Bucks Animation featured at theBIGchoice.com

Bucks Animation is featured today at BigChoice.com online magazine. theBigchoice is an online resource for graduates and school-leavers, with thousands of internships, jobs, and placements, as well as plenty of advice on how to get hired, in all sorts of different industries. Here at Bucks we believe in teaching our students practical, real-life skills that translate into successful careers in the animation and visual effects industries. To find out more, see the full piece here. Alternatively, copy this link in your browser: http://www.thebigchoice.com/blog/2014/05/find-work-animation-industry/

---Alex

(Editor's Note: For more practical advice on careers in animation and visual effects, read what Blue Zoo has to say about demo reels. See also advice from Disney, Sony Pictures Animation, and watch our video on how to create a great demo reel. Read about what our graduates had to say at the recent Graduate Panel. Check out this post on how to set up an small business. Also learn about your first client project, read out our post on Portfolio Careers, and read this piece on Survival as a Freelancer. Study the nuts and bolts of freelance life by reading our guide to invoicing clients, and our guide to freelancers and taxes.  For more on careers in general, check out our guide to animation careers here, and also take a look at this map of digital studios - a great place to start your search for work in the business. Finally see our article on the jobs page at awn.com )

Bucks Animation & VFX course featured in the Bucks Herald

Our new Animation and Visual Effects course got more press last year than we had thought. Here is a piece from The Bucks Herald that was published around a year ago. According to the Herald, our new course is a "degree to get animated about". Naturally, we couldn't agree more.

http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/education/a-degree-to-get-animated-about-1-4990348

---Alex

(Editor's note: for more on the experience of studying at Bucks New University, read this post about our recent Periodic Review,  come and visit us at one of our Open Days,  take a virtual tour of one of our animation studios, check out what our students think of our course, and see why we're ranked in the top 12 creative universities in the UK.)

Parallel Posters

If you think that the movies coming out of Hollywood are all alike, take a look at the similarities of the posters that advertise them.

(link via Boing Boing)