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SAN DIEGO—In preparation of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and Shanghai 2010 World Expo, the School of Digital Film and Olympic Applications, Nantong Teachers University (DFOA), PRC has selected Random Cove affiliate American Academy of Arts (A3) to develop the official training programs in film, animation, and digital media for Chinese students to be employed professionally in the international broadcast coverage of both events.

Appointed by the Chinese Minister of Education to train the media professionals who will present to the world this tri-focused Olympiad -- Green, Cultural and Digital -- DFOA turned to San Diego-based A3.

Specializing in providing project-based, solution-oriented curriculum exploiting the latest digital technology to students seeking careers in media production, including film and broadcast television, photography, computer graphics, game design and 3D animation, A3, in partnership with DFOA, is expected to certify more than 60,000 Chinese students in San Diego and affiliated campuses in Nantong between 2003 and 2010.

Said A3 CEO Dr. Stan Foster, "It's an honor for the Academy to be selected as official media educator for the Beijing Olympics. Beyond the added recognition of our programs, and the economic benefits for San Diego, what this will allow us to do is shape a generation of film and TV artists that will flourish long after the games."

While the first group of students enrolled in the program are not expected to arrive in San Diego until Fall/Winter 2003, Random Cove president Michael Steven Gregory, an A3 boardmember, is developing a practical film production "immersion program" that will serve as an extension of the classroom curriculum. The Indie Filmmaker's Bootcamp, as it is called, debuts in June at Alliant International University, where he is Filmmaker in Residence.

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