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Putting the fun into funerals
They say that big things come in small packages and at just over one minute in duration, they don’t come much smaller than animated short Funeral Home Pinatas. However, the plucky little film, which has divided audiences with its dark humour, has attracted the attention of film festival curators around the world.
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{/paginate}A couple of losers steal the show in new animated short
Fans of Clerks and Dazed and Confused rejoice, Media Design School offers a new spin on the slacker comedy with Shelved, a short film featuring computer-generated images (CGI) and visual effects.
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{/paginate}Our zombies are taking over the world
Media Design School’s zombie romance Rotting Hill is invading film festivals across the globe like an epidemic.
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{/paginate}Our films represent NZ on YouTube
Media Design School is proud to announce that student short films Dr Grordborts Presents: The Deadliest Game and Das Tub will represent New Zealand on the YouTube Your Film Festival channel and is calling on Kiwis to boost the films into the final 10.
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{/paginate}Uni Shorts get Cocked Up
Advanced 3D film Cocked Up has been selected for the Uni Shorts International Film Festival in April and we are giving away a couple of two-day festival workshop passes to celebrate
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{/paginate}Advanced 3D involved with Dr Grordbort
Media Design School Students and Stardog collaborate to bring you ‘Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game. ’Greg Broadmore, senior conceptual designer at Weta Workshop and the guy who created Dr Grordbort’s Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory has given Media Design School’s 3D Department permission to develop his Dr Grordbort’s property into a short film.
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{/paginate}First Contact wins at Animated Auckland!
Last Tuesday 3D Animation project First Contact walked away as the Auckland entries winner at Animated Auckland an evening celebrating Auckland's entries to The Hamburg Animation Award.
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{/paginate}Short Films Make Siggraph
Media Design School's clever and witty little CGI short films are making waves globally winning a healthy swag of awards at a selection of festivals worldwide over the past twelve months. Capping off a fine year so far is the recent announcement of representation at the prestigious SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver 7-11 August this year.
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{/paginate}Time for Change snaps up Best Animation award
Media Design School student short film Time for Change has picked up Best Animation at the Talking Pictures Festival – held annually in Evanston, Illinois.
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{/paginate}Student profile: Tiara Leslie
Tiara Leslie is a 3D student at Media Design School. The Singapore native moved to New Zealand when she was 17, and originally enrolled at AUT where she studied towards a Bachelor in Communication Studies.
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