SCHOOL OF
INTERACTIVE &
DIGITAL MEDIA
Interactive & Digital Media
SCHOOL OF INTERACTIVE
& DIGITAL MEDIA
I
n AY2013/14, the School of Interactive & Digital Media (SIDM)
sustained its efforts towards the vision of being one of the best
institutions in Asia for Interactive and Digital Media (IDM).
Going global was a key focus. First was the International Games
Concept Challenge, an initiative by SIDM in partnership with Trident
College of IT from Japan and Supinfogame from France, followed
by our successful Medallion of Excellence win at the WorldSkills
Competition held in Leipzig, Germany.
For ay2013/14,
SIDM welcomed
418 new
students,
bringing its
enrolment to
1,158 students for
its six courses
Diploma
in Digital
Entertainment
Technology
(Games)
Diploma in
Digital Visual
Effects
Diploma
in Digital
Media Design
(Animation)
Diploma
in Digital
Media Design
(Games)
Diploma
in Digital
Media Design
(Interaction
Design)
Then there were the three out of
five animations that were selected
to represent Singapore at the 15th
TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
DigiCon6 Awards coupled with the
games created by SIDM students that
were among the Top 10 at the Global
Game Stars Competition held in
San Francisco, USA. There were also
increased opportunities for students
to go on study trips, overseas
industrial attachments and student
exchanges in countries such as the
US, France, Finland, Japan, Korea,
Hong Kong and China.
Diploma
in Motion
Graphics &
Broadcast
Design
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The IGCC MOU was signed between NYP, Trident College of Japan and Supinfogame of France.
Key Initiatives &
New Developments
International Games Concept
Challenge
In 2013, due to the success
of an earlier competition, a
Memorandum Of Understanding
(MOU) was signed by NYP, Trident
College and Supinfogame, in Japan,
to establish the International
Games Concept Challenge (IGCC)
for another three years. The
initiative creates an international
competition in games concept
and prototype with like-minded
institutions from around the world.
The uniqueness of the IGCC is
that each team must comprise
a mixture of international and
local students from participating
institutions.
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MOU with Ogilvy & Mather
SIDM and Ogilvy & Mather signed
a three-year MOU on 1 February
2014 to cooperate in the areas
of internship programmes,
joint-project development and
collaborative mentorship. Up to
four students per quarter will have
the opportunity to go for the threemonth internship.
Renewal of MOU between Rubika
and NYP
The MOU with Supinfocom and
Supinfogame was extended by
another five years in AY2013/14.
The MOU provides for student
exchanges both inbound and
outbound, and for cooperation in
IDM areas such as animation, games
development and design.
Serious Game Project Collaboration
with Windesheim University of
Applied Sciences
SIDM and the Windesheim
University of Applied Sciences, in
the Netherlands, jointly designed
a serious game based on the story
of Odysseus by Homer, revolving
around the theme of intertextuality.
Industry
Tie-Ups &
Projects
National Day Parade 2013 Large
Scale LED Display
SIDM has been involved in the
Interactive & Digital Media
National Day Parade (NDP) for the
past three years. For 2013, a segment
entrusted to students was entitled
Reinvent. A group of 16 final year
Motion Graphics & Broadcast Design
students worked closely with the
2013 NDP Show Committee and
creative team to capture the energy
of sports and represented it through
colourful motion graphics and
animation to complement the onstage dance performances.
The Journey: A Voyage Project
Collaboration with MediaCorp
Nearly 30 Animation and Digital
Visual Effects students produced
over 300 special effects shots within
five months for the MediaCorp
production, The Journey: A Voyage.
They worked on scenes that required
special effects like explosions,
artificial storms, crowd simulation
and time travel. They even had to
simulate an amputated leg on one
of the actors and a gory scene of
a decapitated head. To achieve
these effects, they used a variety
of techniques, including motion
capture, matte painting, background
composition.
Students were proud to be credited for
their contributions to the MediaCorp
production, The Journey: A Voyage.
