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 [...]
All the students in one of our western Wyoming preschools speak English as a second language. Claire taught a read-aloud lesson to the class one day with Little Rabbit Foo Foo (Rosen, 1990). After introducing the book and setting a purpose for listening, she read the book aloud, and despite the language barrier, her dramatic [...]
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 [...]
ACME’s 2011 professional develpment seminar kicked off on Monday, July 25 with a visit and tour of DreamWorks Animation, hosted by DreamWorks Education exec Angela Lepito, and Outreach exec Jim Conrads. The 15 ACME educators in attendance were given a tour of the studio, as well as a presentation detailing the studio’s CG artistic and [...]
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 [...]
Since 2005, ACME has served over 52,000 students, providing mentoring guidance from creative industry professionals. While most ACME students channel this experience into a myriad of career directions, some pursue their inspiration in the animation industry. Dave Chai, San Jose State grad Animation Director & Founder Thunderbean Animation Animation teacher at San Jose State University. [...]
The legacy and creativity of Chuck Jones, one of animation’s pioneering director-producers, has been brought to life with the opening of The Chuck Jones Experience, an interactive exhibit at Circus Circus Las Vegas designed to “Educate, Inspire & Entertain” people of all ages. The Chuck Jones Experience is a nearly 10,000 square-foot destination. At its [...]
The results for our first semester competition are in!! Everyone who enters our competitions gains from the experience. Students receive peer recognition and the feedback of the a professional mentor, and classrooms profit by using the competitions to engage students in discussions and collaboration, strengthening the classroom community. ACME thanks everyone who entered the last competition, and [...]
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 [...]
Santa Fe International New Media Festival / Call for Submissions Call for New Media Submissions Application Deadlines (via online submission or postmarked): February 1, 2012 (most festival submissions) March 1, 2012 for Digital Dome Submissions currents 2012, the 3rd annual Santa Fe International New Media Festival will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA [...]
