Considering a career in Makeup Design for Film & Television? We’re offering a seat in the upcoming Makeup Design Summer Intensive (July 16-20, 2012), and all it takes from you is a keen eye for hunting details.
VFS Timeline Trivia is an online scavenger hunt where clues are hidden on Vancouver Film School’s Makeup Design for Film & Television’s Facebook brand timeline. You will be asked to correctly answer questions based on items found on Vancouver Film School’s Makeup Design for Film & Television’s Facebook brand timeline.
The eligible fastest three contestants that successfully complete the online scavenger hunt by answering and entering the questions correctly will be entered into a draw, and the winner will be selected randomly from those three contestants. The contest begins today and ends on Friday, 5pm PST. To enter, go to the Contest App on the Makeup Design Facebook page and fill in your details.
You must be 17 years of age or older, and able to attend the Summer Intensive in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Good luck!
At the Documentary Workshop participants will explore the way social media and crowdfunding are changing production budgets, and examine developing the most important part of a documentary – its story. Miss Representation, which premiered on the Oprah Winfrey Network in October, explores the objectification and sexualization of females in the media. To enter, simply retweet the following: “RT to enter to win tickets for @pcffvancouver’s Doc Workshop and screening of Miss Representation from @vfs http://ow.ly/ajFYJ #PCFF2012 If you don’t win, you can still attend the workshop – anyone who signs up receives a complimentary pass to Miss Representation. Winners will be determined by a random draw. Contest ends Wednesday, April 18, at 12pm. Good luck!
How did he create his winning, and very disturbing, track? Well, in Gordon’s own words, “by manipulating a sample of a Cicada I recorded in South Korea and a sample a friend recorded of a baby goat being slaughtered in Sierre Leone (been waiting for a reason to use that!) along with minimal instrumentation in Ableton Live.” If you hang onto sounds like those, you must be destined to be a sound designer. Coming in second and third, and receiving a $10,000 scholarship each, were Jonas Obermüller and Herve Carpentier. Congratulations, Gordon, Jonas, and Herve! Update: Click here to check out our interview with Gordon upon his arrival at VFS.
Once the entries were in, a team of judges from VFS and SoundCloud, including the Head of Sound Design for Visual Media, Shane Rees, picked a list of ten finalists, no easy task given the quantity and quality of entries. Now it’s your turn – your vote determines the winner of the Full Scholarship Challenge! Go to vfs.com/soundcloud, listen to the finalists’ entries, and pick your winner. The final ten represent a remarkable selection from around the world, from Mexico to France, Germany to Australia, to Canada and the U.S. Voting is open until December 13, 2011, so don’t delay!
Even the most epic tales must come to an end, and on Friday The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 will bring the tale of vampires versus werewolves versus teen love to its (first half) conclusion. As with the previous films, the crew was peppered with alumni from 3D Animation & Visual Effects and Film Production. Well done! Carrie Wilson – Second Assistant Camera To celebrate, we’re offering two tickets to an exclusive private screening, courtesy of Cineplex Media, at the Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver on November 17th, 2011 at 7:00pm. Update (1/17/12): We neglected to mention Acting for Film & Television grad Tanaya Beatty is also featured in this movie as “Rachel Black”.
If that sounds like your thing, enter to win a copy of Skyrim by tweeting the following message: “Buy a ticket to @gamedesignexpo before Nov. 25 and you can win a copy of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim http://ow.ly/7uoEt @vfs #gaming #contest” This contest is now over. A winner will be announced Monday, November 28. As the tweet says, if you’ve already bought a ticket to Game Design Expo you’ve been entered not once, but twice for this contest. Need tickets? You can buy them here!
You’ll be stretched to create a completely original soundscape based on five different categories not often associated with sound: • The colour red Get inspired and give us your best interpretation for a chance at a full scholarship to Sound Design for Visual Media! The entries will be screened by a panel including representatives from SoundCloud and VFS, but ultimately judged by all registered SoundCloud users. Not on SoundCloud yet? Head over to soundcloud.com and sign up. You can find all the details at vfs.com/soundcloud, where you can submit your entries and cast your vote. If you have questions, comments, or are looking for a little inspiration or feedback, check out the Official VFS Contest Group on SoundCloud. We look forward to hearing what you can do!
To enter go to our Facebook page and answer this question: What is your favourite insane asylum movie? You have from right now to 4:00 PM, Tuesday, March 22nd. (Sorry world – this is only open to Vancouver residents.) Along with the chance of being placed on the guest list, you’ll be entered to win posters, t-shirts, and suckers (which the kids today call “lollipops”). Note: This contest is now closed.
