News Flash

Orita.Sinclair alumunus film screened at CinemaCity and EXIT Festival:

"Santa is Here" by Chirstina Oer has made another appearance in the world. After being selected for screening at Cinema City Film and New Media Festival in Novi Sad,Serbia, the film will be screened within the programs at the renown EXIT Festival (awarded as the Best Festival on the Continent).

For more info visit http://eng.cinemacity.org/selections.php and http:/www.exitfest.org/

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Zulkifle Mahmod -Venice Biennale 2007

Zulkifle Mahmod, Electrosonics lecturer is currently participating in the 2007 Venice Biennale as one of Singapore's four representatives. His Sonic Dome: An Empire of Thought, audio installation sublimates a variety of aesthetic and audio values offered to the audience in the form of a comfortable, almost private, but yet public enclosure. Melting together the audio samples, Zul alchemically approaches the questions of the sensations within merged civilization codes.

Read more www.luzart.net

photo: courtesy luzart.net (Chua Chye Tek),under Zul's newsletter picture.

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Mr. John C. Martin II, Director of Product Marketing - Reallusions

Recognizing the potential of machinima in the future of the media industry,Orita.Sinclair - School of Art and New Media introduces the iClone package to its students from the January intake onwards. This industry talk will be the best chance to hear about iClone and machinima perspectives from the expert. Mr. John Martin II (courtesy of Reallusions and Epecom Pte Ltd). Due to the limited number of seats the talk will be attended by invitation only.

http://www.reallusion.com/press/event/siggraph2006_live.asp
http://www.epecom.com.sg/

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Miro Simic

Miro Simic, Swedish based classical guitarist visited Orita.Sinclair again. This time he recorded a set of compositions, including rare 17 century Swedish, Macedonian and Serbian songs in the School’s new TESLA-THEREMIN sound teaching unit. Miro was introduced to details of the Diploma in Electro-sonic Art which he found extraordinary and most convenient for perspective sound experts.

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Guests from the School of Visual Arts, New York

Adam Rogers Director of Office of Admissions and Jennifer Russell,Coordinator-Programs for International Students , School of Visual Arts, New York,visited Orita.Sinclair - School of Art and New Media in November 2007. Students were introduced to possibilities of continuing their studies at SVA. After seeing the impressive showcase of SVA works, OS students opened the Q n A session with queries on their programmes, curriculum, projects, students life and accommodation. There was much interest in the areas of Advertising, Design and Comics. After the session, the visit continued with an informal viewing of OS students’ portfolios and exchanging of ideas on possible cooperation in the future.

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Visit from Alumni, Student Ambassador from SCAD

Rezan Amiruddin, Orita.Sinclair's Diploma graduate (2005) who currently studies at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), visited us in the role of Student Ambassador from SCAD. Rezan shared his life in Savannah with updates on his learning processes and projects to our fresh graduates. Questions for Rezan were mainly on the similarity of subjects taught in Orita.Sinclair and SCAD and the progress towards Degree studies. Rezan also showed his recent project and explained the standards and criteria required in submissions. As with every excellent Ambassador, Rezan covered all aspects of student life in SCAD, from studying, part-time work, accommodation, quality of food, entertainment to his future plans in terms of internship.

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News Update: Awards, Exhibitions, Guests...

Evan Lau, Advance Diploma Student at Orita Sinclair - School of Art & New Media, won the Major prize in the category of International students animation Film Festival at Cusco, the ancient Inca capital in Peru (http://www.cinencuentro.com/2006/11/05/fenaco-2006-estos-son-los-ganadores/). This awarded film Dr. Bones, a touchy black humor story had it's world premiere at last years BIMINI festival in Latvia.

Eddie Yeo, current Diploma in Design Communication student at Orita Sinclair - School of Art & New Media, won the People's Choice award at the Singapore Resfest 2006 for a music video for Futon, a Thai electro punk band. This project was produced in collaboration with MOMOROBO. An image from the video can be seen on the cover of I.S magazine in the Friday September 1 2006 issue.