The graphics projected onto a 3D structure at the Nestlé Singapore’s factory.
Realistic Simulation Games at
Navy Open House 2013
Visitors to the Navy Open House
2013 were able to get a realistic
experience of shooting a machine
gun and rifle due to the hard work
of nine students from the Diplomas
in Digital Media Design (Games) and
Digital Entertainment Technology
(Games), who developed an
interactive shooting game titled
Operation Nereus. The game was a
popular draw, creating long queues
at the Navy Open House held from
16 to 19 May 2013 at the Changi
Naval Base. This was the third time
that SIDM was invited to create
simulation games showcased at the
Navy Open House.
Malay Heritage Centre
3D Visual Projection
A total of 15 Motion Graphics
& Broadcast Design students
collaborated with the Malay
Heritage Centre from 24 June to
22 August 2013, to create two
dynamic 3D visual projection
installations on “Nature and
Healing in the Malay World”.
The displays were visually
arresting, and the reception was
positively received.
3D Visual Projection and Animated
Mural Projection for Nestlé Milo
Diploma in Motion Graphics
& Broadcast Design students
were involved in an infographics
video installation for the Nestlé
Singapore’s factory in Jurong. The
educational video focused on the
process of how Milo is produced,
packaged from the factory and
delivered to the consumers.
The visuals are projected onto a
physical 3D structure. The students
also designed an animated mural
which will be projected in the
factory’s holding room for visitors.
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Mercy Relief Humanitarian-themed
PC Game
The School collaborated with Mercy
Relief to develop a PC game to help
young audiences understand the
work that the non-governmental
humanitarian charity does. The
game simulates the situations in
which a Mercy Relief team works in
and the efforts that go into helping
communities affected by natural
disaster. The game will be released
to coincide with Mercy Relief’s
10th Anniversary in 2014. This is
the third collaborative project with
Mercy Relief.
Shell Road Safety Web-based Game
A team of nine students created a
web-based game Traffic Guardian in
consultation with the Land Transport
Authority, Ministry of Education,
Singapore Road Safety Council and
the Singapore Traffic Police. The
game educates the young on the
importance of cultivating good road
safety behaviour. It was launched
during the Shell Traffic Games finals
held in August 2013 at the East Coast
Road Safety Community Park.
Major Events
Screenshots of the humanitarian-themed PC Game for Mercy Relief.
Fusion 14: Spectrum
More than 300 graduating students
showcased their original productions
at Fusion 14: Spectrum, held from 27
to 29 March 2014 at the Singapore
Expo Hall. From branding concepts
and opening sequences to exhibition
space layouts and the design of each
space, students put together a show
they were proud to call their own,
featuring their best works during
their three years with NYP.
Visitors, including more than 200
industry guests on the opening night,
experienced first-hand an excellent
showcase of creative works, including
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Hexlite, SIDM’s first studentdeveloped game for PlayStation®4.
They also witnessed what went on
behind the scenes of some popular
clips, including those from the 2013
National Day Parade, visual effects for
local drama serials like The Journey: A
Voyage, and even homemade indie
games featured in the USA.
Singapore Games Creation
Competition 2013
NYP partnered StarHub and the
Council for Third Age for the
8th Singapore Games Creation
Competition, held from 9 to 13
September 2013. This year’s theme
was Games for Seniors and Juniors.
Over 500 secondary school students
from more than 40 schools took part.
Close to 100 entries were received
and the top 25 teams proceeded to
the finals. The event was supported
by Infocomm Development Authority
of Singapore (IDA) and Media
Development Authority of Singapore
(MDA), and sponsored by Sony
Computer Entertainment and StarHub.
Interactive & Digital Media
A captive audience at IDM Day 2013.
