Lethbridge College instructor and START researcher Tyler Heaton sets up new motion capture equipment on Nov. 25, 2022. The equipment comes from a federal grant the START program recieved earlier in the year. Virtual beings or non-player characters that think and act on their own may be here sooner than you think. Lethbridge College’s Centre…
Fashion Photography
2nd year Digital Communications and Media students explore fashion around Lethbridge.
Artists: love it or hate it AI is here
AI generated image of “The Pyramids if painted by Van Gogh” Image generated by NeuralLove. The art world has been changed by the introduction of AI-generated artwork and digital artists are skeptical of how it will impact arts and culture. Artificial intelligence or AI art generation, while not a new concept, was a largely inefficient…
Visual Effects Artists vs. Marvel Studios: An ongoing labour battle
Jenna Helm, an Architectural Animation student, practices using her VR headset for a class project. Photo by Cloud Argue. CGI artists are fighting for their rights with poor industry practices, while aspiring artists’ find themselves losing interest in working for film companies. In recent months, several articles have come out criticizing Marvel’s practices when working…
Should we be sensationalizing serial killers?
The highly controversial Netflix drama, Dahmer, depicting the life and crimes of real life monster, Jeffrey Dahmer. Photo by Kyleigh Tytula Netflix released the hit show Dahmer in mid- September and since it’s premiere, many people have had their thoughts about the show. Dahmer, the limited series which follows the life and crimes of serial…
How Lethbridge’s biggest party scene came to be
The energy increases at @ULethWildin’s biggest party as the night continues and headlining act Tres Beaches performs. Photo by Chase Chambers One Lethbridge group is trying to fill a gap in the community by bringing high-quality party events to Lethbridge students. The Instagram account @ULethWildin currently has just under 20,000 followers and recently hosted a music festival…
Artist community shines in documentary
Local artist Demi Zelasak poses in front of The Owl Acoustic Lounge. where her documentary premiered on Sept. 24. Photo by Scott Holman Two University of Lethbridge students hope to break stereotypes surrounding Lethbridge but highlighting the city’s creative communities. A University of Lethbridge student is producing a reflective documentary on the city’s artist community…
Local skaters get witchy at Henderson
Roller Skate Lethbridge witches get together for a wicked stroll on skates, not brooms, at Henderson Lake. Martina Emard (right) says they want to make a spectacle of themselves. Photo by Rachel Gelowitz. Witches from Roller Skate Lethbridge zoomed, cackled and accidentally crashed around Henderson Lake as their wheels rolled across the pavement Oct. 14.…
Local team tries its hand at big budget visual effects
After Disney and Industrial Light and Magic made waves with the Disney+ show The Mandalorian, Lethbridge College instructors and students decided to see if the same technology could be used for independent film makers. The team behind the research project consists of instructors and alumni of the Digital Communications and Media and Multimedia Production programs…
Wes Anderson, what happened?
(A review of “The French Dispatch”) The first Wes Anderson movie to truly disappoint, “The French Dispatch”, a movie about a fictitious newspaper, is better off left unread (or watched). Whenever a new Wes Anderson movie is announced, if you are familiar with his oeuvre, you know what you are in for, a stylised character…