聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Emily Ellis of Arcola is working on her Masters in Film Making and Media Arts. Ellis grew up in Arcola where she attended public school and graduated high school.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After high school, Ellis attended Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia where she graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ellis then enrolled in the University of Glasgow, Scotland in September 2019 to complete the one-year Masters Program offered by the university. She is in the dissertation phase of the program that forms one part of the Masters Program.
Ellis is doing a 鈥渟top motion鈥 animation film, which is a traditional animation comprised by making frame by frame movements by the characters, placed on various sets. The sets and characters are handmade from scratch and used in the making of the animation.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ellis will also be required to complete two teaching terms in that time frame, which makes for a very compressed schedule.
聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 She hopes that she will be able to start an independent practice on her own and find a teaching position in the future in her chosen field.