Kunyi Chen , 2D Animation lecturer at Orita Sinclair - School of Art & New Media presented her work in the JENDELA Gallery at the Esplanade. Her exhibition TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC comments the organic relationship between dance and body movement with motion picture and animation. Kunyi took us to the amazing personal and experimental trip through fantasy of motion, light and animated lines. The exhibition is open until January 7, 2007.

Milica Bravacic, Drawing and Perceptive skills lecturer opens her second painting exhibition this year. This time the venue is the ARTHOUSE Gallery at Old Parliament (http://www.theartshouse.com.sg/events.html). Milica's canvases tells a story deeply inspired by the elaborated, elegant and hedonistic Peranakan culture. The exhibition titled RETROSQUARES will run from December 7 - 18, 2006.

Miro Simic, Swedish classical guitarist and one of Orita Sinclair - School of Art and New Media's best friends, is back in Singapore again to participate as one of the panel judges at the Singapore Guitar festival (http://www.tomas-music.com/). This time we will do what we promised to Miro last year; we will capture his magic guitar on soundtrack in our brand new audio studio built for our new programme, Diploma in Electro-sonic Art.

Graduate Clinches MDA Funding To Study Degree

Ng Boon Shin

Ms Ng Boon Shin, a university graduate and having worked in the IT industry for some time had decided to enroll with Orita.Sinclair - School of Art & New Media to develop her creative knowledge and skills. With her successful portfolio, Boon Shin received an Artistic Honors Scholarship from the renown Savannah College of Art & Design and SDG100,000 from the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA).

Boon Shin, a graduate of the Orita.Sinclair - School of Art & New Media Diploma in New Media Art, is pursuing her dreams by studying Film at Savannah College of Art & Design, USA. Developing her passion for film making, Boon Shin will be a Cinematography and Film/Video Production major in the Bachelor of Fine Arts programme.

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Christina Oer – Short film,“Santa Is Here”, makes it to NZ, Czech Republic and Singapore; receives grant from Panasonic-MDA Singapore Digital Film Fiesta

Christina Oer, Advance Diploma student from Orita.Sinclair who is already a budding film maker in the local scene, has gone the extra mile. This year, her short film, SANTA IS HERE, has been accepted by the DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival in New Zealand where she received the Special Mention Award. Competing for 3 international and 5 national awards, this competition in New Zealand received 136 participating films from 21 countries and 19 international co-production consortiums. Organizers believe that DOCNZ 2006 has the largest selection of award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary films ever assembled in the Southern Hemisphere. (http://www.docnz.org.nz/)

Christina Oer's SANTA IS HERE has also been selected for the competition at PISEK FILM FESTIVAL 2006 in the Czech Republic, 12-14 October and amongst 298 submissions from 27 countries, this short film was also selected for the KYOTO International Student Film and Video Festival 2006. At the Pisek Film Festival, Christina won Special Award of Festival Director. This award is precious for this young filmmaker and all students at Orita.Sinclair regarding the involvement of Mr Miroslav Ondricek, legendery Director of Photography for mega hits such as Amedeus, Hair, Ragtime, Awakenings and cult films as Firemen's Ball and Competition. Mr Ondricek is a Member of the American Film Academy.

Currently, Christina is in pre-production stage for her next film under the working title AH MA. This is her final Major Project at Orita.Sinclair - School of Art and New Media and it has received a grant for production from the Panasonic-MDA Singapore Digital Film Fiesta, HD Short Film Category. This is certainly a very prosperous year for Christina Oer and we are confident that she will have more surprises for the growing local media industry.

