Virtual Tour of our Animation Studio!

Animation - a fisheye view

The best way to figure out if Bucks is the right place for you to study animation and visual effects is to come in and visit us in person. We have regular Open Days; our next one is on Wednesday 19 February - you can sign up here.  But in case you can't make it in to see us in person, you can take our virtual tours instead from the comfort of your keyboard at home.

Most of our animation teaching at Bucks is done in the computer rooms in the Gateway Building, the modern media hub which brings together all sorts of film-makers including sound designers, animators, film and TV specialists, dancers, performers; in short - pretty much every conceivable kind of person involved in creative media production.  For a virtual tour of our animation studio at Bucks, follow this link.

To see virtual tours of some of other our state-of-the-art facilities, such as the green screen room and the sound recording studios,  check out the links on this page.

---Alex

(Editor's Note: for a broad overview of the facilities that Bucks has to offer, check out this welcome-to-Bucks post for our new students) 

Virtual Tours of Bucks

The Gateway building - crammed with state-of-the-art equipment

The best way to figure out if Bucks is the right place for you to study is to come in a visit us. We have regular Open Days (watch this blog to find out more about the latest one - coming up soon on April 25th).

But in case you can't make it in to see us in person, check out our virtual tours instead from the comfort of your keyboard.

First up is the High Wycombe Campus. This is a general overview of what the campus looks like. The big blue building that looks like TV set (above) is the Gateway building, and has tons of ultra-modern facilities like sound design, dance studios, green screen facilities as well as space to shoot live-action and record music.

Next up is a Production Studio. This shows one of the sound design rooms in Gateway - crammed with hi-tech hardware.

Also check out our Dance studio - "Studio 101" - here, and the "Gateway Studio" here. We have a strong dance department at Bucks and, using motion capture technology, animators can collaborate with dancers to make better and more sophisticated films.

And we have actors too - take a look at our drama studio here. Actors can help animators through motion capture collaborations, and also by doing voice-over work. Again, collaborating with other departments helps to raise the level of quality on any project. Film is a collaborative medium and a good director wants to squeeze the best talent out of everyone.

Finally check out the Library (aka "Learning Resource Centre"), which is crammed with books, computers and helpful staff. We're currently beefing up the library resources for animation, which you can read about here.

Of course, there is no substitute for coming in and taking a look around. But these virtual tours at least give you a flavour of what life is like at Bucks.

Enjoy!

----Alex


 

Take a virtual tour of the student accomodation at Bucks

All this could be yours

One question I get asked a lot at interview is - "what kind of housing is available for students?" Since I'm an animator, not a housing expert, I usually say something like "er...I'll get back to you on that...".

However, thanks to the helpful folks in the marketing dept I can now provide a slightly more impressive answer in the form of a virtual tour of the student acommodation buildings in High Wycombe.

There are four Halls of Residence available for first year undergraduates and international students, living outside a 25-mile radius of High Wycombe.

You can find the virtual tours here:

1. Windsor House: http://www2.bucks.ac.uk/virtualtours/windsor_house/ 
2. Brook Street: http://www2.bucks.ac.uk/virtualtours/brook_street/ 
3. Hughenden Park: http://www2.bucks.ac.uk/virtualtours/hughenden_park_student_village/ 
4. Alexandra House: http://www2.bucks.ac.uk/virtualtours/alexandrahouse/

Other important information about student acommodation at Bucks can be found here:

---Alex