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Create a multilevel Game Design an interactive Website. Write & illustrate a Book. Weekend Workshops Winter / Spring / Summer CAMPS. Beat the best Games. Have fun with Movies. Create worlds for your characters to inhabit. After School Enrichment all year round Illustrated Books You have a story that’s waiting to be told. Come find your words, illustrate your text and publish your book at the Thinnox Wilder Woods program. Animation Level 1 You love Koko. Come to the Thinnox Academy to create your unique character, make cutouts and mix it with animated imagery. The end product will be something resembling Koko Out of the Inkwell Series. Animation Level 2 Immerse yourself in a unique visual experience. Use still photos and cut outs to create an animated montage up to 60 seconds long. Animation Level 3 Create a character. Make a story board. Make a 2 dimensional animated film using an incredibly easy-to-use software. Game Design Level 1 You love brick breaker games. Come make your own. Create unique power-ups; design unique paddles; create fantastic shoot lazers and have fun. Game Design Level 2 You love platform games like Alcazar, Fancy Pants Adventure? Come, create your own platform game. Make a unique character run, jump, flip, swim and find his/her way out of the mansion. Game Design Level 3 Your space ship just separated from the international space station BOA310X. You are earth bound. Suddenly your space ship is caught in a meteor burst. You have no option but to navigate through or lazer the meteor particles zipping into you. How? Come and create your own online action game this spring and find out how. And once you are done let people around the globe play your game!! Programs Why THINNOX after school preparatory offerings are DIFFERENT? Innovation, flexibility, and the spirit to touch new frontiers make THINNOX different. Comfort Factor: The after school hours are between 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. on weekdays and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Saturdays. Class Size: Our class sizes are restricted to 6 participants. Adaptability: Psycho-educational assessments right at the start allows mentors and instructors to understand your learning style and adapt accordingly. Performance Monitoring: Constructive feedback is an important aspect of how programs are delivered at Thinnox. Team Dynamics: At THINNOX you learn to depend on each other and contribute to each other’s success. School Homework Breaks: To help you apply some of the learning from THINNOX programs, supervised breaks are provided at the Academy, for you to catch up on school homework. Active Mind Active Body: Several group activities take place at regular intervals to keep you active at all times. Meal plans and bussing are made available optionally. Game Design / Animation Design / Illustrated Books / Graphic Design / Web Design Program Overview / program details / careers / advisors / admissions / facillity Program Overview Move over Space Invaders. Enter Final Fantasy X. Haven’t our Games changed? And what goes into the making of one? Huge teams, multi-million dollar budgets, several years’ work. So can you make your game at the THINNOX Growing Games program? You bet. In the Growing Games program at THINNOX you start by analyzing aspects of play, challenge conflict & interactivity. You learn to define overall goals in relation to your subject. You create environments, activities, rules, rewards, pitfalls. Then, using your design blue print & easy to use programming tools, you create a prototype. You learn to mix digital art, game mechanics & audio. You also learn to refine & lock down on the levels. Using 3D modeling software you create & animate models; integrate content, fix bugs & fine tune your game that people would love to try. Program Details Careers The following list is just a small taste of the possible positions that may be open to you as you move throughout your career. As you develop your skills and find your niche, you may discover your dream job fits into one of these categories, or you may move outside these boundaries –either way,Thinnox's objective is to help you find your way into a fulfilling career doing what you love. Careers Introduction Audio Programmer Client Systems Engineer Console Programmer Game Designer Game Tester Graphic Engine Programmer Junior Programmer Lead Programmer Lead Server Programmer Level Designer Math - Physics Programmer Network - Multiplayer Programmer Senior Scripting Programmer Senior Tools Programmer Technical Director Tools Programmer advisors Pedersen. Roger E has been designing, producing and programming games since the industry’s infancy, as early as 1983, for such companies as CBS Software, Gametek, Hi-Tech Expressions, Merit Software, Arcade Giant Merit Industries, Villa Crespo Software, Acclaim Entertainment, Hypnotix and American Alpha. His cumulative title sales have surpassed 10 million copies. He is also an Adjunct Professor at NY University in Game Design. Game Admission Schedule & Timing • This program is offered in the summer, fall and winter cycles. • The seats are limited to 6-8 per class and are to be booked in advance. • The program duration is 50 weeks and runs through the academic year. Next Steps If designing and programming your own game has been your dream contact us now using the online registration form. Make an appointment with a Thinnox® counselor to learn more about the program & get ready for a playful journey. •Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. •Portfolios may be used for selection. Animation Design Program Overview The world of Bugs Bunny and Shrek might be unreal, but it is here to stay. THINNOX Design Academy’s 1M Movies program will help you invent and animate 30 to 60 seconds films, using a mix of classical and 3D animation