Nov 24, 2019
Congratulations to Drexel Students Malcolm Bornmann, Amanda Schiavone, Kevin Carbone, Quincy Cuthbertson, and Panote Nuchprayoon. Together, they represented Drexel’s Theme Park Engineering and Design club at the 2019 Ryerson Invitational Thrill Design...
Nov 22, 2019
Disney’s 2019 animated feature film Frozen II features work by Drexel Alumni: Amol Sathe (2009) — Lighting Supervisor Joyce Le Tong (2010) — Effects Animator...
Nov 19, 2019
How ‘The Mandalorian’ uses Epic’s Unreal Engine Disney+ is here, and one of its first big exclusive shows is Star Wars spinoff The Mandalorian. The series follows a mysterious bounty hunter as he takes on secretive job following the fall of the Empire. But outside of...
Nov 12, 2019
The Disney+ Streaming series The Mandalorian features the work of Drexel Alumni: Will Muto (Class of 2009) – Pipeline Technical Director: Industrial Light &...
Nov 2, 2019
2019 Feature Film Terminator – Dark Fate features the work of Drexel Alumni… James Spadafora (2012) — Pipeline Technical Director: ILM...
Sep 5, 2019
In the spring term of 2018, a group of Drexel University students created a video game for a group project. Exactly a year later, that same game won the E3 College Game Competition, one of the biggest game contest for college-level game designers. And if all of that...
Aug 26, 2019
The CHOP-AR “OPTIMISM” app was developed by students at Drexel University in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia (CHOP). Patients at CHOP invented their own imaginary characters and worlds for them to live in. Using a variety of...
Jul 19, 2019
Disney’s 2019 feature film The Lion King features the work of Drexel Alumni… Girish Balakrishnan (2013) — Virtual Production Supervisor: MPC...
Jul 3, 2019
Drexel SIGGRAPH Conference Gathering & Reception Wednesday, July 31, 6pm-8pm Pacific Time Tom’s Urban at L.A. Live 1011 S Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90015 Join us in LA at Tom’s Urban in the to meet up with fellow Drexel students,...
Jun 7, 2019
2019 feature film X-Men: Dark Phoenix features work by Drexel Alumni: Ian Hartman (2017) — Visual Effects Artist : MPC...
Jun 3, 2019
Saturday, June 15 Noon – 2pm Westphal Annex Screening Room 3401 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Join us for the 2019 Animation Festival at the Westphal College of Media Art & Design’s Annex Screening Room on June 15, from noon to 2pm! This...
Jun 2, 2019
IMMERSIVE VIDEO IS ONLINE! Thank you to everyone who attended the 2019 Digital Media Showcase event. To see it again, watch the immersive, 360° video recording of the event posted on YouTube: Sunday, June 2 Showcase 2pm-4pm Expo 4pm-6pm International House Ibrahim...
May 31, 2019
2019 feature film Godzilla: King of the Monsters features work by Drexel Alumni: Ian Hartman (2017) — Visual Effects Artist : MPC...
May 19, 2019
Over the past few years, ILM has been developing a suite of virtual production tools that embraces a range of real-time technologies. Dubbed Stagecraft, these tools encompass the entire production process, from early set design with the help of VR headsets to visual...
Apr 12, 2019
LAIKA’s 2019 Feature Missing Link features the work of Drexel Alumni… Sara Ireland (2007) — Compositing Supervisor: LAIKA...
Apr 11, 2019
Reality vs Illusion To show off new lighting technology, Unity took on the challenge to match a CG Unity-rendered BMW to a real BMW 8 Series Coupe that was filmed in a warehouse. The final project incorporated both the live interactive demo and a pre-rendered 4K...
Mar 27, 2019
Comcast is planning to build the arena to house the Philadelphia Fusion, the team they built to compete in the Overwatch League. The new venue, Fusion Arena, will span 60,000 square feet and seat up to 3,5000 guests. Comcast expects Fusion Arena to host a variety of...
Mar 12, 2019
Alumnus Girish Balakrishnan (2012) talks on a panel at SXSW 2019. The panel focused on Simulating Reality: The Future of Film Production. Game engines have evolved into true “Reality Engines” and cinema will never be the same. The filmmaking tools of tomorrow stem...
Mar 1, 2019
The centerpiece of The March will be the first-ever digital performance of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which will be produced using several state-of-the-art production technologies. The VR project will bridge the physical and the virtual – using...
Feb 23, 2019
Dreamworks Animation’s feature film How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World features the work of Drexel Alumni: Evan Boucher (2011) — Animator / Character Technical Director: Dreamworks Animation Jake Nichols (2012) — Lead Lighter, Lighting Development:...