— Vancouver, BC – The Vancouver Film School (www.vfs.com)
announces the launch of its first game streaming for audio design. Housed in
the Sound Design department, the program was created by instructor Leonard Paul,
a veteran game designer and musician, who used Digidesign's Pro Tools to construct
the curriculum for the courses.
"The science and art of video game theory is very young," Paul explains.
"Gaming is a totally different beast than a linear medium like film. Because
each game is itself a piece of software, you have to be able to communicate
the content you're creating to the programmers."
"To arrive at content in the first place requires the best tools available,
and that's Digidesign. As the primary tool for generating content, Pro Tools
is terrific for students who want to learn composition. It’s the industry
standard, and it’s a solid, powerful, well-designed piece of software."
Paul started in the video game industry over ten years ago, at a time when
the existing digital editing rigs were still relatively rudimentary. During
this period he devised ways, using Pro Tools, to assemble a system for producing
interactive game content. Before coming to VFS, Paul designed games for numerous
developers including Electronic Arts and Radical, and composed scores for films
like the Sundance 2004 winning documentary The Corporation.
"There are no textbooks for this stuff, so I created my own system that
simulates the experience of working on a video game," Paul says. "The
main difference between linear and adaptive design is that you have to tune
it to real time. In effect you have to tear down the old system and build an
entirely new one for every game. There is no better software for doing this
than Pro Tools."
The Vancouver Film School offers full-time and part-time production programs
in Sound Design for Visual Media, as well as Film, 3D and 2D animation, Make-Up
Design, Writing, Interactive Media, and Foundation Visual Arts & Design.
It is the only school in Canada where students receiver Operator-level Pro Tools
certification. VFS faculty work closely with industry experts to ensure curriculum
keeps pace with technological changes affecting the industry.
For more information contact:
Shefa Siegel
Managing-Editor Publications
Email: ssiegel@vfs.com
Phone: 604-631-5808
