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AIE Campus Hours Over Christmas 2024
AIE would like to wish everyone a fantastic Christmas break and spectacular New Year! Over the next two weeks you can contact AIE during business hours by calling 1300 709 019. For more information see the table below. Our campuses will be closed to students and visitors between Monday 23rd December until Friday 3rd January…
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The future’s bright for AIE’s Filmmakers!
We’re excited to share the announcement from CEO, John De Margheriti, that AIE Studios is being established to empower local filmmakers with the resources, co-financing, expertise and educational support to produce high-budget films.
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High-school developers get creative at AIE Game Jam
AIE held a two-day Game Jam during school holidays on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th July 2023 at our campuses in Sydney, Canberra and Adelaide. This exciting event was held for students from Years 10, 11, and 12 to explore their creativity, develop technical skills, and collaborate on innovative game projects. The event brought together emerging game developers…
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Making of EXO-226 debuts ahead of Australian Premiere
EXO-226 is a thrilling sci-fi short film by writer and director Denai Gracie and brought to life in collaboration with AIE Film School staff and students. To build anticipation for the release of this exciting short film, The Making of EXO-226 will be released next Friday 25th August at 6pm. EXO-226 was filmed using AIE…
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Water Ruins Diorama with Emma Cruzado
Emma Cruzado is a 2D & 3D based artist from Sydney, Australia. Currently undergoing her final year in the Advanced Diploma of Game Art at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment. The above piece ‘Water Ruins Diorama’ was produced during her Game Art Environment Module. This diorama was Emma’s first introduction to Unreal Engine 4 –…
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How Do Robots Kill Time? Find Out In This Animated Student Film
Two bored robots are inspired to have a Mexican show down to kill some time. Killing Time is a short animated film created by the 2021 students in AIE’s Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media specialising in 3D Animation & Visual Effects. This team of four students were able to focus on using their creative…
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What does a Production Coordinator do?
Have you always dreamt of working on a blockbuster film? That dream is now a reality for AIE alumni Crystal Taylor! Since graduating from AIE in 2020 with an Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media, specialising in 3D Animation & VFX for Film, Crystal has gone on to work at Method Studios in Melbourne. While…
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How to launch your FILM career
Filmmaking and Virtual Production Career?! A string of words that Australia has not successfully offered in an educational pathway, until NOW! AIE has recently reinforced its offerings through combining with The Media and Production Film School (MAPS), to leverage 35 years of experience and production in over 1,500 films.
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AIE wins 2021 ACT Small Training Provider of the Year Award
Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) has again been recognised as the Small Registered Training Organisation of the Year at the 2021 ACT Training Excellence Awards. The award was announced in a virtual ceremony by ACT Minister for Skills, Chris Steel MLA. The ACT Training Excellence Awards recognise the dedicated training efforts in the ACT by…
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World-First Film and Virtual Production Course Announced by The Academy of Interactive Entertainment
(Canberra, Australia) – The world’s first course to specialise in Film and Virtual Production has been announced today by non-profit games and visual effects college, the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE).
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A Monk frog must overcome his true nature to maintain his inner peace! – AIE Students short film
Restraint is a short VFX animation that depicts a monk frog’s arm wrestle between his meditative inner peace and his primal instinctual ways. Finding his Zen amongst nature, the monk is interrupted by a pesky fly, and now discipline and restraint must be shown…or will the temptations of his natural ways sway too hard? Team…
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AIE Campus Hours Over Christmas
AIE would like to wish everyone a fantastic Christmas break and spectacular New Year The campuses will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period, from 5pm Friday 18th December and will reopen on Monday, 4th January 2021.
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AIE Sydney Unlocks New State of the Art Campus
AIE’s Sydney campus is undergoing a massive upgrade to educate the next generation of game and film developers. Stunning learning studios and start of the art equipment will enable AIE’s Sydney students to all be located at the one address and ready to take on the world for all courses commencing in February 2021.
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AIE at PAX Online 2020
THE EVENT PAX is known as one of the premier Gaming events of the year, showcasing the best soon to be released games and emerging young talent from across the world. AIE has been a constant fixture at these events, and 2020 was no exception.
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AIE pledges $1 million of grants for games
The Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) is announcing the creation of the AIE Incubator Grants Fund which will award up to $1 million over the next 10 years for game development projects.
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AIE Response to COVID-19 – Measures to ensure safety, well being and learning continuity
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, AIE has put in place precautionary measures to ensure your safety and wellbeing whilst ensuring the continuity of high-quality learning.
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The AIE Graduate Showcase Adelaide
Every year the AIE holds its annual graduate showcase event. After 14 weeks of Major Production, the students have an opportunity to share the results of all they have learnt for the past two years. They can be truly excited and proud of their results and they invite our local industry professionals for feedback.
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How does VETiS work with the AIE?
Many students want to be game developers and VFX artists, but many don’t fully understand how or when these pathways start. As many are aware, the AIE offers a certificate program that allows you to study a Certificate II or Certificate III in different subjects to receive the knowledge you want.
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EPIC Games to deliver workshops at AIE in Sydney and Canberra.
If you have been keen to learn more about how to make games in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4), the same engine used to develop Fortnite, Final Fantasy VII remake and Vader Immortal, make sure you register for the upcoming workshops. EPIC Games, makers of UE4 will be at the AIE campus providing beginner and advanced…
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AIE producing some of the best
We are very proud to announce that six AIE graduates and one AIE staff member have won a place on the 30 under 30 lists for ‘The Develop Pacific’ which highlights new members in the industry across the Development, Education and applicable advocacy sectors.
