VFS Digital Design is a highly multicultural program. We get students from all over the world. Being Chinese, I’m very interested in the educational experiences of our students from Mainland China, Taiwan, & Hongkong. I started meeting with them to capture and share their insights. As part of my ongoing series of interviews, Digital Design student, Owen Chen, talks about his experience.
温哥华电影学院的数字媒体专业很具跨文化特色。这里汇聚了来自世界各国家、各地区的青年才俊。我很感兴趣 那些来自中国大陆、台湾地区和香港地区的学生们,他们在这里的学习经历是怎样的。与他们逐渐熟识,也更多 分享他们的才智和学习历程。下面是我在数字媒体专业进行的系列采访中的一个人物, 陈一哲, 他分享了他在 数字媒体专业的学习感受。
Maggie Guo: Welcome Owen. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
郭春宁: 一哲,你好!能先向大家简单介绍一下你自己吗?
Owen Chen: Hi Maggie. Thanks for chatting with me. I’m originally from Beijing, China. I came to Vancouver at the age of 11. And I got my Bachelor Degree in Design and Marketing after high school. Now, I’m a student in Digital Design Class 22. I’m very happy to be here enjoying the interesting courses. Oh, by the way, I was born in the Year of the Dragon, so this is my fate year!
陈一哲: 春宁,你好!谢谢你的采访。我11岁从中国北京来到温哥华。我在加拿大读高中、上大学并获得了市场 设计的本科学位。我现在是温哥华电影学院的数字媒体专业(Digital Design)22班的学生,我很享受在这里的 有趣的课程。对了,我是龙年出生的,所以今年是我的本命年。
MG: What was your decision-making process in selecting the Digital Design program?
郭: 能谈谈你选择数字媒体专业的过程吗?
OC: When I was in the the process of earning my Bachelor Degree, I participated in a competition/exhibition called the Salazar Awards. At the show, we saw the awards that VFS Digital Design students had won and their tremendous projects. From that time, I began to pay attention to the school. When I decided to continue my studies, I compared VFS with BCIT, but the curriculum and the Digital Design projects attracted me more. After learning more about the school, I discovered that VFS grads are very popular in the industry and their work has a big impact. So I contacted an advisor. At first, I considered both the Digital Design and Film programs. After talking with my advisor, he suggested that Digital Design was more related to my Bachelor Degree and general background, and it seemed like a good fit.
陈: 我之前有市场设计的本科学习背景。在四年的本科学习中,我参加了一个竞赛和展览”Salazar Awards“, 当 时看到VFS数字媒体的学生在其中经常获奖,对他们优秀的作品印象很深。那时候我就开始注意这个学校。在决 定继续深造之后,我也考察过BCIT, 但感觉VFS的学制和学生作品都更吸引我。我进一步了解了温哥华电影学 院,发现这个学校的毕业学生作品影响比较大,业界很多人都知道。因此我联系了VFS的顾问,当时我在电影和 数字媒体这两个专业间进行选择。在和顾问交流之后,顾问根据我的情况建议我选择数字媒体,其实我内心的选 择也是偏向数字媒体的。
MG: What has your experience been like so far in the program?
郭: 能谈谈你在数字媒体学习的感受和体会吗?
OC: What I’ve learned in Digital Design is very practical. Here, they not only help you with generating inspiring concepts, but they also teach you the whole process of how to visualize your ideas. While, in my former college, many of the instructors were older and not that up-to-date in the industry, in Digital Design, the instructors are all working design professionals who have their own design projects on the go in parallel to teaching. So the instructors can help us keep up with the developments of the industry and cultivate our evolving views about various design fields.
陈: 在这边学到的东西都很应用。学校不光帮助你激发创意, 还教你视觉化地实现你的想法。我之前读本科课程 时,教师的年龄普遍偏高,不是很能够衔接行业的更新。而数字媒体这边的老师从业经验很丰富,在教学的同时 都有各自的设计项目,能够使你与行业保持同步甚至前瞻行业的发展。
MG: If you could sum up the program in one word, what would it be?
郭: 如果让你用一个词概括在这里的学习,你觉得这个词应该是什么?
OC: I think for me it would be “interesting”. And I really enjoy being here.
陈: 我想对我来说是“很有意思的”。我的确很享受这里的学习。
MG: Please tell us about which classes and projects you find most exciting.
郭: 能谈谈你最感兴趣的课程或设计项目吗?
OC: I am pretty interested in the design project “Motto” created by Digital Design student, Scott Strathern, and shown by instructor Robin Mitchell-Cranfield at a recent Digital Design Talks event (a recurring guest speaker series). It’ so amazing to see interactive projects on the iPad! I think that will be the direction of my own graduate project.
陈:比如在刚结束的那个数字媒体讲座(数字媒体每个学期的常设讲座活动)上展示的作品 “Motto”(创作者是 Scott Strathern)我就非常感兴趣。这种在ipad上的互动和品牌设计结合的作品非常吸引我,这也是我对在数字 媒体这边毕业设计的初步构想。
MG: What advice do you have for students who are thinking of taking the VFS Digital Design program?
郭:你会给准备来VFS的数字媒体专业学习的同学什么建议?
OC: I have some friends from China who came to Vancouver and now live in Richmond. They told me they could almost speak Mandarin everywhere in Richmond and seldom need to speak English. It’s great that people from China can tap into our own culture, but I think you can learn more if you’re more involved in the local culture and speak English more frequently.
陈: 我有很多朋友刚来温哥华,如果住在Richmond,就和住在中国一样。基本都不用说英文,这样是交流起来很 方便,但是这样不太有利于你的英文提高,我个人并不推荐这样。来这边应该尽量多应用英文并感受、融入当地 的文化。
Owen’s Weibo on Sina is owerrr陈, you could check the link http://www.weibo.com/owerrc/.
陈一哲在新浪上的微博是owerrr陈,大家可以加他关注哦!