techniques. The 1MMovies program will involve you in all the major stages of the movie making process. You will learn to integrate graphics, animation, effects and sound early into the program. During the program you will learn to develop scripts into story boards; you will model, rig, detail, and render characters on industry standard software; you will learn the fundamentals of animation, background design, lighting, and texturing. You will learn to edit and assemble and prepare your film for screening at the annual THINNOX movie night, at private venues or at young film makers’ festivals. Program Details Animation Careers The following list is just a small taste of the possible positions that may be open to you as you move throughout your career. As you develop your skills and find your niche, you may discover your dream job fits into one of these categories, or you may move outside these boundaries –either way,Thinnox's objective is to help you find your way into a fulfilling career doing what you love. Animator Art Director Character Animator Character Modeler Character Rigger Compositor Concept Artist Creative Director Environment Modeler Intern Lead Artist Match Mover Matte Painter Modeler Render Wrangler Rotoscope Artist Sculptor Senior Programmer Special Effects Animator Storyboard Artist Supervising Animator Technical Artist Technical Assistant Technical Director Texture Painter Visual Effects Artist Animation Advisors Waterworth. Robert has been in the media industry for the last 16 years during which he has worked as an art director ,visual effects artist. He has been involved in the making of several feature films such as Outlander (Spin), Eye of the Storm (Paramount) & The Santa Claus 2(Disney); television series such as Matrix (CTV), the Doodle Bops (CBC/Disney), Haven & Brain Song (USA Network), World War 3 (Fox), Prince Charming (Hallmark), Babylon 5 Sci fi, Anonymous Rex (Alliance Atlantis), The War Next Door documentaries such as Science of Death & Blasters ( Discovery) & Games such as Dungeons and Dragons – The scourge(Warner Bros). He has taught at the Ryerson Polytechnic University and the Toronto Film School. Keka Dhar N has been in the digital arts industry for the last twelve years during which she has freelanced as a fashion illustrator, graphic artist, web designer, and animator in multiple geographies. She graduated from the Toronto Film School. She is widely traveled and has a wide life experience from the several roles she has played. She has worked as a matte artist, 3 D painter, modeler, animator, graphic artist in several projects. She is the co-founder of Thinnox. Animation Admissions Schedule & Timing • This program is offered in the summer, fall and winter cycles. • The seats are limited to 6-8 per class and are to be booked in advance. • The program duration is 25 weeks and runs through the academic year. Next Steps If inventing and animating your own characters has been your dream contact us now using the online registration form. Make an appointment with a Thinnox® counselor to learn more about the program and get ready for an animated journey •Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. •Portfolios may be used for selection. Illustrated Books Porgram Overview Behind the greatest successes in literature and entertainment lies a good story. The THINNOX Wilder Woods program prepares you to write gripping, fictional or non-fictional stories. Facilitated by notable writer- illustrators you write and visualize your text. You also publish your work with Wilder Woods Books or any of our affiliate publishing houses. During the program you learn to pitch a story; the nuances of the narrative form; the tools and techniques that writers have used to telling and not-so-telling effect. You learn the fundamentals of characterization. You learn to sketch and illustrate digitally. You learn to work with peers, to make feedback work for you, to edit and revise and perfect your work. You also learn the tricks of the publishing trade from people who have been there and done it before. Illustrated Books Careers Careers in illustrated book design are not limited to creative writing only, although that is the most obvious one. Related careers include content development roles where you research, create and edit content for websites. Script writing roles in films, TV, games, and business presentations are a natural corollary to creative writing. Careers in advertising copy writing, electronic or print journalism, public relations and publicity related writing, business and technical writing are some other options. Advisors Kovalski, Maryann loves telling stories with words and pictures. She is a professional Author Illustrator. Some of her books include: Jingle Bells, (A First Flight Level Two Reader) Fitzhenry and Whiteside1998, Omar On Ice, (The Picture book) Fitzhenry &Whiteside, 1999.Maryann has performed hundreds of readings for children in schools across Canada & USA. Illustrated Admissions Schedule & Timing • This program is offered in the summer, fall and winter cycles. • The seats are limited to 6-8 per class and are to be booked in advance. • The program duration is 15 weeks. Next Steps If you are the kind who wants to explore the Wilder Woods, discover and visualize your voice, to travel the trails less traveled, contact us now using the online registration form. Make an appointment with a Thinnox® counselor to learn more about the program and get ready for a unique journey. •Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. •Portfolios may be used for selection. Graphic Design - Beyond Digital Program Overview A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words, perhaps more. How much can an image tell? A lot. What is possible in the world of graphics? Everything! The world of images is getting more real and breathtaking by the minute. With all the new things