Learn about creating special effects on film

If the visual marvels of summer blockbusters inspire you, a boot camp focused on visual effects could turn that inspiration into a career.

A collaboration between Okanagan College and the Vancouver Film School is bringing about a weeklong boot camp designed to help students learn industry software basics, production process and how industry professionals create visual effects, or VFX, illusions.

In the boot camp, designed to boost portfolios of beginner to intermediate graphic artists and film artists, students will complete an executed shot using industry techniques in a suite of graphics and video tools.

The boot camp will be led by Henrique Reginato, whose Àlm credits include Dark Matter, Gotham, Almost Human and Minority Report.

He’ll pass on some key skills in the industry standard software, Nuke, and offer his insights into the VFX production pipeline.

“The growing animation and VFX industry has created the opportunity for us to partner with the Vancouver Film School, said Dennis Silvestrone, director of corporate training at OK College.

“Bringing this unique training experience to the Okanagan is key in our efforts to continue to develop resources that support the growth of the area. And with the strong economic forecast for signiÀcant growth, now is a great time to be building a career within the industry.”

The weeklong course, which runs from July 30 to Aug. 3, will be presented at the Okanagan Innovation Centre, 460 Doyle Ave., in Kelowna. See okanagan.bc.ca/VFX. Registration costs $500, plus GST.