IDM Day
IDM Day is an annual event aimed at
promoting the Interactive & Digital
Media industry as an academic
pursuit, career or business venture to
artistic, passionate and talented ITE
and secondary school students. Over
300 students turned up for IDM Day
held on 11 October 2013. Highlights
included SIDM tours and talks. The
two guest speakers were Senior
Lecturer, Mr Jacques Muller, who
worked at Disney previously, and
NYP alumnus, Mr Zen Tay. They spoke
about classical animation, and motion
graphics and new media respectively.
N.E.Mation!
N.E.mation! is a digital animation
competition jointly organised by
Animagine and Nexus, and supported
by SIDM, for youths to express
their thoughts on Total Defence.
Into its eighth season this year,
the competition has proven highly
successful, with more than 9,900
students participating since its
inception in 2007. With training and
guidance, students with no prior
experience in animation have been
able to produce clips of broadcast
quality for free-to-air television.
Some of these clips were even
selected for international animation
festivals and won several awards.
SIDM Student Day
The annual SIDM Student Day was
held on 12 July 2013. The event
was officially opened by Board
of Governors member and SIDM
Advisory Committee Chairman,
Mr Freddie Yeo. SIDM students
organised the event, which included
a talk on the prospects of the CG
industry by Ms Zoe Cranley, CG
Sequence Supervisor of Double
Negative Singapore. Director’s List
Awards and SIDM’s Most Improved
Student Awards were also given
out. About 40 parents of the award
winners attended the presentation
ceremony.
SIDM raised funds for charity at its
May The 4th Be With You event in 2013.
May The 4th Be With You Charity
Fundraising
May The 4th Be With You is a charity
event organised annually on 4 May,
as part of the worldwide Star Wars
celebration of the same name.
Student volunteers sold home baked
cookies and other goodies, while a
screening of the original trilogy was
held in a lecture theatre. Over 200
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students participated this year,
with funds raised going to the
Children’s Society of Singapore.
Alumni Movie Night
The annual Alumni Movie Night
was held on 18 June 2013 at
Lido Cinema. This event brings
graduates back for an evening
of entertainment, networking
and connecting with their alma
mater. NYP Principal & CEO, Mr
Chan Lee Mun, and SIDM advisory
committee members, students,
faculty and industry partners also
joined in the event.
SIDM Club Camp
The SIDM Club Camp held on
18 and 19 March 2014, enabled
students from the various
diplomas to understand the
function of the Club and to get to
know each other better, prior to
Freshman Orientation planning.
The camp also allowed the School
to identify and select the next
batch of potential leaders, who
will plan and execute various
events for SIDM in the future.
SIDM entries made a clean sweep at the Safety@Work Competition 2013.
Achievements
Student
Achievements
WorldSkills Competition 2013
Joey Ng represented Singapore
in the Graphic Design Technology
Trade at the 42nd WorldSkills
Competition held in Leipzig,
Germany and was awarded the
Medallion of Excellence. SIDM has
achieved one Gold, one Bronze and
three Medallions of Excellence
since 2003.
Competition Commission of
Singapore 2013
Joey Ng, our Medallion of Excellence
winner at the WorldSkills Competition held
in Leipzig, Germany.
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The Competition Commission of
Singapore (CCS) Animation Contest
2013 was jointly organised by CCS
and SIDM, the official education
partner. The contest raises
awareness of competition law in
Singapore and generates greater
understanding of its function in
creating a level playing field for
businesses and consumers. SIDM
students and alumni did well to
clinch the Best Animation Award for
the Open and Tertiary Categories,
and the First Runner-up Award in the
Tertiary Category.
Safety@Work Competition 2013
Jointly organised by the Workplace
Safety and Health Council and
Singapore Technologies Engineering
Ltd in collaboration with the
Ministry of Manpower, the
Safety@Work Creative Awards
showcases local students’ creative
talents in advocating the importance
of safety at the workplace. SIDM’s
Animation students took home
the Gold, Silver, Bronze and three
commendation awards.
