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Berwick IT hosts biggest multimedia exhibition

30 November 2005

The Berwick School of Information Technology has hosted its sixth annual Multimedia Exhibition -- the biggest yet.

Third-year multimedia student, Ms Emily Ryan, with her work on display.

The exhibition, held in the BMW Edge in Federation Square earlier this month, saw more than 80 final-year multimedia students display their work.

Exhibition co-organiser Mr Matthew Butler said the exhibition had been a huge success, with a steady stream of people visiting through the day.

"The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase the work of our multimedia students and provide an opportunity for them to meet members of the multimedia industry," Mr Butler said.

"The exhibition culminated with an industry night attended by more than 450 people, including staff, students, sponsors, special guests and local and international industry representatives.

"Students displayed a range of work, including 3D game engine design, 3D video, games, educational CD ROM, interactive multimedia, dynamic web applications, database programming and Flash animation," Mr Butler said.

Also on show were the finalists from the secondary school Flash competition and the secondary school/TAFE Maya competition. Monash runs both competitions.

Students who entered the Flash competition used Macromedia Flash software to create an original short animation

The Maya 3D competition required students to create a short animation or still image using Maya Personal Learning Edition software.

Mr David Della Rocca, Global Industry Manager for Education for Alias -- a Canadian 3D graphics technology company -- flew in from Toronto to present the Maya competition awards. First and third place-getters flew in from New South Wales to receive them.

Mr Butler said the highlight of the evening was the presentation of awards to Monash's multimedia students and competition winners.

The Dean of the IT faculty, Professor Ron Weber, and the Deputy Head of the Berwick School of Information Technology Mr Lindsay Smith, presented awards to the most innovative projects at first, second and third-year level and to the best two student projects at each year level.

One of the Flash competition entries on show at the exhibition.