design Visual Effects Program

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Once used exclusively in big-budget Hollywood blockbusters, visual effects have become a commonplace tool not only for films of all kinds, but also for an increasing number of television programs and commercials. Visual effects are employed whenever filmmakers need images that are either impossible or impractical to shoot in the real world. Visual effects artists at studios both large and small help filmmakers achieve their vision.

Students learn the craft of visual effects as a combination of technology and art.
SCAD provides a unique combination of programming and technical instruction within a traditional art school. Visual effects majors may choose a minor in a complementary subject such as film and television, technical direction, architecture, photography or storyboarding.
Students work individually and collaboratively within a framework of cooperative activity that reflects the real-world experience of film production.
SCAD production facilities offer both undergraduate and graduate students access to high-end, industry-standard digital tools including Autodesk Maya, Shake, RenderMan and Houdini.
In addition to a high-speed network of Linux, OS X and PC workstations, students have access to a large file server and powerful render farm as well as 24-hour access to computer labs.
SCAD’s cutting-edge computer systems are combined with two green-screen stages, HD cameras and a Vicon motion capture studio to provide students with a complete digital production facility.

Annual SCADDY Awards
Advertising-related student work is recognized in this annual awards show.

SCAD Partners With Leading Visual Effects Software Company
SCAD has launched a new educational partnership with Academy Award-winning Massive Software, the leading creator of artificial intelligence-based 3-D animation systems. Read more about this groundbreaking software, originally created for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Scientific illustration minor added
05/02/08

Employers converge for SCAD Career Fair
04/21/08

Alumni train with Disney
02/29/08

05/28/08	--	SCAD-Atlanta to hold commencement ceremony May 31: Address to be delivered by Andre Leon Talley
05/28/08	--	SCAD holds commencement ceremony May 31: Vogue magazine editor-at-large will deliver commencement address
05/06/08	--	SCAD announces new faculty and staff appointments
05/05/08	--	André Leon Talley to address SCAD graduates: Vogue’s editor-at-large will speak at Savannah and Atlanta ceremonies
04/25/08	--	Nearly 48 percent of employers at SCAD Job and Internship Fair plan to offer positions to students

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Careers
• compositor
• digital artist or effects animator
• digital matte or texture painter
• effects programmer
• lighter
• lighting technical director
• modeler
• pre-visualization artist
• technical director
• visual effects art director
• visual effects supervisor
• visual effects producer
• broadcast graphic designer
• demo artist

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni

• Big Idea
• Blizzard Entertainment
• Blue Sky Studios
• Cartoon Network
• Century III at Universal Studios
• Chartmasters Inc.
• CNN International
• Digital Domain
• Disney Interactive
• Fat Rat Filmworks
• Garau Designs
• High Voltage Software
• Industrial Light & Magic
• Integrated Computer Engines
• Lucas Arts
• Macquarium
• Manhattan Transfer
• Maxon Computer

• Monolith Productions
• No Bones Studio
• PDI/Dreamworks
• Pixar, Primal Screen
• R. Greenberg Associates Inc.
• REZN8
• Rhythm & Hues
• Saatchi & Saatchi
• Sammy Studios
• Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Sony Playstation
• Spirit Creative
• Vicarious Visions
• Vivendi Universal Games
• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Westwood Studios
• Wild Harre Studios