Published by james Thursday 26th February 2009
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The Working Artist: career info for DVFx artists
Date: Wednesday 4th March 2009
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speakers: Shilo McClean, Suze Datz, Nick Hore, Valerie Allerton
What’s it all about?
This session will be an open forum moderated by Shilo McClean with Suze Datz (Dr. D), Nick Hore (Animal Logic), Valerie Allerton (FTO) and industry artists talking about everything you need to know about being a working artist in DVFx and games industries. We will have showreels by recent FTO DVFx Traineeship candidates and will be announcing the closing dates for the 2009 DVFx Traineeships.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Published by james Wednesday 21st January 2009
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how we visualise 3D models and limitations and the use of environmental assessment in creating spaces.
Date: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speaker: Tom Hore
What’s it all about?
Tom is a registered architect teaching in TAFE NSW for the last four years. He has worked as an architect for over twenty years in Australia and the UK on a range of residential, commercial and industrial projects. He has just completed work on the Advanced Diploma in Sustainable Building Design for delivery in TAFE NSW in 2009. The Advanced Diploma centres on Building Information Models used for environmental assessment.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Date: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speaker: Barry Dean
What’s it all about?
In November we are going to have the wonderful Barry Dean lead us in a drawing workshop, “Digital Drawing: the international visual language — capturing your imagination using a graphic tablet”.
Sydney born, Barry worked in the animation industry for 24 years. Initially, he produced artwork and animation for TV commercials, documentaries and feature films. In 1988 he joined Walt Disney Animation Australia as a background artist. During this time he painted more than 7 500 individual pieces of art for use in 17 feature films and 175 TV series episodes. He left the Sydney Disney studio when it closed in 2006. For more than a decade he has also been a part-time teacher at Enmore and Randwick TAFE giving lessons in drawing and animation - both traditional and digital. Throughout his career drawing and painting the human figure has remained his primary artistic passion. His favourite software is Corel Painter.
This is a wonderful opportunity for members and friends and we look forward to seeing you on 5 November for our last session of 2008.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Published by james Tuesday 30th September 2008
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Date: Wednesday 1st October 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
What’s it all about?
Unfortunately, we have not been able to secure a speaker for our announced event and will be screening the third reel of the animation festival (not screened at previous events) instead. We will also be finalizing our plans for the elections to the Board.
Cost: Free event for all.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Date: Wednesday 3rd September 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Please note that we will be meeting in F113 and NOT the Elwyn Lyn Conference Room for this meeting. Signs will be posted. College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speakers: Patricia Kung (Animal Logic), Caitlin Proctor (Rising Sun Pictures), Ian Cope (Communications Manager, Rising Sun Pictures)
What’s it all about?
We all know credits and a great showreel can get your foot in the door to the all important interview but recruiters and talent all have stories about the interview that went wrong … very wrong. On Wednesday, 3rd September, we will have industry recruiters Patricia Kung (Animal Logic) and Caitlin Proctor (Rising Sun Pictures), along with Ian Cope (Communications Manager, Rising Sun Pictures) share their stories and advice on how to do your best when you make it to interview.
Excerpts from the Animation Festival will screen from 6:30 and anyone interested in participating at Board level should be there for the Board meeting at 6:00 p.m.
Cost: Free event for Siggraph members, guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Date: Wednesday 20th August 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: EGO2 Auditorium (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speaker: TBA
What’s it all about?
Straight from the 2008 conference this is a Chapter screening open to all. The event will begin with a brief Chapter Annual General Meeting, followed by the screening of the highlights of the Electronic Theatre presentation from the US ACM Siggraph 2008 Conference.
Click here to see a PDF (~40KB) containing this years agenda, the financial report for 2007-2008, and minutes from the previous AGM.
Cost: FREE to all members and their guests, as well as members of the public. Members and guests can purchase food and refreshments from the COFA canteen adjacent to the Auditorium prior to the event. (Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
The Australian Film Television and Radio School, in conjunction with the SIGGRAPH Sydney chapter (http://sydney.siggraph.org.au), presents an evening of exciting insights into the world of computer graphics and interactive techniques with Paul Debevec.
Date: Monday 28th July 2008
Time: 6:00pm till 8:00pm
Venue: Theatre 1, AFTRS Sydney (More on getting to AFTRS >)
Speakers: Paul Debevec
What’s it all about?
Paul Debevec has developed many of the technologies used to create photorealistic virtual characters and environments for feature films and games. He is the associate director of graphics research at the University of Southern California’s
Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT) and a research associate professor in USC’s Department of Computer Science. He Paul will present a TALK at AFTRS on Monday July 28 on
New Techniques for Acquiring, Rendering, and Displaying Human Performances which will include:
- acquiring, rendering, and displaying photoreal models of people, objects, and dynamic performances
- image-based lighting techniques for photorealistic compositing and reflectance acquisition techniques (which have been used to create realistic digital actors in films such as “Spider Man 2″ and “Superman Returns”.
- describing image-based relighting with free-viewpoint video to capture and render full-body performances and new 3D face scanning processes that captures high-resolution skin detail
- investigating new 3D display that leverages 5,000 frames per second video projection to show autostereoscopic, interactive 3D imagery to any number of viewers simultaneously
Cost: Free
RSVP essential
To secure your place for this FREE talk email your name and phone number to Cassandra at: rsvpdigi@aftrs.edu.au
AFTRS is NOW located at 130 Bent St, inside The Entertainment Quarter.
Public Vehicle and pedestrian entrance to the Entertainment Quarter is via the main entrance on Lang Rd.
The Entertainment Quarter is serviced by buses and Central railway station is a short bus ride away.
Date: Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speaker: Nick Hore (Animal Logic) and Peter Giles (AFTRS)
What’s it all about?
Another look at a perennial topic. Members are invited to bring their own showreels or uncut materials to get feedback on how to make the most of their content.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Date: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Time: 6:45pm to approx 9:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speakers: Andrew Hellen and Jason Bath
What’s it all about?
Previz is one of the director’s most powerful and efficient ways to work through the action and dramatic pace of visual story. The previz sequences for ‘Rogue’ were an invaluable way for director Greg McLean to ensure that on-set time and CG elements were perfectly matched and that the action sequences had great impact. Andrew Hellen and Jason Bath will discuss the process they went through to build these sequences and then the membership will be able to stay on after the Q&A to see the film.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
Date: Wednesday 4th June 2008
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: Elwynn Lynn Conference Centre, College of Fine Arts (CoFA), Selwyn St, Paddington
Speaker: Catherine Gleeson (AFTRS) and Tracey Sernack Chee-Quee (TAFE, Sydgraph Board)
What’s it all about?
Talent is only one portion of the formula needed for success; working well with clients is another. Judging by recent posts on the DLF and feedback from members, one of the hardest things about being a freelancer or moving up the career ladder is knowing how to deal with things like:
pitching, taking a brief, the protocol of how to handle details like getting paid, follow-ups, relationships, and problems – like not getting paid.
So this session brings together two people who have worked extensively in industry and who can cover these topics and field a Q&A that should help members whether those just starting out or colleagues who are always open to new ideas about how to handle the eternal challenges of working with clients successfully.
Cost: Free for Siggraph members. $5 cover charge for refreshments for guests and non-members.
(Attendees can sign up as a new member on the night. Annual Membership fees are $40 for professionals and $20 for students)
Probably best known for the annual SIGGRAPH International conference on computer graphics for film, televisions and new media industries, ACM SIGGRAPH also puts on a variety of programs year-round and worldwide to benefit the SIGGRAPH community. The event listed above is hosted by our local chapter and is free for all chapter members.