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Low Hui Wei – “You Just Can’t Win” showcases in Italy

Low Hui Wei, our Diploma graduate who had a well received exhibition at Orita.Sinclair - Frontroom Gallery recently, contributed to the International Film Festival in romantic South Italian city of Lucania. Her second term school project, animated film YOU JUST CAN'T WIN has been selected for the final part of Lucania Film Festival 10/13th august 2006. More on Hui Wei

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Rezan Amirruddin – “Superhero” animation to be screened in the UK

Rezan Amiruddin, another Diploma graduate, who is currently continuing his studies in Savannah College of Art and Design,USA, was selected for the screening at CAN 2006 Leicester International Short Film Festival, UK with his animated slapstick EL SUPERHERO, his second term project at Orita.Sinclair. This year's Can hosts 400 films from 31 countries. More on Rezan

Some of these films are now running at Esplanade' s plasma screens.

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Twelve student works to be screened at the International Festival of Short Film in Cusco, Peru

This National and International Festival of Short Film in Cusco, Peru (FESTIVAL NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CUSCO PERU 2006) http://www.festivalcinecusco.com/ has accepted twelve of Orita.Sinclair's student works to be screened at Cusco on November 2 - 3 2006.

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Elsa Lim – cuts her first song

Elsa Lim, the youngest Diploma graduate from Orita.Sinclair - School of Art and New Media is testing the limits of New Media. Elsa is pursuing her interest in photography and - music!

So, regular strumming on the School's guitar (thanks Stephen!) and singing during practical 2d animation classes, has become something more. Elsa cut her first song DRIFT and published it on the CANCER WARRIORS CD compilation, which includes celebrities such as RONIN, SUN HO, ELECTRICO and WEST GRAND BOULEVAR. Elsa is currently recording her solo album to be released soon. In the meantime, try to purchase Cancer Warriors CD + book and contribute to a good cause. You can download podcast interview with Elsa at http://rampageontheairwaves.com. The Cancer Warriors Project aims to raise awareness, support and funds for cancer patients in Singapore. Proceeds from The Cancer Warriors Project will go to the Breast Cancer Foundation, Joan Chan Trust Fund, Methodist Hospice Fellowship and Terry Fox Run Foundation

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MORE SUCCESS STORIES

Rezan Amiruddin

Rezan was only seventeen years old and loved animation when he enrolled at Orita.Sinclair - School of Art and New Media. He was the youngest in his class.

After nine months, Rezan graduated with Distinction and was ready to pursue further studies. With his professional portfolio from the School of Art & New Media, Rezan applied to various colleges & universities specializing in animation and was accepted into three universities in the UK and one in the US.

Rezan had wanted to study at Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD), one of the top art & design colleges in the US but it proved to costly.

However, with his portfolio, Rezan was offered a scholarship at Savannah College of Art & Design and he is now not only a student there but is also one of their student ambassadors. Now any of our students can make contact with Rezan with regards to studying at SCAD as a graduate from Orita.Sinclair – School of Art & New Media.

Acquiring the scholarship was definitely well worth the nine month spent at our School and we wish Rezan all the very best in his studies at SCAD!

For the latest on Rezan at SCAD
http://www.thecampuschronicle.com/features/articles/060203b.cfm

A choice

I chose Orita.Sinclair because I wanted to make a choice. People are so obsessed about immediately jumping to the tertiary education that they don't stop and think: what do they really want to do?

After I finished school, I guess I wanted to try different things. Furthermore, OS was the only school that provided a 9-month course similar to the likes of Gnomon, VFS, Escape Studios etc. It was close to home as well.

How Did it Go?

The best part about working within OS is the amount of people in the class. Since the number of students is limited, interaction is easier and there are no differences in ideals. We get a lot of studio time and because of that we can get help easily from the lecturers and stronger students in different areas. And most lecturers are on chat programs so contacting them is very easy.

A Challenge

Being a graduate from OS proves that I have achieved something quite significant. Graduating from OS means that I have completed a hefty amount of assignments that were challenging. But people always say "No pain, no gain". I can see that I have gained valuable experience and knowledge about the workings of the industry.

