Swords. Ships. Sirens. Cyclops. And behind it all, student producers in the Entertainment Business Management program.

It’s called Compendium Volume 2, and this interactive magazine for the iPad draws on the talents of students from around VFS. We’ve written about the award-winning inaugural volume, which reinvented the work of cosmic horror master HP Lovecraft. Now, Volume 2 brings us a new take on Homer’s Odyssey, one of the most important and influential works in the history of the world.

Along with a dizzying assortment of text and interactive elements, this volume will also gives life to The Odyssey in a series of short films. In the behind-the-scenes documentary below, you’ll find out about how these epic-scale productions with novella-sized budgets came to be. A must-see!

What’s next for Entertainment Business Management student producers behind Compendium Vol. 2? Follow along as the students blog the experience at compendium.vfs.com!