A Day of Inception with Paul Franklin

The Visual Effects Society Bay Area Section in collaboration with Ex’pression College were proud to present “A Day of Inception” with Paul Franklin at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville. Franklin recently received an Academy Award at the 83^rd Annual Oscars for his work as VFX Supervisor on Inception. He also visited Ex’pression to sign our Wall of Fame.

Motion Graphic Design Students Place in Online Video Contest

Two videos shot by our Motion Graphic Design students placed in the top ten winning entries. The compitition required the entries to create a 60 second or less video about Silk, a soymilk product.
Watch the winning videos »

Power of Lighting Workshop

As a part of our launch of the new Digital Filmmaking program, award-winning lighting designer, Bill Holshevnikoff, will hold a 6-hour workshop teaching simple, powerful techniques to use creative lighting in the studio and on-location. Minimal gear — dramatic results! Learn from live demonstrations and see footage from award-winning documentaries. Read more »

Announcing new Bachelor’s Degrees – Interactive Audio and Digital Filmmaking

Learn more about our two new degree programs, Interactive Audio and Digital Filmmaking. Classes start July 2011.

Graduate accepts Visual Effects Society Award

Congrats to our grad Tyler Cote and his colleagues from Flash Film Works for their work on the HBO miniseries The Pacific! They accepted an award for Outstanding Achievement in a Broadcast Program/Commercial at the 9^th Annual VES Awards!

Ex’pression College at GDC

Ex’pression College exhibited at the 25^th Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. KGO-TV (ABC news) covered the event in this segment. Watch the story here.

Watch Cage the Elephant and G. Love Performances @ Ex’pression Sessions

Ex’pression Sessions are live concerts produced, recorded and filmed on campus by current students and supervised by faculty, featuring notable musicians and bands. Watch the Cage the Elepant or G. Love performance here. Stay tuned for upcoming sessions.

View the April ’11 newsletter »