| Media/Reading List |
|
Students thinking of applying to the ETC may be interested in perusing the following lists: |
| Books |
|
Digital Illusion: Entertaining The Future With High Technology, Clark Dodsworth, Jr. Editor Hamlet On The Holodeck: The Future Of Narrative In Cyberspace, Janet Horowitz Murray. Joystick Nation: How Video Games Ate Our Quarters, Won Our Hearts, and rewired our minds, J.C. Hertz. Aristotleís Poetics (Translated By S. H. Butcher). The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business A Stage, B. Joseph Pine Ii & James H. Gilmore. Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud. |
| Motion Pictures |
|
Batman (Starring Michael Keaton) Blade Runner Casablanca The Day the Earth Stood Still Final Fantasy The Game Gladiator The Godfather (in its entirety) Ground Hog Day Hamlet (Laurence Olivier, Maurice Evans, Richard Burton, Mel Gibson versions) Harry Potter Independence Day Magnolia Monsters, Inc. The Nightmare Before Christmas Run Lola Run 2001: A Space Odyssey Shrek Star Wars: (all parts) The Matrix Timecode Toy Story 1 & 2 The Wizard of Oz Tron |
| Games |
|
The Sims Ultima Online (or another massively multiplayer game) Myst |
| Organizations |
|
SIGGRAPH Game Developers Conference Electronic Entertainment Expo Motion Picture Arts & Sciences American Film Institute Directors Guild Motion Picture Assoc. of America Producers Guild Screen Actors Guild Women in Film Writer's Guild of America (West) National Association of Broadcasters International Game Developers Association |
| Game Developers |
|
3DO Studio Accolade Activision Studios Adrenalin Entertainment Angel Studios The Avalon Hill Game Company Black Ops Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment Broderbund Software Bungie Software (West) Capcom Digital Studios Cavedog Entertainment, Inc. Crystal Dynamics Cyclone Studios Digital Dialect Dreamworks Interactive Eidos Interactive USA Electronic Arts Empire Interactive Firaxis Games Interactive Magic Interplay Productions Intense Entertainment ION Storm JVC Digital Arts Studio, Inc. Konami Computer Entertainment America Lucas Learning Ltd. LucasArts Entertainment Co. Maxis, Inc. Microprose, Inc. Midway Home Entertainment Mindscape, Inc. Neversoft Entertainment Novalogic, Inc. Origin Systems Outrage Entertainment Particle Systems Ltd Presto Studios, Inc. Psygnosis Pyros Pictures Ripcord Games Ronin Entertainment SegaSoft Shiny Entertainment Inc. Sierra On-Line Inc. Sir-Tech Software Sony Interactive Studios America Square USA, Inc. Strategic Simulations, Inc. Talonsoft THQ, Inc. Turbine Entertainment Visionary Media LLC Westwood Studios |
| Production Companies |
|
20th Century Fox American Zoetrope Artisan Entertainment LucasFilm Ltd. MGM Motion Pictures Miramax New Line Cinema October Films Paramount Motion Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment Universal Pictures Walt Disney Studios |
| Film & Broadcast Studios |
|
3Name3D Available Light Ltd. Banned From The Ranch Entertainment Blur Studio Buzz F/X Cinesite Digital Studios Click 3X Los Angeles Computer Cafe Inc. Computer Film Co., Los Angeles Delta Tao Digital Artworks Digital Domain Digital Media International Digital Muse Dimensional Studios DreamWorks SKG Dynamic Design and Imaging Future-Primitive Ikonic Imaginary Forces Industrial Light & Magic Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co. LavaMind Liquid Pictures Logicware Inc. L-Squared Entertainment Matte World Digital Method Studios Metrolight Studios Metropolis Digital, Inc. Pixar Animation Studio Pixel Envy Pop Rocket., Inc. Protozoa Purple Moon Reality Check Studios, Inc. Rez.n8 Productions Ring of Fire Studios Rhythm & Hues Studios Sony Pictures Imageworks Special Designs Animation Studio Stormfront Studios Silent Planet Station X Studios |
| Film Festivals |
|
AFI Los Angeles Cannes Chicago Cinequest New York San Francisco Seattle Sundance Dfilm RESFEST Ifilm |
| Publications |
|
3D Artist Animation World Network Computer Graphics World Wired Magazine MacWorld Mastering Maya Complete 2 ComputerUser ZD Net ComputerEdge Game Developer Digital Post Production DV Magazine Hollywood Reporter Variety VFX Pro |
| Jobs |
|
The3DJobs 3D Site Jobs |
| Misc. Resources |
|
Animation The Gnomon Workshop Highend3D.com 3DSite 3DArk Computer Graphics and Animation Imaging the Imagined Animation Resources Plug In Central Game Resources Gamasutra Gameslice Game Development Central Production Resources Back Stage/Back Stage West Ent. Industry Development Corp. Film Office Habbycam Hollywired Industry Labor Guide Max Film Pro Producers Link Producers Source SoundFX.com Telefilm South Unique Films Hardware Silicon Graphics Apple Computer Hewlett Packard Dell Gateway Intel Intergraph Software Developer Tools Internet.com DevEdge Code Guru WebReference.com 3D Alias/Wavefront Acension Technology Side Effects Software Lightscape NewTek Motion Analysis RenderMan Softimage Virtual Camera Viewpoint Digital Paraform 2D Adobe Systems Inc. Interactive Effects Media100 Aura Macromedia MetaCreations Xaos Inc. Quantel Discreet Logic Avid Technologies Digital Editor Online Media100 Softimage|DS Video Toaster Silicon Grail |
