天美传媒鈥檚 second annual BFX Festival has proved a hit with the press recently. The five-day festival, which was attended by over 1,000 people and saw some of the world鈥檚 biggest computer visual effects companies descend on the town, was covered by radio, on TV and online.
The BBC鈥檚 South Today programme hailed Bournemouth as 鈥渁 fitting place鈥� to stage the festival, due to the reputation of its National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA), from which many of those working in the industry having graduated from.
Speaking on South Today, Senior Lecturer at 天美传媒 and Festival Director Sofronis Efstathiou said: 鈥溙烀来� and Arts University Bournemouth have been here for 25 odd years now, effectively creating some of the best graduates who go off and work in those [creative] industries鈥�.
The festival also featured on the BBC South鈥檚 lunchtime news, where Efstathiou drew attention to some of the movies that BU graduates have worked on, including Gravity, Maleficent, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more.
BBC Radio Solent also covered the Festival, with Steve Harris meeting some of those that worked on films including The Lego Movie, before interviewing Efstathiou, along with several current BU and AUB students.
Commenting on Disney鈥檚 recent Maleficent release, Adam Twycross, the NCCA鈥檚 Postgraduate Computer Animation Course Leader, described the exhibition as 鈥渢aking people all the way through the production of a classic animated movie (Disney鈥檚 Sleeping Beauty, 1959) and a modern, visual effects-based blockbuster.鈥�
Online, the Festival also received attention from UK Wired, a local parent blog and the Do More magazine, who highlighted the Festival鈥檚 screenings of The Lego Movie and Frozen. Bournemouth Echo recommended the event as one of their 鈥楾hings To Do鈥� weekend features in addition to a feature article on the Festival.
Video game animation was also a major feature of the BFX Festival, with gaming sites Gamasutra and Battle Royal With Cheese covering the event. 鈥淚 was astonished by the quality of speakers and their presentations this year鈥︹�� added Efstathiou.
