COMPETITION CONTENT AND TIMELINES UPDATE  Second Semester Competition:  Artwork Due by May 4th, 2012 The meaning of tolerance as it is to be used for the theme of this animation competition concerns the definition that addresses how we accept and respect the beliefs, practices, feelings, and/or habits of others, especially when they differ from [...]

Jamie Sugarman is currently a college student in Patricia Waterman’s class at Santa Ana College. ACME noticed the quality and quantity of her comments, so we asked her for an interview. Jamie kindly agreed. As it turns out, Jamie is retraining to use her 3D skills in reconstructing crime scenes! A former Disneyland portrait artist [...]

ACME congratulates alumnus Barbara Macz on winning the first prize Martin Roth Screenwriting Scholarship at the Inner City Filmmaker’s program. Barbara’s $1,000 scholarship, for her Hats Off to You script, was presented by the Friar’s Charitable Foundation! Barbara, a student of Mr. Wes McBride’s Verdugo Hills High School ACME class, was just one of 31 [...]

The following article was posted in Computer Graphics World/August 2011 SIGGRAPH 2011: From a Student’s Eyes I’m a junior at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where I’m an animation major with a minor in illustration. I love animation and appreciate all its forms; my biggest passion is pre-production work, especially storyboards. Meeting people [...]

Verdugo Hills High School teacher and ACME partner Wes McBride reports on the inspiring story of 2011 graduate Barbara Macz. Barbara graduated this year and plans to study film in college. She has just completed Ryman Arts’s spring program, and is interning with Inner City Filmmakers this summer. Barbara also produced Verdugo Hills High School’s [...]

The ACME Network delivers online mentoring services to California classrooms. ACME connects students and Hollywood creative professionals to foster 21st century job skills. ACME Students Lonnie James and Jorge Barona of Santa Ana College have used their ACME-assisted training to successfully complete several promotional and instructional videos for Acacia, a medical equipment marketing company. (Pictured), [...]

Rafael Jimenez, was always good with technology and computers, but it was not until his experience as a student in the ACME Animation program that he defined his career path. Rafael cites his ACME experience as the inspiration to continue his education. “ACME inspired me. Ever since taking this class, I knew what I wanted [...]