Yearly Archives: 2007

December 07

Our last two sessions have been wonderful opportunities for members to learn about 3D environments with Kit Devine and motion graphics with Anthony Battaglia of Box Communications.
Kit’s session provided a comprehensive analysis of the importance of meaning and the idea of presence in creating virtual spaces. Using examples from physical places and how they have [...]

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October updates:
• posted the VC’s June blog entry
• posted some additional Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH speaker bios

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October 07

In July we held a pre-conference mixer and screened highlights from the 2006 Animation Theatre DVD to remind everyone of what they could look forward to at the Annual General Meeting and Electronic Theatre screening in August. Both events drew good crowds and thanks to CoFA for making the big screening theatre available to us [...]

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GRAPHITE 2007
1-4 December 2007
Perth, Western Australia
• Call for Papers
• Call for e-Cinema Submissions
For more details see: http://www.graphite.siggraph.org

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Ruth Saunders

Ruth Saunders has a BA (Hons), a Postgraduate Certificate in Education and a Graduate Diploma in Library Science. None of these qualifications have been much help in her career as a plastic pipe salesperson, travel booker or film distributor. She started working at AFTRS in the Film Library then moved into distribution and marketing, honing [...]

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Jenny Neighbour

Jenny Neighbour was born and raised in England. She studied film and fine arts at London University’s Goldsmith College. After working in arts administration at the Greater London Council, she emigrated to Australia in 1987. On arrival in Sydney she was employed as an exhibition organiser, working on Australia’s bicentennial projects, before joining the Sydney [...]

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Picture Perfect stills

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Picture Perfect

Date Created: 4th July 2007
Technology Used: Adobe Photoshop and Premiere, Autodesk 3dsmax 9 and Autodesk Combustion 2
Hardware: Windows XP PC’s
Director and Producer: Rhianna Williams
Assistant Director and Producer: Andrew Taylor
Modellers and Animators: Yoon-Ji Kim and Hamid Mousa
Render: Scanline Renderer
Description: Animation Diploma Showcase for 2007 JMC Academy
Short, Comical Story about a mischievous child and her dislike of [...]

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tonight’s additions to the website:
• posted the VC’s June blog entry
• posted Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH Treasurer and Membership Chair Tracey Sernack-Chee’s helpful Hints For Job Seekers

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Sound & Image

Greetings, everyone. I apologize for the delay in posting this review but June is Sydney Film Festival time and, as a guest curator, it tends to monopolize me for the duration.
On Wednesday, 6 June we were thrilled to have Steve Murphy present the session Sound & Image, a compelling examination of the importance of sound [...]

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