Event Friday May 7, 2010

Visual communication is transforming the world. Its landlords are our youth. The creative works of the 13th Annual North American All Youth Film and Education Day are examples of a new currency as we live in the emerging era of DIGITALISM”. Electronic arts - audio-visual imagery - now defines every business, links us all on the internet, establishes the structure of world commerce and social expectations. These brilliant, youth-created movies “ROCK AND RULE”! They focus on partnerships in ways to uplift human power, convey essential ideas and products, express the art of sight and sound, and tell universal stories. As poignantly, these works only emerge from collaborations among professionally experienced mentors, integration of numbers of different artists and training programs that powerfully link multiple school literacy, aesthetics and technology classes, industry partners, commercial quality resources and a dynamic interdependence among participating youth artists … in short, intentional VIRTUAL STUDIOS!

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You will have hands-on to create your plan for your curriculum and gain access to Industry Leaders guidance and Technology developers, discounts, support and more.

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Reported by: Angie Larsen

Last Update: 2/20 7:13 pm

All eyes are on Hollywood this weekend for the Academy Awards. But the eyes of many Utah kids are on Hollywood for future careers. Those with animation skills are in high demand and some teachers are going the distance to make sure digital arts are taught in every Utah high school. 

What if you could learn to create a movie like Disney Pixar’s “Monster’s Inc” or Dreamwork’s “Shrek” in high school? It’s not make-believe at one Utah school - East Hollywood High. “Our high school students here have the animation capabilities of most colleges,” states Digital Arts instructor Kelly Jones. Kids come from all over the state just for the digital arts program at East Hollywood High. 

Senior Rebecca Jane Gourley believes the school is giving her a leg up on the competition, “Yes it definitely does. I’m working on demo reels and things like that to get accepted into colleges.” It’s only Rebecca’s first year at East Hollywood and she’s already in advanced animation. Jones’ goal is to get the same digital arts program in every high school. “I know a couple of schools that their 3-D program is on paper. There’s no computer involved. Are you kidding me? You can’t do a 3-D program on paper!” exclaims Jones.

Legislation to get digital arts in all California high school curriculums is in the works and is actually Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pet project. “How it translates to Utah is California is just the beginning step, once we get California down, then we can start branching out,” explains Leighton Allred who is a software designer helping to push the digital arts program legislation through.

The training isn’t just useful in Hollywood; it has thousands of other applications, like web design and gaming. “I really want to aspire to be more or a graphic designer. This really helps in terms of drawing and designing,” says another East Hollywood High student.

Jones adds, “I’ve got two students that are actually working in the industry as we speak. They 

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Jones adds, “I’ve got two students that are actually working in the industry as we speak. They graduated and they went to work with web companies. The rest of my students are all in college.”  spent years working in Hollywood. He now teaches digital arts to students and other instructors all over the country.

No legislation has been drafted in Utah yet, but there could be a bill in the next couple of years.

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