Examples of Competitions

http://www.bfxfestival.com/

About Bournemouth VFX Festival

The Bournemouth VFX Festival usually takes place in the summer and consists of a competition that

students can enter in order to win an internship at well-established UK film and visual effects studios.

In 2011, Alex Hope from Double Negative and Ian Livingstone from Eidos, put together a report

(Next Gen) that informed the government that the UK contains talent for visual effects and video

games. Although, it also included information that the UKs education system was not displaying the

young talent and creativity fully so as a result, they are moving to industries overseas. The NCCA

(The National Centre for Computer Animation) at Bournemouth University has become a leading

place where teaching and research in computer animation and digital effects takes place. The NCCA

also featured in the Next Gen report and once it was published, Sofronis Efstathiou, Adam Twycross

and Nasreen El-Mariesh looked at some of the issues that were raised and decided to deal with

them. As a result of this, they teamed up with the Arts University of Bournemouth and the NCCA

created a hub called The International VFX Hub, directed by Peter Truckel. Through creating

commercial outlets and providing links for students, graduates and academic staff, this helped to

raise the profile of Bournemouth by supporting a series of projects. One of these projects included

the BFX Festival which enabled fresh talent to showcase their animations and visual effects. Also, it

informed the UK of this talent and so, as a result, has helped to inspire and educate the next

http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/

London MCM Comic Con

About London Expo

London Expo Comic Con is held at the Excel centre in London, twice a year in May and October. The

convention mainly focuses on Manga/Anime, Comic Books, Sci-Fi, Video Games and Cosplay. The

MCM (Movie Comic Media) group also holds expeditions in Birmingham, the Midlands, Ireland,

Belfast, Manchester and Scotland too. Originally, it was founded by Paul Miley and Bryan Cooney in

early 2001. In both May and October, the convention takes place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday,

from 10am 6pm on a Friday, 9am 6pm on a Saturday and 9:30am 5pm on a Sunday. Some of

the industry luminaries that have been involved in this event include: NEO Magazine, Century Fox,

Manga Entertainment UK, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Studios. In terms of the attractions

at London Expo, there are the following: Special Guests (from industry), Merchandise and dealer

stalls, photos with the special guests, games expedition, comic village, cosplay competitions,

festivals and parties etc

Special Guests: Guests from film, tv, games and anime often come to the expo for meet and greets

and also sometimes do talks. Some of the guests that have gone in the past include: Sylvestor McCoy,

Maile Flanagan, Warwick Davis, Mat Smith, Vic Mignogna, Robin Atkin Downes etc Often guests

come to the expo in order to promote their latest production such as a tv, game or film they have

been in but also provide seminars and workshops in order to interact with the fans.

Cosplay: Cosplay means that guests can dress up as their favourite characters in any tv, film, comic,

game, anime etc It has become a popular part of the event and cosplayers have the opportunity to

enter a competition to display their costumes or just role-play with other cosplayers.

Exhibit Hall: In the main halls, there are many stands that include merchandise from film, tv, comics,

games, anime etc and exhibitors that include media companies such as movie studios and tv

stations. Furthermore, there are theatre rooms where the seminars and workshops take place for

the talks from the special guests and industry.

http://www.bournemouthfilmandcomiccon.com/

Bournemouth Film and Comic Con is a

fairly recent event that will take place

in 2015. I am hoping to attend this

event in order to meet people from

the film industry.