that cutting edge software has to offer you have new worlds to discover. The Beyond Digital program at THINNOX prepares you to see things in a new way. Using industry standard software you learn to sketch digitally; you learn the theory behind colors; to work with layers and to create dynamic text. By the end of the program you have a portfolio of digitized images that are unique, durable and impossible to create using any other media. In doing so, you understand the fundamental nature of art; and are able to distinguish between an image that works and one that does not. Program Details Digital Careers The following list is just a small taste of the possible positions that may be open to you as you move throughout your career. As you develop your skills and find your niche, you may discover your dream job fits into one of these categories, or you may move outside these boundaries –either way,Thinnox's objective is to help you find your way into a fulfilling career doing what you love. 2D/3D Graphic Designer Art Director Branding Designer Broadcast Designer Corporate Branding Consultant Cover Designer Creative Director Desktop Publisher Font Designer Illustrator Industrial Designer Interface Designer Layout Artist Logo Designer Motion Graphics Artist Multimedia Artist Package Designer Photo Editor Print Media Designer Storyboard Artist Web Graphic Designer Advisors Hitchcox, Mike has been painting BGs for animation for over 20 years. He is experienced in concept development, production art in both traditional and CG . He was the BG supervisor for Nelvana for over 8 years & has been instructing BG painting at Sheridan for the BAA program for the past 4 years. Mike is completing a second season of BGs for Studio B for Class of Titans. Mike also helped develop Beetlejuice, Gargoyles, Magic School Bus.He is an OCA graduate. Digital Admissions Schedule & Timing • This program is offered in the summer, fall and winter cycles. • The seats are limited to 6-8 per class and are to be booked in advance. • The program duration is 15 weeks. Next Steps If you are the kind that want invent breathtaking images that are integral to your personality; unique & unattainable through any other media, contact us now using the online registration form. Make an appointment with a Thinnox® counselor to learn more about the program & get ready for a very visual journey. •Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. •Portfolios may be used for selection. Thinnox Board Of Directors and Program Mentors Sabyasachi Nag, Keka Dhar N., Roger Paderson, Robert Waterworth, Amro Attia. Web Design Program Overview When was the last time you thought you had something to contribute on important issues facing your community to show leadership on matters that count? The Web Marque program at THINNOX prepares you to use the internet and make a difference. You have a unique idea; you need exposure for your work; you want a chance to show leadership on issues that may have a web based solution? Bring it along. See it in a new light. Build a solution. Using easy to use tools build your website. Get your word out. Learn the tricks of optimization to ensure that your website get’s a prime place amongst all others. At the Web Marque program you work with web designers, and business analysts side by side. The program’s focus alternates between web design on industry standard software, leadership and critical thinking. You develop a problem solving approach and acquire hard web design skills that you can use to get results that matter. Program Details Web Careers The following list is just a small taste of the possible positions that may be open to you as you move throughout your career. As you develop your skills and find your niche, you may discover your dream job fits into one of these categories, or you may move outside these boundaries –either way,Thinnox's objective is to help you find your way into a fulfilling career doing what you love. Content Developer Database Engineer Dynamic Application Developer Flash Animator Flash Application Developer Flash Developer Interface Designer Media Optimization Specialist Usability Designer/Expert Web Application Developer Web Designer Web Project Manager Webmaster Web Advisrs Cudmore, Donald completed his graduate studies at Oxford University. Through the Our Questions project, which he co-founded in 1996, he did pioneering work on the use of the Internet to enable children to share mathematical creations with fellow students in other countries. He is a qualified teacher & professional engineer, with experience in product & concept development, & market research from six years at P&G, Canada. Keka Dhar N has been in the digital arts industry for the last twelve years during which she has freelanced as a fashion illustrator, graphic artist, web designer, and animator in multiple geographies. She graduated from the Toronto Film School. She is widely traveled and has a wide life experience from the several roles she has played. She is the co-founder of Thinnox. Web Admissions Schedule & Timing • This program is offered in the summer, fall and winter cycles. • The seats are limited to 6 - 8 per class and are to be booked in advance. • The program duration is 15 weeks. Next Steps If you are the kind who wants to be part of the solution rather than the problem, who want to pool and integrate easily available resources and technology for the betterment of community and yet gain the hard and soft skills of networking and web design, contact us now using the online registration form. Make an appointment with a Thinnox® counselor to learn more about the program and get ready for a unique journey. •Applicants will be considered on an individual basis. •Portfolios may be used for selection. Thinnox Board Of Directors and Program Mentors Sabyasachi Nag, Keka Dhar N., Roger Paderson, Robert Waterworth, Amro Attia.