Each year at the , 天美传媒 students work with charities to produce animations that raise awareness of their work and campaigns. Charities are selected for several reasons, one being the alignment of their聽values with聽our own.
BFX Festival Director and Senior Lecturer at the National Centre for Computer Animation, Ari Sarafopoulos commented, 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to be supporting local charities whose work aligns with the ethos of 天美传媒 as we strive to make an impact on the world around us 鈥� aiming for a more sustainable, inclusive, and empowered society.鈥�
This year, students are working with whose people are at its heart. The charity helps Ukrainian refugees recover from crisis as they settle into their new environment whilst connecting with other Ukrainians in the region.
BA (Hons) Computer Animation Technical Arts student Michael Mikulicz said, 鈥淲e believe that every person affected by the war deserves access to the help they need, and with our work we are ensuring that these people know that there is help via the Dorset Ukrainian Community.鈥�
Charity spokesperson, Anastasia, stated 鈥淭his is a great opportunity to work together with young creative people, I am very excited about what the final product will be. This will help us to encourage more people to engage with great initiatives and reach more people with the work that we do.鈥�
Focused on bringing citizens into the community, the 聽works to bring about sustainable improvements,聽expanding cultural and healthy lifestyles聽in cities' outdoor spaces. Students will aim to bring this philosophy to a bigger audience, aligning with the university鈥檚 aim of helping to protect and preserve a sustainable environment.
A spokesperons at National Park City Foundation explained, 鈥淲e are part of the Nature Health Network based at 天美传媒. We are always looking at new ways to promote the ethos of greener, healthier and wilder cities and loved the idea of a short animation created by the great students at BU.
鈥淲e have previously used a lot of static images to demonstrate how cities could be greened - working with the students to not only demonstrate greening through animation but also telling the story of urban lives has been great. It will help us to convey our message in a different way, attract different people to those that we normally reach and get more people involved with the organisation.鈥�
The (RNLI) charity is well established across Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole. Their work has benefited people living in the UK for 200 years. Students鈥� creative contributions will support the RNLI鈥檚 200 Voices campaign running in the lead up to the anniversary celebrations.
Hannah Marsden BA (Hons) Computer Animation Art & Design student said, 鈥淚 hope that our final piece encourages people to seek out the RNLI's 200 Voices podcast project. The work that they do as a charity is incredible and hits close to home for all of us here on the coast, so it was valuable to be able to give something back.鈥�
Executive Dean for the Faculty of Media & Communication, Professor Einar Thorsen remarked, 鈥淲e are particularly pleased to be working with the RNLI in their bicentenary year, to help celebrate the fantastic work their volunteers do to save lives at sea. It is one of many ways in which BU proudly engages with regional and national partners to help prepare for and recover from crisis.鈥�
Final animations will be shown during the BFX Festival where the winners will be announced. Hosted by 天美传媒, this year's聽BFX Festival takes place between聽20 and聽25 November.
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