BEST OF DDA ANIMATION is a juried film festival featuring the best senior project and thesis animation work of students in the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute. This work was selected by a jury made of DDA faculty members. We will be featuring one screening followed by an awards ceremony.

DEPARTMENT HISTORY

Pratt digital arts prepares and develops innovative artists through rigorous immersion in a diverse culture of excellence. Students pursue self-directed, multidisciplinary projects in a state-of-the-art facility guided by a faculty of accomplished working artists. Our concentrations in Interactive Arts, and Animation and Motion Arts, emphasize experimentation and professionalism. Animation students create evocative narrative and non-narrative films using 2-D and 3-D digital animation techniques, live action, and motion graphics. Recommended electives include history of animation, film criticism, traditional animation, character design, rigging, lighting and rendering, audio and video, compositing and special effects, and advanced digital animation techniques.

NOTABLE ALUMNI

Cody Walzel
Christine Wu
James Kwan
Dakota Pailes Friedman
De Pengpeng
Zach Hyer

FEATURED WORKS by graduating BFA and MFA students

PRESS CONTACT Linda Lauro-Lazin – llaurola@pratt.edu

Open to the public. Registration is required.