Raising Chinese films to a new level

After the success of Avatar, a Beijing film school is stepping up its efforts to cultivate 3-D animation talent by establishing the first ever related major.

Beijing Film Academy will start the new major in September, titled New Technology in Movie Production. 3-D photography will be a primary subject, said Mu Deyuan, director of the photography department at the academy.

He said the academy plans to enroll 10 students into the major. The department will invest 10 million yuan in specialist equipment.