Giving you that something Xtra

• Top-notch production facilities that simulate the industry environment, including one of Singapore’s largest green screen studios
  
  
• Semester-long projects and internships will expose you to the latest industry trends
  
  
• Build your own creative portfolio and show reel
  
  
  

About the Diploma

If the spectacular visual effects in award-winning blockbusters such as Avatar, Inception and Iron Man 2 leave you itching to create your own masterpiece, then the Diploma in Digital Visual Effects (DVFX) is all you need to get started.

In fact, the skills you pick up will prepare you for creative positions in local digital visual effects companies and world-renowned production firms which have set up hubs in Singapore. They include LucasFilm Singapore (Star Wars), Double Negative (Hell Boy, Harry Potter) and most recently, UK VFX firm The Mill (Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Merlin).

Create Exciting 3D Content

From computer-generated imagery to digital visual effects, you will learn to produce unforgettable cinematic experiences for both digital and entertainment media.

You will also learn to use NUKE, the Hollywood standard compositing software, from our certified NUKE trainers, as well as Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) equipment and software. In fact, did you know that DVFX was the first local poly diploma programme to provide such training?




(Scenes from "LAKME" 3D Stereoscopic Project)
Be inspired by watching the entire project on line in its 2D version


Build your Creative Portfolio

At Ngee Ann, you are encouraged to express yourself while building your portfolio and show reel using cutting-edge software and facilities. These include one of Singapore’s largest green screen studios, an on-line post-production suite, HD cameras and 3D software such as Maya and ZBrush.

To round off your learning experience, you will gain first-hand industry experience with a six-month internship or semester-long industry-based project in your final year.

Who knows? Your name might just appear in the credits of the next blockbuster.

Career Prospects

With your DVFX diploma, you can join the digital media and entertainment industry as a Matte Painter, Concept Artist, Modeller, Compositor, Rotoscope Artist, Matchmover or Motion-Graphic specialist. You will also be able to work in film and video, broadcast media, and television commercial production.

With top international entertainment companies such as Lucasfilm, Double Negative, Black Magic Design and The Mill producing locally in Singapore, and the number of new jobs in the local digital media sector expected to grow by 2015, there has never been a better time to pursue your dream career in the DVFX industry.

 

Further Studies

Pursue degrees at universities locally or abroad, and enjoy up to two years’ advanced standing for some programmes.

The Queensland University of Technology, for example, offers our grads one and a half years’ advanced standing for its Bachelor of Fine Arts (Interactive and Visual Design) programme.

You also qualify for an accelerated two-year degree in Creative Producing offered by top-ranked American film and media school, Chapman University, right here at Ngee Ann Poly. Designed exclusively for Singapore by film and media practitioners in Hollywood, this course offers an optional immersion at Chapman’s Orange County campus in California and internships in Hollywood.