ComiFest Competition 2013
Three SIDM students and a graduate
demonstrated their flair in comics
illustrations by winning awards at
ComiFest Competition 2013. Held
from 4 to 6 October 2013, ComiFest
is an annual animation, comics and
games showcase festival that gathers
Interactive & Digital Media
Students and staff at the prize presentation ceremony during the Ministry of Home Affairs Security Awareness for
Everyone (SAFE) Competition.
creators and fans of local comics and
digital media works.
In the Original Comic Illustration
Competition, a final year Digital
Media Design (Animation) student
won second prize while third prize
went to an SIDM alumnus. For the
Comic Character Drawing Fan Art
Competition, first year students from
the Digital Media Design (Games)
won the top awards for both the One
Piece Fan Art and Top Avengers Fan
Art categories.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Security Awareness For Everyone
Competition 2013
Four SIDM projects were shortlisted
for the Ministry of Home Affairs
Security Awareness For Everyone
(SAFE) Competition 2013. One SIDM
entry claimed the Merit Award, while
another entry titled Nelson won the
Best Mobile App Award. Nelson was
highlighted by Mr S Iswaran, Minister
in the Prime Minister’s Office and
Second Minister for Home Affairs and
Trade & Industry, who officiated the
SAFE Awards Ceremony held on 9
November 2013.
15th Tokyo Broadcasting
System DigiCon6
SIDM students clinched four
awards at the 15th Tokyo
Broadcasting System (TBS)
DigiCon6 Singapore Awards held
on 23 October 2013. The awards
included second and third places
in the Student category and the
first and runner-up spots in the
Viewer’s Choice category.
Three out of the final five films
representing Singapore sent
for the grand finale in Tokyo on
16 November 2013, were from
SIDM.
The TBS DigiCon6 Awards is
an annual competition that
recognises talented creators
throughout Asia including
Japan, China, Hong Kong, India,
Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.
Global Game Stars
Competition 2013
Mono Mino, a student-initiated
game that was further designed
and developed during a final
year project, made it to the Top 10
submissions at the Global Game
Stars Competition. The game was
made by two Diploma in Digital
Media Design (Games) students
and two Diploma in Digital
Entertainment Technology (Games)
students in collaboration with a
Supinfogame exchange student;
and was one of only two entries
from Asia.
Global Game Stars is the Mobile
Game Demo Contest that attracts
hundreds of contestants from
around the world. A group of 20
finalists were selected to compete
for prizes and a chance to pitch
in front of over 1,500 professionals
on the Thought Leader Stage at
the Global Mobile Internet
Conference (GMIC) held in San
Francisco, USA.
Casual Connect Asia 2013
Five projects were put on display
at Casual Connect Asia 2013 held
in Singapore. Mono Mino was
mentioned as one of the Top 10
Games of the Best of Floor, from
over 60 games.
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Phase Shift made its debut in the Asia PlayStation®Store on 7 August 2013.
Alumni
Achievements
Animagine wins Singapore
Outstanding Enterprise Award 2013
Animagine, an animation company
founded by three SIDM Alumni,
won the prestigious Singapore
Outstanding Enterprise Award 2013.
Animagine has been partnering with
the School on N.E.mation, an annual
animation competition for schools on
the theme of Total Defence.
The founders of Animagine with the
Singapore Outstanding Enterprise Award.
Dark Potato Studios’ Sony
PlayStation® Game Phase Shift
Debut
Phase Shift, the first PlayStation®
game conceptualised and developed
by SIDM alumnus Hoong Boon
Wai, was launched in the Asia
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PlayStation®Store on 7 August
2013. Built for PlayStation Vita, the
2D shooter is also available on the
PlayStation®3 Console.
Founding of Daydreams Studio
Four Diploma in Digital Media
Design (Animation) graduates
founded their own animation and
design company, Daydreams Studio.
Three months after registering
its business, Daydreams landed a
documentary deal with Channel
NewsAsia. The graduates attribute
their success to the training in
project and time management and
creative thinking they received
from SIDM. They also learnt that the
quality of work and the building of
trust with clients are important to
make a positive impression on the
minds of clients.
