Visual Magic

⏰Last chance alert!
Wednesday’s your final shot to join the Createch AI Workshop. It’s free and supported by Interreg Aurora.

Secure your spot now!
👉https://www.visualmagic.se/createch-ai-workshop/

🌟 Meet Cris Kevin Bjørndal - Our Workshop Leader for the CreaTech AI Workshop 🎨💡

Cris is a Creative Technologist and Artist who loves exploring all kinds of art - both physical and digital. He’s always experimenting, blending traditional techniques with new creative tools, and finding fresh ways to bring ideas to life. ✨

He’s also deeply involved in the creative community: as Makerspace Supervisor at Tvibit Kreativ Teknologi, a contributor to Tromsøskapere, and Co-Owner of MKRShift, he helps others bring their creative visions to reality.🎨

For Cris, art isn’t just about making - it’s about experimenting, connecting, and seeing what’s possible when creativity meets curiosity. 🤝

Join us on March 25th for the Free CreaTech AI Workshop and explore new ways to create and innovate which is supported by Interreg Aurora! 🚀

🔗 Sign up here: https://www.visualmagic.se/createch-ai-workshop/
Only few spots left!✨

We are arranging global game jam for the second year in Hotellet in Jörn.

120 participants and 14 games being created besides all the fantastic networking.

Looking forward to see the results tomorrow!

The Death of an Explorer — a Virtual Film Production

Novia University of Applied Sciences in Jakobstad, Finland, and the Visual Magic VFX program in Skellefteå collaborated this fall on a rapid virtual production project. The goal was to create a trailer for Andreas Westerberg’s short film script, The Death of an Explorer.

The film is set on a 15th-century ship, and the production involved greenscreen filming at Campus Allegro in Jakobstad, with digital post-production completed at Visual Magic in Skellefteå to recreate the film’s historical setting. The entire production process, from filming to final delivery, took four weeks and concluded with a presentation during the industry days at the Umeå Film Festival in late November.

The main purpose of the project was to dive into a real film production incorporating significant digital post-production elements. Key takeaways include understanding how crucial preparation is to ensure a smooth process, from cameras and lighting to props. This has been a challenging but highly educational project for everyone involved.

The project was carried out with the support of the Interreg project Borderless Game Academy and the Leader project Filmpool Ostrobothnia.

Watch behind the scenes footage here:
https://youtu.be/9NT9FNL4myk

En upptäcksresandes död — Behind the scenes Yrkeshögskolan Novia i Jakobstad, Finland, och Visual Magics VFX-utbildning i Skellefteå har under hösten genomfört en snabb virtuell produktion där målet va...

Sustainability in the Games and Creative Industries
One of the primary goals of the Borderless Game Academy project is to highlight sustainability and transformation within the games and creative industries.

This fall, we conducted a series of digital lectures and discussions for students and teachers. The aim was to provide insight into broader issues and how the industry addresses these topics.
Themes like social sustainability and diversity were recurring in several presentations. Among the speakers were Important Looking Pirates, who emphasized the importance of good working conditions for designers and production staff, and Elina Sievänen from the Finnish Women’s Organization Federation’s project We in Games. Sievänen shared insights from their study on Finnish game studios and their games, focusing on equality, character representation, and gender-based violence.

Feedback from students indicates that almost all see this as an important issue, but many find it challenging to understand how they can make a difference in the workplace.

From the project's perspective, this has been a significant focus area. It has been fascinating to listen and discuss how the industry views these challenges. However, this is a vast subject, and it is challenging to take a comprehensive approach, which is why we are eager to delve further into the topic.

Greetings from Cologne!
Visual Magic and Novia University of Applied Sciences participate at Gamescom this year. We are here with the Interreg Aurora funded projekt Borderless Game Academy. Doing workshops and networking with politicians, industry representatives and everything in between.

Lots of inspiration and good discussions which will help us forward.

We are proud to present the examination projects from the students who started their education in 2022! For around 6½ weeks the students planned out and carried out said plan in order to create a piece which represents something they'd like to delve deeper into.

The students will now enter internships for 20 weeks in the fall and graduate from Visual Magic around new years if all goes well. We are very grateful to have had these talented individuals as our students so far!

VFX22 Examination Project Compilation We are proud to present the examination projects from the students who started their education in 2022! For around 6½ weeks the students planned out and carr...

In this project our VFX second graders setup projects within their respective desired fields and our first graders choose which project they wanted to join. For the duration of 3 weeks they worked together creating something jointly in order to get accustomed to the relationships between seniors and juniors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf0fxo47kLY&ab_channel=VisualMagicEducation

vfx22 vfx23 Joint Projects of 2024 In this project our VFX second graders setup projects within their respective desired fields and our first graders choose which project they wanted to join. ...

Crossborder FX - collaboration across the Kvarken was showcased in Schauman Hall!
The Interreg Aurora project Borderless Game Academy organized an event on April 23 at Campus Allegro, where a collaborative project between Novia's performing arts educators, music students, VFX school Visual Magic, and game company Ballistic Pork was presented. The showcased collaboration revolved around a trailer for a short film, for which Visual Magic and Ballistic Pork provided scriptwriting, CGI, and effects. A brief 'behind the scenes' is available in the comments section .

Crossborder FX — samarbete över Kvarken visades upp i Schaumansalen Interreg Aurora-projektet Borderless Game Academy ordnade 23. 4 ett evenemang på Campus Allegro där ett samarbetsprojekt mellan Novias scenkonstpedagoger, musikstuderande, VFX-skolan Visual Magic och spelföretaget Ballistic Pork presenterades.