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 The Visual Effects for Film and Television Program is designed to introduce students to the tools and techniques used to create visual effects for film and video.  The program is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Program Overview

This page contains a description of the Visual Effects for Television and Film program at Seneca College, located on the Campus of York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.   

Program Overview

The curriculum at Seneca College is focused on the skills, knowledge and mindset of a VFX artist. It's not just a collection of courses, but an immersive experience that teaches you how all of these disciplines relate to each other, then puts them in action until you have the full picture of what it means to be a professional visual effects artist. At the end of it all, you'll leave with a portfolio, network and experience to let you get started on your career path.

In this program you'll learn the tools and techniques for creating visual effects for film and media. You'll work with industry professionals, who are experts in each part of the process. By the time you complete the program you will have a solid understanding of how to create something exceptional from start to finish.

Updated to reflect the current tools, trends and methodologies, our curriculum provides you with the best material available to get you on the right track. Understanding is at the heart of our approach. We offer an experience where you can learn everything that you need to know by getting results.

Industry standard software such as Maya, Nuke and Houdini are the core tools that students will become proficient in. Students will be introduced to fundamental and advanced techniques of compositing, 3D content creation and integration with live action footage.

Each class will consist of hands-on demonstrations, case studies, exercises and projects, taught by industry professionals.  Classes are taught in a computer lab environment with security card access.  Currently the program has two intakes a year, one in January and one in September.  Some classes will be held on evenings and weekends.  

You will learn how to:

  • Plan out your visual effects shot

  • Shoot your footage

  • 3D Track your footage

  • Create CG models

  • Compositing techniques

Please watch the video below for more details about what you will learn in Seneca's Visual Effects program.

 

The VFT program has a long history of producing production ready graduates.  The program has been around for over 15 years, and it’s grads have worked on a long list of Hollywood blockbusters.  Some of the films that our grads have worked on include:

Hugo, Real Steel, Priest, Alice in Wonderland, 2012, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Speed Racer, The Adventures of Tintin, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: First Class, Thor, Sucker Punch, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, TRON: Legacy, Battleship, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, The Shape of Water, Wonder Woman, Power Rangers, Fast and the Furious 8

The Liberal Party of Canada recognized our program for our excellence here

Seneca's Culture of Success

Our grads are working in every Visual Effects studio in Toronto, including shops like Mr.X Inc, SPIN, Soho VFX, Rocket Science VFX, Pixomondo, Guru Studio, and many others.

In the summer of 2016 the Seneca College Visual Effects program was made a certified Houdini School (the first year SideFX created the certified process). Judges from Double Negative, Pixar and Disney reviewed our curriculum and student work in orde…

In the summer of 2016 the Seneca College Visual Effects program was made a certified Houdini School (the first year SideFX created the certified process). Judges from Double Negative, Pixar and Disney reviewed our curriculum and student work in order to award this certification. This has been reviewed and renewed for 2022-2023.

Our instructors all currently work in the field that they teach in (that’s why some classes have to be at night or on weekends, they’re working at studios during the day).  It’s very important to us that our instructors stay current and that they are in touch with a fast moving industry.

The VFT program is always looking for trends in visual effects, and is constantly updating it's curriculum to stay relevant.  Seneca was the first Visual Effects program on the East Coast to switch over to Nuke as it’s main compositing software back in early 2009.  It was also the first local college to incorporate Houdini back into it’s core curriculum.

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We are super proud of all our grads at Soho VFX who worked on Bad Boys For Life. World class work!
We are proud of all of our graduates who worked on the visual effects on the new Disney+ series "The Mandalorian". The Toronto branch of Pixomondo was part of a worldwide effort to bring the show to the screen. Kudos to all of our grads an
We have four new student profiles on our website. These grads finished in April and they tell their stories about where they started and where they're going! Link in bio.
We'd like to congratulate all our graduates (highlighted in green) at Spin VFX who worked on Season 3 of Stranger Things!
Nothing makes us happier than to spread the word of our student's and faculty's accomplishments. The Emmy nominations were announced and in the category of Outstanding Special Visual Effects, our long time professor Mahmoud Rahnama was nominated for
The amazing class of 2018/2019. Sad to see you go but super excited to see what you all go on to do in the industry.
Congratulations to everyone (especially all our grads, highlighted in red)at Soho VFX who worked on the visual effects on John Wick 3!
We are so proud of all of our alumni at Soho VFX who worked on the new season of Game of Thrones! This work is world class level visual effects, congratulations on working on such a prestigious project.