A Portfolio

OS is an excellent place to build the portfolio. Many schools/employers look for foundation work and without OS I wouldn't have any of that. The course that OS offers also covers many areas in the art industry allowing me to showcase versatility in my portfolio. OS also gives you an inside look at the industry in detail at times.

This way you have a greater understanding of the subject when writing to the universities. Your knowledge in the area gives you the maturity that lacks in the average student's application.

There are plenty of scholarships being offered at SCAD. Unbelievably I actually received one of the artistic scholarships! Despite the great works submitted by many incoming students, the applicants here are weak especially about work concerning computer applications. Most students that use computer apps aren't very good with hands-on work like life drawing/ painting etc.

SCAD

SCAD is a great place because: great weather (not too cold), a lot of international students, fantastic facilities, many guest speakers come (Spike Lee was here a week ago), great job connection services, scenic location, a lot of majors and minors and a lot more. And the best part is that everyone here are as passionate as u are about the subjects you are interested in.

Future

I would probably try and get a job after I graduate, although I'm still not sure where. I will try to get internships at different places here and there and there's already a company willing to take me as an intern in Malaysia. As a freshman, I can't apply for internships with Pixar/Dreamworks etc. yet but I have heard that getting internships is the best way to get a job after you graduate.

Well I would like to thank everyone at Orita.Sinclair! That experience actually made it possible for me to come to SCAD and I hope that many of you will follow suit.

Thank you,
Rezan

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Evan Lau selected for International Animation Festival in Latvia

Evan’s animated work will be screened the prestigious international Bimini Festival at Riga,Latvia.

Evan, our current advance diploma student, animated work, “Dr Bones“, has been accepted by the fourth international festival of animation films “Bimini”. The film work will be screened at Panorama selection ithe category of Experimental Films,Music Videos and Advertising. The festival will take place April 5 – 9 2006 in Riga, capitol of Latvia with participants from over 32 countries worldwide.

read more : http://www.bimini.lv

Low Hui Wei Granted by NAC

Low Hui Wei, our graduate in 2004, will have her first solo exhibition in February 2006 at the Orita.Sinclair FrontRoom Gallery.

Hui Wei’s exhibition, “Curiosities”, will consist largely of digital photography and image manipulation. Her works bring out characteristics, different aspects of her personality and exaggerates them to create an entire identity centered on it.

Hui Wei will also receive a grant in support of this exhibition from the National Arts Council (NAC).

David Liew & Michelle Goh signed contract with Southern Star

David Liew & Michelle Goh, Orita.Sinclair New Media graduates and Advance diploma students will be working for Southern Star, Singapore, Australian animation company in February 2006.

David will join Southern Star as modeler while Michelle will join as Photoshop artist.

Steven Tok & Ng Boon Shin @ Esplanade until March 31 2006

Both Steven Tok & Ng Boon Shin animated works can be viewed at the Esplanade’s Plasma Screens.

Steven, our current advance diploma student and Boon Shin, our recent Diploma in New Media Art graduate will have their animated works screened on Esplanade’s plasma screens until March 31 2006.

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Education Loan

Students from Orita.Sinclair – School of Art & New Media can apply for student friendly education loans through Citibank.

Students will only need an applicant to apply on their behalf. No guarantors are necessary and processing time only takes two to three days. Students may opt to make repayments over a period of one to five years.

For more information log on to www.citibank.com

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Advance Diploma

Highlights on Master Classes for November 2005 intake

November 2005
Mr Beat Presser, Photographer, Switzerland, will discuss and work with students on the tangible points between stills and film.
beatpresser.com

January 2006
Mr Zul Mahmod, performance artist, will discuss soundscapes and ambient audio processing through relevant software application, concept development and project.
http://luzart.net/

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Industry Attachment

Students who graduate with us may opt for industry attachment for up to three months.

Students must inform the School if they wish to opt for industry attachment no later than their second term of study.

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