Interactive & Digital Media
Capability Development
Students
Capability
Development
concept behind Kult Gallery, which
promotes the works of local and
international young street artists
and illustrators.
Talks by Industry Experts
Industry Tour at Double Negative
Singapore
Industry experts were invited to
share their experiences with students
on various topics. They included:
·Visual Effects Talk on The Changing
Face of Visual Effects by Lee
Stringer;
·Design practice and Play by Jon
Burgerman;
·Photographic lighting techniques
by Nadia Winzenried in the StopOver series;
·Motion Design by Xavier Oon ,
Creative Director of Critica TV;
·Illustration and Design by Ben
Qwek, Visual Stylist at MRB
Illustrations;
·Design Process by Anthony Chong,
Graphic Designer at Cannery
Agency;
·Branding by Zen Tay, Integrated
Strategic Advisory at Elzeno Design
& Advertising;
·Designing Toys and
Entrepreneurship by Jackson Aw,
Founder and Chief Toy Designer
of Mighty Jaxx; and
·Intellectual Property & Copyrights
by Samuel Seow, Managing Director
of Samuel Seow Law Corporation
A total of 50 students had the
opportunity to visit visual effects
company, Double Negative. They
were given a presentation on the
works done by Double Negative,
followed by a tour of the studio.
Puppet Workshop by Paper
Monkey Theatre
Paper Monkey Theatre creates
productions and workshops infused
with puppetry for children and
family entertainment, encouraging
artistic development and enriching
learning experiences.
A workshop was organised to help
18 Motion Graphics & Broadcast
Design students conceptualise
and broaden their perspectives,
to create experimental film
performances. A puppeteer
brought the students through
the history of puppets in Asia,
focusing on how puppets
performances interact and
entertain through the use of
light and shadow.
Staff Capability
Development
Staff Attachment to Side Effects
Software Inc in LA, USA
Mr Ron Ang from the Game Art
and Design group was attached
to Side Effects Software Inc in
Los Angeles, USA, for capability
development in the area of Visual
Effects for Games from 1 July
to 27 September 2013. Upon
completing the attachment, Ron
achieved a better understanding
of how Houdini can be used in
games, specifically in procedural
modelling and sprite generation.
Kult Gallery Visit and Talk
A group of 80 Motion Graphics &
Broadcast Design students visited
Kult Gallery and attended a talk
by its Creative Director, Mr Steve
Lawler. The talk was about the local
design industry and the idea and
Students and staff had the opportunity to visit Double Negative.
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Staff Attachment to MediaCorp
Mr Leong Chee Loong was
attached to MediaCorp for
capability development in
visual effects as an Effects
Supervisor over a period of sixand-a-half months. He learnt to
shoot on-set and worked with
directors, producers, artists and
crew from MediaCorp. He also
participated in on-set shoots
done in Penang and Ipoh,
Malaysia, and developed visual
effects sequences using green
screen, motion capture and look
development for a severed leg,
decapitated head, crow and
crashing truck sequences.
Some of the visual effects sequence created for a MediaCorp production.
STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Overseas Industrial Attachment
to Prologue in Los Angeles, USA
Prologue provides clients with
the design and production of
special effects, including computer
generated imagery and graphics
for the production of motion
pictures and television. A Diploma
in Motion Graphics & Broadcast
Design student was attached to the
company from 9 September to 29
November 2013. He was exposed
to areas such as channel branding,
motion graphics design, and
broadcast design.
Overseas Industrial Attachment
to Carbon TV, Hong Kong
Carbon TV is an independent
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boutique motion graphics and
design studio in Hong Kong
specialising in the creation and
transformation of iconic TV
brands that thrive in the everchanging digital cultural arena.
Four Diploma in Motion Graphics
& Broadcast Design students
did internships at Carbon TV
over two periods: 3 June to 23
August 2013 and 9 September
to 29 November 2013. The
students had the chance to work
on channel branding, motion
graphics and broadcast design,
print design, and multimedia
window display design, among
others. Students had the opportunity to be
attached to Carbon TV in Hong Kong.