Update: This competition is now closed! To enter, simply post your video submission to YouTube as a response to Monster Date. The VFSers behind the project will select a shortlist of submissions and Stan Edmonds, Head of Makeup Design for Film & Television, will choose the winning entry. At stake? A VFS prize pack worth approximately $229, including makeup supplies such as: - Cinema Secrets Creature RMG Makeup Palette and Puff Entries must be posted on YouTube before Monday, November 1st at 11:59 PT. We’ll announce the winner later that week. This competition is now closed!
To celebrate their nomination, we’ve put together a special prize package of District 9 swag that has all been autographed by both Neil and Terri, including a D9 mini-poster, the D9 DVD, and a copy of VFS In Focus Magazine’s special District 9 issue. For your chance to win, leave a comment on this blog post — not on Facebook or Twitter — with a prediction for the Oscars: pick a nominee you think will win on Sunday night (doesn’t have to be District 9-related) and be sure to fill in your name and email address in the boxes below. This contest is closed. We’ll soon be notifying our randomly-selected winner. Thanks for entering!
Win Tickets to Projecting Change 2012 Documentary Workshop
Now that you can film and edit video on your phone, potentially everyone is a documentary filmmaker; in many ways, the internet was practically designed for short-form, documentary films. Vancouver Film School and Project Change 2012, a film festival dedicated to social and environmental change, want to send two lucky winners to both a Documentary Workshop and a screening of Miss Representation.
“SoundCloud Community Picks a Winner!
The SoundCloud and VFS Full Scholarship Challenge started with hundreds of entries from all over the world, and included sounds that represented the birth of an idea, a post-apocalyptic landscape, the colour red, an imaginary animal being born, or falling in love, for the chance at a scholarship to Sound Design for Visual Media. Once we narrowed those down to a top ten, it was up to SoundCloud users to determine the winner – and by a wide margin they chose Gordon McGladdery’s track of an imaginary animal being born!Choose the Winner! SoundCloud and VFS Full Scholarship Challenge
When we started the SoundCloud and VFS Full Scholarship Challenge, we couldn’t have anticipated the response: hundreds of entries from all over the world, exploring the birth of an imaginary animal, falling in love, the spark of an idea, the colour red, and a post-apocalyptic landscape.Twilight: The Saga Concludes (Part 1)
(Read on to win tickets to an exclusive pre-release screening!)
Henry (Hung-Chi) Peng – Matchmove TD
Alan Fregtman – Rigger
David Yabu – Lead Animator
Yuta Shimizu – Lighting Lead
Biren Venkatraman – Lighting and Asset TD
Daanish Wain – Compositor
Chun-Ping Chao – Digital CompositorTo enter, LIKE this post by tomorrow at noon. This contest is now closed.
Here Be Dragons – Enter for a Chance to Win Skyrim!
As we mentioned earlier, Game Design Expo 2012 features Bruce Nesmith, the Director of Design behind the most talked-about game of the year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, just one of the many speakers brought to Vancouver by Game Design and VFS. Several aspects of the game have become trends in their own right, whether it’s placing buckets on people’s heads, or the more courageous fighting of dragons, mammoths, and giants…all at the same time. And the critics agree – Skyrim is currently sitting at a 96 on Metacritic, otherwise known as “Universal Acclaim”.VFS and SoundCloud Present a Full Scholarship Challenge
Think you have what it takes to join the ranks of professional sound designers? Prove it by competing in our Full Scholarship Challenge!
• The birth of an idea
• An imaginary animal being born
• Falling in love
• A post-apocalyptic landscape“Get Sucker Punched” Giveaway
Sword-wielding girls fighting giant samurai robots with Gatling guns? Check. Jon Hamm in a tuxedo? Check. Nazis? Check. Sucker Punch, the latest from director Zack Snyder, is exploding into theatres March 25th. A host of VFS grads, 18 at last count across three programs, helped create this singular vision, and to mark the occasion we’re giving away guest list spots for the advance screening on Wednesday, March 23rd, at the Scotiabank Theatre.VFS Halloween Monster Date Makeup Competition
We’re celebrating Monster Date – the hilarious VFS student short that spoofs dating videos of the 1980s – by holding a Halloween-themed makeup competition where you create the monsters and shoot your own dating videos.
- From Kryolan: Derma Colour/FX Applicator Sponge, Glatzan Plastic Bald Cap, and Crepe Hair (assorted colours)
- Ben Nye Wrinkle Stipple
- Coarse Nylon FX Sponge
- Fantasy Eye Lashes
- Cape, Apron, and PortfolioWin Autographed District 9 Swag
The 82nd Academy Awards are live this Sunday night! We’ll be cheering on all the VFS alumni whose work in District 9 has been nominated, including 3D grad Neill Blomkamp and Writing grad Terri Tatchell, who are competing in the Writing (Adapted Screenplay) category.