FXPHD

Introduction to Massive - 3 months

DESCRIPTION: Core concepts: Fuzzy logic, creating an AI brain for a Massive agent.
Instructor: Geoff Tobin - King Kong, I, Robot, The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy, Eragon, X-Men 3...

Massive in Production - 3 months

DESCRIPTION: Pipeline and workflow - from planning the mocap sessions and importing and processing the motion through to designing the brains, running the sims and finally rendering with a Renderman. Advanced features: Ddynamics and Cloth, Integration with Maya.
Instructor: Geoff Tobin - King Kong, I, Robot, The Lord of the Rings: Trilogy, Eragon, X-Men 3...

Motion Capture Demystified - 3 months

Course description: Principles and techniques of motion capture, Autodesk MotionBuilder's auto-rigging technology, motion capture data cleanup methodologies, smoothing and enhancement of capture data, keyframe-based animation in Motionbuilder, development of hardware slider rigs using off-the-shelf MIDI hardware.
Professor: Damian Allen

Particles and Dynamics using RealFlow - 3 months

Course description: Making simulations do what you need for a shot, and what the agency approved in the boards. All about control, making the sim do what you need it to. Control the simulations in RealFlow. Achieve great particle and other dynamic effects. Create an accurate and realistic result in RealFlow.
Professor: Mark Stasiuk - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Poseidon...

Digital Cinematography - 3 months

Course description: Camera Testing: Testing a new camera before using it on a real job. Settings, ASA equivalents - how all this plays out through post. Camera Movement: Tricks and techniques of camera movement. Motivation, pacing, moving with the subject, counter-moves and moving with a static subject. The Secrets of Colour Grading Digital Footage: Concepts and techniques. Colour grading in practical terms.
Professor: Mike Seymour - Red Dwarf, Miracle Fish, I Love Sarah Jane...

RED Camera Project - Shoot through Post - 3 months

Course description: Using the RED camera, from filming a piece, to editing that piece and doing some effects for it. Latest approaches to using RED. Practical tips and post production with Scratch, REDCine and REDAlert, combined with FCP and AVID.
Professor: Mike Seymour - Red Dwarf, Miracle Fish, I Love Sarah Jane...

After Effects: Advanced - 3 months

Course description: Creating UI graphics for feature films, 3D, expressions, scripting in AE.
Instructors:
Mark Coleran - The Bourne Ultimatum, The Island, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, and The World is Not Enough...
Danny Princz
Mark Christiansen
John Montgomery - Red Dwarf, Back to Earth: Part 1, I Love Sarah Jane.

Intermediate Fusion 6 - 3 months

Course description: Keying, tracking, roto, 2.5D matte painting, plate cleanup, particles, 3D, motion graphics and stereoscopic workflow.
Professor - Matt Leonard

A Guerrilla Filmmakers Guide to After Effects - 3 months

Course description: Breaking down of the shots, techniques, and workflow used in the actual production of "Atilla the Hun". In-depth coverage of the real world project and producing a complex visual effects shot. Full recreation of the techniques used in one of the signature shots of the film.
Instructor - Gareth Edwards - Atilla the Hun

VFX and Indie Films - 3 months

Course description: How to make a high-quality film with little to no money, but with few to no compromises. From theory to tech, prep to post, exploring the crucial, yet oft-neglected interrelationship between production and post. Fundamental principles of digital filmmaking.
Instructors - Michael Scott and Ryan Wieber

The Digital Image Technician - 3 months

Course description: Work on-set, up close and personal with the camera, pipeline from pre-production to post. From editing to resolution, frame rates and colour grading. Film workflows, move into the digital era, transition into the workflows for various cameras such as the Red One, Panasonic P2, SI2K, Genesis and Phantom. Colour spaces, LUT's, RGB, YUV. Video signals, sampling and compression. Workflows and optimizations for multiple scenarios - the pros and cons.
Professor: Allen Chesser (first Red Camera data wrangler in Australia) - The Nothing Men.