Interactive & Digital Media
College of Information Technology
in Nagoya, Japan in August 2013.
Despite cultural and language
differences, they worked closely with
the Japanese students on several
game projects. SIDM students also
had the opportunity to foster an
understanding of the Japanese
culture by attending art and cultural
workshops during the attachment.
SIDM students with their counterparts in Trident College, Japan.
Student Exchange with
Supinfogame, France
Six Supinfogame students came
to SIDM for student exchange
from June to August 2013. They
were integrated into the final year
project groups to work on various
projects. They were also attached
to companies in the Games Solution
Centre for three to five days. This
allowed them to gain first-hand
experience of the local game
industry and culture by working as
game testers.
Two SIDM students have gone to
Supinfogame in France, from 30
March to 6 June 2014. They will be
teamed with Supinfogame students
to work on projects which will be
presented to a jury of professionals
in June.
Student Exchange with Kajaani
University of Applied Science,
Finland
The first attachment to Kajaani
University of Applied Science
(Kajaani UAS) in Finland ran from
25 August to 28 December 2013.
Students undertook game
development modules at Kajaani
UAS, learning from their unique
perspective as well as working
on projects with Kajaani students.
Students also had the rare
opportunity to visit some of
Finland’s best known game
studios such as Supercell and
Remedy Entertainment, to see
what working as a game developer
in Finland is like.
Six Trident College students came
to SIDM for student exchange for 12
weeks beginning September 2013.
They were integrated into the Final
Year Project groups. They were also
attached to companies in the Games
Solution Centre towards the end of
the exchange.
Student Exchange with Guangzhou
Academy of Fine Arts, China
This is the fourth round of student
exchanges with Guangzhou Academy
of Fine Arts (GAFA). The objective of
the student exchange is to provide
students with the opportunity to
engage in international cultural
activities, and to collaborate on joint
Five students from Kajaani UAS came
to SIDM from June to November
2013. Similar to the students from
Supinfogame, they were integrated
into the final year project groups and
attached to companies in the Games
Solution Centre.
A second attachment to Kaajani
UAS was held from 10 March to
26 July 2014.
Student Exchange with Trident
College of Information Technology,
Nagoya, Japan
A group of eight final year students
from the Diploma in Digital Media
Design (Games) and Diploma in
Digital Entertainment Technology
(Games) went on a three-month
exchange programme at Trident
SIDM student exchange at GAFA in
Guangzhou, China.
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Diploma in Digital Visual Effect
students and one Diploma in
Digital Media Design (Animation)
student were invited to Siggraph
Asia in Hong Kong to assist Side
Effects Asia Pacific. Students
were actively involved with the
company’s presentations and
booth at the Siggraph Conference.
They were also able to network
with industry professional and
peers in the visual effects industry.
SIDM Students from the Game programmes in the DigiPen Institute of Technology, USA.
interactive art and design projects
with international students. At the
end of the student exchange, an
interactive exhibition was held in
Guangzhou to showcase what they
accomplished.
went to the Tokyo Game Show in
Japan from 9 to 14 September 2013.
They also visited studios such as
Polygon Pictures, h.a.n.d. Inc, Sony
Computer Entertainment and other
galleries.
Attachment to DigiPen Institute of
Technology, USA
Study Trip to Siggraph Asia,
Hong Kong
This year’s attachment to DigiPen
Institute of Technology, in the US,
took place during the summer
semester at DigiPen’s Redmond WA
campus. Three Diploma in Digital
Entertainment Technology (Games)
students, three Diploma in Digital
Media Design (Games) students and
one Digital Media Design (Animation)
student were sent for this attachment.
