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- unknown
Ok I want to study motion graphics and 3d animation.
What college offers the best education and fun time with a lot of cute girls.Portsmouth and Hertfordshire are my picks right now.
Tell a bro what's really good
- unknown0
they had harrys at ravensbourne... not sure about 3d though.
- unknown0
who's that boy harrys?
what's the word on ravensbourne?
- unknown0
dunno about 3d motion at portsmouth, but the visual communication degree i did at pompey was great when i started then ian noble left for LCP and it went down the fucking pan.
easy ladies there mind and i had a great 3 years!
- unknown0
oh the film courses are meant to be shit too. it's only good for architecture and sports science. (the latter being a waste of time degree if you ask me)
- Jetfire0
Ravensbourne have shit loads of equpiment - Lots of Macs/PCs, SGIs running Flame (moving image students get to play with 'em) &c.
I could go into a rant about the cons of Ravensbourne - but I wont now. Unless you're seriously considereing going there...
- unknown0
rant away mate
- Jetfire0
Alrighty... my guide to ravensbourne... BTW I graduated in 2002:
Okay, I did graphics there, but it used to be the same course as moving image design, so we shared a studio with MID and did the same projects for the first year, plus a lot of my mates did the course.
Ravensbourne supposedly has a very good rep - gfx is living off past glory I reckon. The thing is with moving image is it's probably justified as it's also (along with design), a school of broadcasting so they have TV studios and such like. BTW there's a strange rift between, broadcasting (I don't mean moving image design) and design students as most broadcasters are knobs of the highest order - but I wouldn't worry about that. Anyways there are some sound ones - they usually hate the rest of broadcasting too. ;)
They seem to have limitless IT budgets. e.g. wi-fi througout the college, lots of big phat printers - they even have 23" HD Cinema Displays on some machines. (how they can think that's the best way to spend money I don't know). Good library too.
Sadly they don't seem to value people as much as machines...
The college is run like a business by people who don't understand design (at the top levels), the IT departement was (still is?) understaffed mostly by complete twats - so half of the equipement isn't setup properly or doesn't work - pretty everyone in my class worked from home in the end.
They'd much rather spend money on something that looks good on an open day, than a decent tutor. To be fair though Moving image is better than graphics (Ethan is sound bloke) - and you get some good connections.
You need to be very self motivated to get anything form the place - don't expect to be 'taught' much.
If you have any specific quesions ask 'em - as it sounds like I'm very bitter and I really should be working. But I had a great time and made a lot of good friends there. I think engage went there too, so you'll have a few opinions.
BTW the SU Bar is shit - but your only 25min from middle of london...
- unknown0
I went to Ravensoburne with the sole intention to join the moiving image course... had the interview at the beginning of the 2nd year and didn't get on... you get interviewed by a set of teachers, and a set of students... the students ranked me 2nd in place to go on the course, but one of the teacher interviewers (who was only there for the interview) didn't like me... so I didn't get on... So instead I applied for the Interaction Design course... got on, and so glad life panned out that way...
and the SU bar is about 6 foot wide, and waters down the beer.
- demoniser0
I went to both Ravensbourne for my foundation and Pompey for Communication Design BA. Both were great, but I didnt stay at Ravensbourne for a reason - no budgets, lots of depressed tutors and that broadcasting/design rift is very true.
Clementino, can't work out why Ian Noble's exit proved so drastic in your mind, but we got on alright without him. Russ Bestley and Tim Hutchison (of http://www.barkdesign.demon.co.u… ) were immense lecturers.
If you want a college that benefits from being unfashionable in Brighton's shadow, with an abundance of facilities, specialist tutors who are actually where they are supposed to be when you need them, cheap rent and living costs, the sea and lots of filth willing to drop 'em, go to Pompey.
- unknown0
the tv lot were a bunch of freaks/geeks... (hmm the rft!)
anyways... went down for some training with Eidos at Bournemouth... they seem well kitted out.
- Jetfire0
The rift isn't that bad though - it's funny mostly. It's not like there's any aggro - it's just that broadcasting and design don't mix much. - My few broadcasting mates are exceptions to the rule... too cool for school ;-) Mostly it's just an opputunity for the design students to get on their high horses and moan about the freaks.
Ravesbourne is great if your want to get really mashed up on a daily basis - that's what I did most of time. They gave us very little work (particularly the first 2 years) - I used spend loads of time on my projects and still manage have a lot of fun...
Got the oppurtunity to study at RISD for a semester though - partly becuase I thought: "fuck this - I'm gonna study somewhere decent" - amazing school...
Engage, the've since added an additional 4ft to the bar. Beer still tastes like shit. BTW - just wanted to say to you it's nice to see an ex ® student doing some quality work too. When did you graduate?
- unknown0
97... with First class honours (smug look on face)
- _mak0
- unknown0
thanks for the words guys.
ravensbourne sounds like a place with lot of fighting and ego trippin haha
so pompey is actually portsmouth or did I miss something?
how's the housing at ravensbourne? what about the cute girls?
- unknown0
whoa never checked out your site engage
you put down some serious shit
- unknown0
back that thing up
- minge0
you wont get much response for a while on this.. as its 7.30 am saturday in the uk.
try during the week at working hours for the best response
- unknown0
thanks for the complement... and we do back it up on DVDs : )
- unknown0
humpty dumpty
speak them magic words
- unknown0
demoniser - russ and tim were/are great tutors, much better than the two dave's who didn't seem to know their arses from elbows.
michelle anne was cool though