Orientation

For the past two days we’ve had orientation. We’re learning the rules of the school. Don’t plagiarize, don’t use school computers to rip Cds, the usual stuff. We also got to see some demo reels from former students that were pretty impressive.
I made a few friends. The cool thing about VFS is that people come from all over to go there. I ate lunch the other day with people from Sacramento, Toronto, and Argentina. We also have people from Mexico and India, Japan, China and Korea. It was an amazing thing walking into the theatre where we all were gathered on that first day. It was like walking into a UN meeting, I saw so many faces from so many nations all gathered in one place to pursue a common goal. Vancouver on the whole seems like that. You never know what accents or languages you might hear on the train or on the street. You see and pass people on the street that you can just tell by their dress and demeanor come from far away places.
We got our school kit today. A VFS backpack full of bottles and umbrellas and other things with Vancouver Film School written on it. They gave us cards to get into the building and we are supposed to get our student Ids soon. I can’t wait to get my hands on that, and see what kind of picture they took of me. The guy had to adjust the camera and bring it way up when it was time to take my picture so we’ll see how it looks.
Next week we should get into a little more of the Maya program itself. I’m hoping to get some screen captures on here once we start the actual projects. They say that some pretty interesting people will be coming through the school. People who work at Industrial light and magic and Pixar. It will be a great opportunity to be able to talk to industry professionals and get their input on my work.
I hope everyone is doing well in their respective cities, and their respective lives. I will report back next week when we get our first real projects.