Siggraph Conference is an
international computer graphics
(CG) conference with seminars and
workshops for educators, CG artists,
animators and technical specialists,
to be exposed to new trends and
emerging technologies in digital
entertainment and education. Four
Study Trip to Kahang Organic
Eco Rice Farm and Kluang
Railway Station
As part of the Digital Matte
Painting Module, students went
on a one-day study trip to Kahang
Organic Eco Rice Farm and Kluang
Railway Station in Malaysia.
Students had the opportunity to
gather their research for their
assignments by photography, as
well as sketches of sceneries of a
rustic countryside environment.
Les Gobelins’ Summer School
In July 2013, two Diploma in
Digital Media Design (Animation)
students attended the annual
Les Gobelins’ Summer School in
Paris. The Summer School, run
for the sixth consecutive year, is
open to international students and
professionals. Besides attending
classes, students also visited
During the two-month attachment,
the students undertook modules at
DigiPen, giving them a taste of what
university studies there is like. The
students also had the chance to work
on collaborative projects with their
peers from DigiPen.
Study Trip to Tokyo Game Show,
Japan
A total of 22 students from
the Diplomas in Digital Media
Design (Games), Digital Media
Design (Animation), and Digital
Entertainment Technology (Games),
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Students at Siggraph Hong Kong together with Side Effects staff.
Interactive & Digital Media
facility in Batam, Indonesia. They had
the chance to get an up close look of
the Hollywood style interior and
exterior shooting set. Besides touring
the studio, students also visited Turi
Beach to explore the fauna and
flora there.
Photography and Texture
Reference Study Trip to Malaysia
Students at the Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts International Filmmaking Camp in
South Korea.
museums, historical buildings and
immersed themselves in French
heritage and culture.
Dong-Ah Institute of Media and
Arts International Filmmaking
Camp for Youth
Dong-Ah Institute of Media and
Arts International Filmmaking
Camp for Youth programme is an
event for filmmaking students from
around the world, giving them an
opportunity to develop their talents
through attending workshops
conducted by professionals in
the field. Four Diploma in Digital
Visual Effects students attended
the programme from 22 to 29 July
2013. The team won the Top Prize
in the International Category, for its
film, Aremac.
Overseas Study Trip to Casual
Connect Europe 2014 Indie Prize
Showcase
A student project Game Nelson was
shortlisted for the Indie Prize Award
(Competition) at the Casual Connect
Europe event held in Amsterdam.
Students gained valuable experience
by sharing their game idea with
other participants from all over the
world. They also gained insight to the
current game industry and popular
game development tools, platforms
and services while visiting two
institutions in Amsterdam.
Visit to Infinite Studios’ Facility
in Indonesia
A total of 31 students visited the
Infinite Studios’ animation, visual
effects and soundstage shooting
Heart for Cambodia Youth
Expedition Project
Two SIDM students joined 16 other
students on a Youth Expedition
Project to Cambodia from 28
September to 9 October 2013. The
students helped to rebuild a hut by
hand for a family on Koh Rumdual
Island. They then travelled to Kien
Khleang orphanage to help with
cleaning, including unclogging
drains, scrubbing walls, fixing a
broken stairwell and clearing debris
from a fallen roof.
A photography and texture reference
study trip to Johor, Malaysia, provided
30 Diploma in Digital Media Design
(Games) students the opportunity
to practice their photograph and
texture reference skills in a rustic
countryside environment for their
art creations.
Students were required to create
a final digital painting based on the
combination of nature landscape
and architecture. They were given
a specific theme of the nature
landscape to work on, and the final
artwork was to represent a believable
environmental background
architecture scape with a specific
theme, mood and art style.
The trip also provided them the
chance to observe and identify with
the foundation of environment
visualisation, such as aerial
perspective, linear perspective,
atmospheric depth, and different
materials, in an external environment.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMES
Specialist Diploma in Visual Effects
Students and staff at the Infinite Studios
in Indonesia.
The second run of the Specialist
Diploma in Visual Effects was
conducted from 21 May to 27
October 2013. A total of 18
students graduated and have been
employed in companies such as
Double Negative, Critica, Blk A
Pictures, and Cubic Communications.
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