Hi,
What are the employement rated at AAU MFA programmes how many student get hired .I
need to know many percent out of 1 batch get hired right after studies what companies
generally come too AAU for recuiting .
Do they hire international students too like from Asia INDIA Pakistan if they are good
enough .Looking forward to you response guys this post is getting really informative .
Cheers!!
Zohaib
Okayā¦ this was said so many times Iām sick of it.
MFA or BFA, no one gets hired if theyāre not up to industry standards.
you put 8 solid hours of modeling/animating/vfx whatever it is you do a day. Mon - Sat. for about 3-4 years, you might be good enough to get a job.
PLEASE, donāt expect to work for companies just because you come to the schoolā¦
AAU has the network (pretty damn good network) in helping you find a job. BUT youāll never get one if youāre skills are up to par. Competition is pretty damn bad up in the comp labs.
As for companies recruiting from the school, it happens during Springshow. From what I hear, not all of the companies AAUās website listed come(I may be wrong). But I do hear that winners of the Springshow do get job offers. But thenā¦ itās not easy to win the Springshow =P
If youāre a American citizen, you have a better chance of getting a job than the ones without citizenship from the US. If youāre beyond super exellent at what you do, companies are willing to give you citizenships (Very rare).
Basicallyā¦ if your skills are up to par or exceeds the par, youāll have a great chance to score a job. This is America, itās all about Skillzz.
And yes, I agree that the Fine Art and the Foundation departments are solid.
Well said Digiegg. Agree on all those points. In the end it all comes down to how much passion you have for the work.
when do we start class? Any of you know? hahaā¦ I have no ideaā¦
Iām taking Zbrush w/ Mr. Tareq. Maybe iāll catch some of u in class.
Spring '07 class starts this coming Monday the 29th. Iād be interested in what the ZBrush class is like.
Class starts the 29th. I just got in a couple days ago and Iāll be starting my first semester here at AAU as a 3D Modeling student. I moved in yesterday into the Commodore which are the new dorms here that were just purchased by the school. Rooms are very clean and everyone seems really nice so far.
Iām gonna be taking 4 classes this semesterā¦ Analysis of Form, Figure Drawing, Figure Modeling, and Intro to Comp. Graphics for Animation. I checked out Ratemyprofessors.com to get a sense of what my teachers were gonna be like and the two that were on there got pretty good reviews (Cynthia Hailes for Figure Modeling and George Pafnutieff for Intro to Comp. Graphics).
I have Choong Youb Lee for both Analysis of Form and Figure Drawing, but there are no reviews on Ratemyprofessors.com for him. Has anyone taken a class with him or heard about him before? Hopefully heāll be good since I have him for 2 classes.
Thanks,
bgia
pardon me for bringing back the other AAU thread on http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=4156529#post4156529
any idea whats the fees like for an international student for the Animation n VFX degree program? I couldnt find any link on their website for the school feesā¦perhaps i didnāt look properly
Currently all students, whether or not they are U.S. Citizens, pay the same tuition. This was not always the case.
Hello from down under
Iām a 3D modeler in Australia, I havent attended the AAC but I already have an associate degree in 3d graphics and animation, plus I have worked on 2 feature films.
What are my chances of getting into Pixar with what I have? or is it recomended to attend the AAC or any other college in SF?
Cheers for any advise
Gofigure, I think PIXAR hires on quality of demo reel. If you post your demo reel Iām sure there are people on this forum that could probably give you a good idea of your chances. Or just send your demo reel off to PIXAR and get your answer straight from them.
What job would you be applying for? 3D Modeler?
WesVasher, goog to meet you and yes I will be applying for pixar as 3d modler, as modeling is my strongest skill only.
My showreel is avaialbe to view in my Portfolio here but I beleive itās more convenient to send it to pixar on DVD?