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How is a film born
We took to the classroom to chat with second year 3D Animation and VFX for Film team, ‘Cool Banana Studios’ to ask some questions about their short 3D film, “Suck it” and about their time at AIE.
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2018 Graduate Showcase Events
AIE Graduates completing their Advanced Diploma and Graduate Diploma programs are showcasing their major projects at Graduate Showcase events at each campus over the next three weeks. We are very proud of this year’s graduating group who have been working hard on these projects to showcase what they have learnt. Games and VFX industry representatives,…
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Applications Now Open for 2019
AIE is currently accepting students for its range of specialist, practical courses that are starting in February 2019 at all campuses. This is a great opportunity to kick-start your career in games and film. Applications are open for the following courses:
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What makes AIE Different to a University?
When you are looking for your dream course and the right place to study, the first thing that might come to mind is the different Universities and TAFEs across Australia. However, have you ever thought about how a non-profit private provider could help you get there? We spoke with recent AIE 3D Animation and VFX…
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Mid-Year Intake: Fast Track Your Future
Fast-track your future – applications for our July mid-year intake are now open. AIE is currently accepting students for its range of specialist, practical courses that are starting in July at all campuses. This is a great opportunity to kick-start your career in games and film. Applications are open for the following courses: Game Art…
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Moving for a dream job
AIE Alumni, Erin Halpenny graduated at the Sydney Campus in 2014 with an Advanced Diploma of Game Art and Animation. We caught-up with Erin to discuss her move for a dream job at Playside studios. In the 3 years Erin has been working at PlaySide she has worked on games including Lego Batman, Cars: Lightning…
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Nerdy Dream meets Reality: Working on Injustice 2
For a lot of us, the cinematic trailers for upcoming video games sets the whole tone and hype for the game. Game cinematics are a significant part of the game development process; so, who makes game cinematics and what is involved in the development process? We met with Yoav Dolev, one of AIE’s 3D Animation…
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Graduates Shine at 2017 Showcase
AIE 2017 Graduate showcases were held in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra in the first two weeks of December. It was a time for game art, game programming, game design and film visual effects graduates to showcase their final projects and present their portfolios and showreels to members of the creative digital industries. There was…
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AIE Campus hours over Christmas 2017
AIE would like to wish everyone a happy Christmas break and a successful start to the New Year in 2018. The campuses will be closed over the Christmas and New Year period, from 5pm Friday 22nd December and will reopen on Monday, 8th January 2018. If you need to contact us over the break,…
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Graduate Showcase 2018
Students are putting the finishing touches on their work and getting ready for the Graduate Showcase events that are happening soon across AIE campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Canberra. Representatives from studios across the creative digital industries will be in attendance to check out the next generation of talent. If you’d like to be…
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Game Programming Graduate starts work at Big Ant Studios
In one week, Josh Laurence will be heading to Melbourne to start his first job as a junior programmer for Big Ant Studios. This is his story… Having already worked as a web developer an android app developer and trained as a teacher Josh came to AIE because… “I realised that although I…
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Xbox Academy launched by Microsoft Store and AIE
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Xbox Academy, a videogame-fueled educational establishment that will open its doors for a limited time this April to inspire high school students to expand their creative horizons and achieve more this school holidays. Launching in partnership with the flagship Microsoft Store, Sydney, and Academy of Interactive…
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Global Game Jam January 2017
Global Game Jam (GGJ) 2017 is on 20th – 22nd January. AIE students and staff are preparing themselves to develop amazing games for this world-wide event. Last year the GGJ was held in over 600 locations, in over 87 countries and created more than 6800 games. This year’s event is even bigger! If you…
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Graduation class of 2016
AIE 2016 graduates celebrate in style on the big screen The class of 2016 has had their graduation sessions in various cities over the past fortnight. AIE GRADUATION 2016 CEOs John and Vicki De Margheriti and AIE Graduate Jemima Gulliver Students from each of AIE’s programs have graduated in style and had their work…
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AIE celebrates it’s 20th year
#20yearsofAIE AIE celebrates it’s 20th year in style! When we reflect back on what video games and computer graphics consisted of 20 years ago, you realise what a significant achievement it is that AIE has been in operation for this length of time. Looking through the archives from when AIE was first…
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AIE Dominates PAX
AIE Dominates PAX AIE showcase largest ever line-up of students made games at PAX AUS PAX AUS is Australia’s largest video games focused expo. The show celebrates and highlights the industry’s most exciting upcoming and recently released games. At the AIE Booth this year we showcased more student games than ever before. 16 games were…
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AIE Alumni crowned as ‘mascot’ for the Sydney Fringe Festival
AIE Alumni Bravo Child is leading the charge at the Sydney Fringe Festival this year with an alternate reality game installation that is like nothing seen before. The audience will piece the narrative together by collecting pieces of the puzzle before, during and after the event, bleeding beyond the confines of traditional theatre in this…
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6 Reasons to Attend Open Day
1. Meet our industry experienced teachers and students by taking a tour! When you study at AIE you learn from teachers who have worked on some of the biggest game and film projects around. Our students are passionate about getting into games and film and love what they do. 2. Hear from some of…
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AIE Students at Zero One Animation
Six second year students started on the job placements last week On Wednesday 20th July, our second year Game Art students Kevin Bava, Omar El Samad, Arky Fitzwater, Kelsey-Mae Wallis and Screen students Yasmin Perez and Duncan Bean had the amazing opportunity to begin working with Zero One Animation. During this time, they will be…
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AIE Holiday Hours
AIE will be taking a short break over the new year period to recharge for 2016. Our campuses will close from Friday, December 18, and re-open on Monday, January 4. We will be checking email regularly during this period, so please get in touch if you need to contact us. Please bear in…
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