MAGIC

Final exams
2019-04-29 08:00 - 2019-05-03 17:00 UTC | FL

MAGIC 2019 Premiere Night
2019-05-01 18:00 - 20:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Commencement Ceremony
2019-05-04 | FL

Summer Term Begins
2019-05-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Classes begin: 12-week, 6-week mini-term: Registration only with instructor and/or departmental approval.

Holiday – Memorial Day
2019-05-27 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Content Marketplace Workshop: What is Your Hit Factor?
2019-06-08 14:00 - 16:00 | The IDEA CENTER at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Avenue - Building 8, 5th Floor, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Attracting anyone (fans, sponsors, partners, buyers) to your content requires a deep understanding of what makes it special. This highly interactive workshop will help you clarify the core of your brand and highlight the elements that will allow you to become a hit.

The MAGIC/Telemundo Summer Camps
2019-06-10 09:00 - 2019-07-12 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) at Miami Dade College is inspiring teens to become the next generation of developers, animators, video game designers, programmers and mixed-reality creators. Our MAGIC Telemundo Summer Camps feature hands-on, project-based learning infused with the latest technology and software being used in animation and gaming.

For more information please call (305) 237-3202 or visit our website www.mdc.edu/magic/summer-camp
For information on how to apply for the Telemundo Scholarship, please call Ariana Fernandez at (305) 237-7851.

Holiday – Fourth of July
2019-07-04 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Last Day of Classes
2019-07-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Tech Beach - Exploring MAGIC with Magic Leap
2019-07-31 18:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Miami Mograph - 2D Character Animation
2019-08-08 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Fall Term - Classes begins
2019-08-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MAGIC New Student Orientation
2019-08-30 13:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - Labor Day
2019-09-02 | FL

Screenwriting Masterclass - The Heart of the Story
2019-09-26 14:00 - 15:30 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Producer/ Screenwriter/ MDC Professor David J. Schroeder will speak about “The Heart of Story.”

Content Marketplace
2019-10-03 08:00 - 2019-10-04 17:00 | The IDEA CENTER at Miami Dade College, 300 NE 2nd Avenue - Building 8, 5th Floor, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Independent content is serious business

Media is changing, and Content Entrepreneurs are at the heart of the revolution. Independent creators are turning their creative content into their business. In response, traditional media buyers, sponsors, streaming services and others are hoping to discover and work with the next great, emergent voices in content creation.
ContEnt Marketplace is the only conference focused on bringing together talented independent creators of podcasts, vidcasts, short films, online series, and other original content with established media buyers, sponsors, and fellow content entrepreneurs. This is the future of media and entertainment, and ContEnt is where it happens.

Fleischer Brothers Miami Animation Studio - Learn the History
2019-10-10 14:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC – Building 8, Room 8109
Did you know that the first Superman movies were made in Miami? Before Man of Steel and Justice League, before the 1980s films starring Christopher Reeve, even before the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman, the Man of Steel appeared on the big screen in a series of animated cartoons produced in Miami by the Fleischer Brothers animation studio.
The Fleischers were already famous for their Popeye and Betty Boop cartoons when they started animating Superman in 1941. Their Superman cartoons, shot in Technicolor, had an Art Deco look rendered mainly in primary colors.
Kevin Wynn of the Wolfson Archives will trace the history of the Fleischer Brothers animation studio using photographs, home movies and Fleischer Brothers cartoons.

Town Hall - October
2019-10-18 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC – Building 8, Room 8109
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

This special session will be moderated by Alexis Centeno, Academic Lab Manager at MAGIC.

Open registration for Spring term 2020 begins
2019-10-23 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Screenwriting Masterclass - Making a Scene
2019-10-24 14:00 - 15:30 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Producer/ Screenwriter/ MDC Professor David J. Schroeder will speak about “Making a Scene” in Screenwriting.

MAGIC Halloween Pizza Party
2019-10-31 15:00 - 19:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for MAGIC’s student/faculty engagement day on Halloween. Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.

Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 28th, 2019
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on the 30th and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by the MAGIC Halloween committee and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & Magic Shirts

2019 Siggraph Computer Animation Festival Screening
2019-11-04 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Celebrate CG as a transformative animation tool.
The Computer Animation Festival celebrates computer graphics as a medium for storytelling in animation, visual effects, games, and more. Since 1999, the Computer Animation Festival has been recognized as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and several works that were originally presented in this program have received Best Animated Short Academy Awards.
Hundreds of short films are submitted to this prestigious program each year. An internationally recognized jury reviews and presents the best work of the year, with awards for Best in Show, Jury’s Choice, and Best Student Project.
Join us for one special screening of the Electronic Theater on Monday, 4 November, at Miami Animaiton & Gaming International Complex.
Explore the work that was selected for this year’s Electronic Theater, including the winners of Best in Show, and Jury’s Choice, and Best Student Project Awards.

MoGraph Presentation - Cinema 4D + Octane Render with Jesus Suarez
2019-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | FL
Join us for a fun Friday on November 8th with a feature presentation from local artist Jesus Suarez. Jesus will be on hand to demo some projects and show you some next level tips and tricks inside Cinema 4D and Octane Render, a powerful combo for 3D art and design. As a bonus if you attend you’ll receive a discount code for his Octane Course.
Jesus Suarez is an Art Director and 3D Generalist from Venezuela but currently residing in Boca Raton, FL. He’s been working in the industry for over 8 years and has had the chance to collaborate with clients like HP, ACCN, SECN, Yahoo Sports and UBER to name a few. Most recently he was part of the team that put together 2019’s TEDX Legacy titles. He enjoys working in Look Development but he’s also very versatile with Motion Graphics. His software of choice is Cinema 4D, Octane and Redshift and lately he’s been learning to use Substance Designer as part of his arsenal.

Holiday – Veterans Day
2019-11-11 | FL

Screenwriting Masterclass - The Epic Story
2019-11-21 14:00 - 15:30 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Producer/ Screenwriter/ MDC Professor David J. Schroeder will speak about “Epic Storytelling.”

Holiday – Thanksgiving
2019-11-28 08:00 - 2019-11-29 17:00 | FL

Art of Tech
2019-12-05 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Town Hall - December
2019-12-05 15:00 - 16:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MAXON - 3D Graphics Tour
2019-12-06 13:00 - 18:00 | MDC Wolfson Campus Auditorium, 300 NE 2nd Ave - Building 1, Room 1261 , Miami, FL, 33132, United States

2019 INNOVATE - CTEC
2019-12-07 08:00 - 14:00
The 2019 Innov@te-CTEC event will be held at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus on Saturday, December 7, 2019 • 8am – 2pm
Middle and High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) students will compete for prizes in various CTE areas. A collaboration of MDC-Wolfson and M-DCPS CTE Department, the event also highlights college information for parents and students. This event satisfies criteria on both of the STEM and STE(A)M school designation rubrics.