Thanks for your advise and help my friend
hello every one!! well let congratulate CG for such a crazy as well as informative forum i have been to other forums like awnforum with my question and the ppl hardly care to answer it and even if they do its usually v.slow and rude! well let me introduce my selfā¦
i am ryan frm INDIA doing my Bachelors in computer science and engineering( b.tech cse) well i hvae a burning desire for 3D animation and especially visual effects since am a v.big movie buff with a collection of over 600 hollywood films :d :d . well my question is ā¦
I wud like to do my masters in 3D animation and visual effects and , i recently mailed AAU requesting a catalouge ( i guesss it was 5 days back) and they sent me a catalouge and their prospectus through a courier few hours back all the way to india .
well my problem is i still cant understand hw much is their tution fee!! i only thing i understood was they charge $650 per unit . can any one tell me what wud be the grand or the final total for doing a MFA in 3danimation and vFX frm AAU?? guys,since i dont understand the american education system plz make it simpler !
since i come frm a middle class family, i can just afford to take a loan of rs 20 lakhs for the whole course which is i guess around $45,000 USD!! ( including other charges and living expenses) so my question is 45k enough to complete the MFA programe frm AAU??? if not can any one make a guess what the final total would reach like ???
can any one list out gud animation schools in US,UK ,CAN or elsewhere that are afforadble
( under $45000 for the whole course).
i recently came across Vancouver film school (www.vfs.com) they offer 3d animation and vfx course whose duration is 1 yr and they charge $50000 Canadian dollars which is roughly equal to $ 40000 USD and the best part is they even have an office here in india and when i contacted them they said they offer a DIPLOMA not a masters degree! which is better ? diploma or a masters??? or it just depends on hw creative u are! i am creative enough and i have done my initial courses in flash maya and adobe ,it just that there are not enough resources here in india! since i come from a technical field aspiring to pursue a career in animation ppl here think am sick to move frm technical field to a non technical field i mean to say arts! nevertheless guys plz help me out!!
In State run American schools, individual classes are given an ammount of units you can earn by taking that class, based on the subject matterial and the time you must invest in the class on a weekly basis. For the most part, Physical education classes, or other ālaxā classes can only earn you 1 college unit for taking them, 2 for other simple classes that have a bit of technical skill involved like automotive classes or classes one usualy associates with āTrade schoolā education. 3 units is for standard College level Classes, and 4 Units are usualy offered as optional accellerated corses. Each unit is roughly equivilant to one hour of lecture + one hour of lab for each unit the class is.
Once you have fufilled the credit requirements of all of your degreeās subsections, you earn your degree.
At the Academy, this is streamlined by them standardizing the classes to all be 3 units (Iāve never seen any other class be anything but 3 units.) But the Unit thing is still present as it is the standard that all Californian Accredited Colleges fall under. So I can see how it can be confusing for those not familiar with the American education system.
3.) A masters is pretty much UNIVERSALY better then a simple diploma. A Diploma just shows that you have completed a corse of training. A Masters is a state accredited degree where you are recognized by the state and any school you might want to take a doctorate at.
thankssssssss a lot slayer! actually my field of intrest is Visual effects since i cant really draw well i cant go for a masters in 3D animation! does visual effects degree cost more than the 3d animation ?? and hw is the future for Visual effects artist? am a v.big movie buffā¦well my dream is to work in hollywood!:d are they any gud Vfx schools in and out of US?? and hw much does it cost approx??
Here is a link to the degree credits needed for certain degrees.
http://www.academyart.edu/animation-school/outline.html
Seeing that a Master of Animation & Visual Effects (MFA) Degree is 72 credits x $650, adds up to $46,800. Although, keep in mind that tuition costs rise every year, and the living costs will be around the same as tuitionā¦ maybe moreā¦
Here is a link of an idea for living costs:
http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3214&profileId=2
iām thinking of getting a degree in AAU but for the BFA degree which is 3-4 yrs seems abit too long for meā¦ but iām kinda interested in the AA (The Associates of Arts) Degree thing.
Does anyone have any idea on what is it about or is there a big difference between the AA and the BFA degree?
There is a HUGE difference in my opinion. An Associates of Arts (AA) degree is kinda like a fake degree and a Bachelors is the real deal. Okay not really. An AA can be achieved at any Community College or Vocational school and are almost always 2 year programs. Obviously they are cheaper too and for those reasons they carry less prestige. I really doubt that an AA degree will help you land a job or that you will learn very much. To get an AA you still have to take many liberal arts like English and History. The exact curriculum is different for every school, but the Academy is no exception. I wouldnāt see any point in going to a private art school for just a 2 year program.
hello i need some advice for my cg career,i have decided to take 3 years art trainning in http://www.academyofrealistart.com of toronto before going on vfs.
what do you think about this programm.