BFX is a student competition designed to give you direct
exposure to cutting-edge practices and showcase your skills to some of the best
supervisors, producers and artists in the VFX and animation industry.
The Brief
‘We ask teams of 5
people to submit an application form and showreels (unlike previous years, an
animatic or treatment is not required at this stage). The teams with the
strongest set of skills and showreels are then shortlisted and 8 final teams
chosen to take part in the competition. Each team is given a charity brief
selected for them by the BFX team. They will then have approx. 2 months to create
storyboards, animatics and character designs for the charity. The charity
review the treatment and provide further feedback before the residential
competition starts in July.
As a team of five
people, you will be tasked with creating a stunning 2D or 3D visual effects or
animation sequence for 4 charities that is based on one of 8 supplied
screenplays. The 7-week residential competition is based in Bournemouth over
the summer from July to August (all accommodation is free and the team members
are given a stipend to help with their cost of living expenses). In 2017 and
2018, teams were mentored and judged by experts from Framestore, Double
Negative, MPC, Animal Logic, Hibbert Ralph Animation, ILM London, ToonBoom,
Outpost VFX, Jellyfish Pictures and Blue Zoo.’
In the first instance, we are organising a group Skype meeting with the competition director, Sofronis Efstathiou, who will be able to give you further details and answer any questions you may have.
Please can you leave a comment by MONDAY 21st JANUARY if you feel this is something you might be interested in taking part in, and we will then organise a suitable time for the meeting.
More details of the competition, and examples of previous entries can be seen HERE.
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