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Digital Storytelling: the narrative power of visual effects in film
[ 2012-02-1; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Digital Storytelling: the narrative power of visual effects in film
Date: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Time: 7:00pm to approx 8:00pm
Venue: EGO2 Auditorium, CoFA T.B.C.
Speakers: Dr Shilo McClean
What’s it all about:
Referencing her book, Digital Storytelling, author Shilo McClean will talk about the unique qualities that VFx bring to the storytelling craft in film. The session will cover the [...]
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At each year’s conference the ACM SIGGRAPH Communications Committee, chaired by Jaime Radwan, and the ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters ( through our SCOOP Team) collaborate on a series of videos that are made available through the ACM SIGGRAPH YouTube channel. These videos are used to highlight different parts of the conference, promote upcoming conferences, and provide [...]
Daniel Heckenberg
R&D Lead Developer
Daniel is a software developer in the R&D department at Animal Logic
where he works on graphics tools. His recent contributions may been seen
in Sucker Punch and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.
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Omar Dabbagh
Omar is a keen technologist who has a passion for computer graphics. He holds degrees and certification in Multimedia, Information Technology and 3D Animation / VFX.
He regularly attends events held by Sydney ACM SIGGRAPH and other organisations that provide support for emerging digital artists, producing content for film and video games.
Nomination Statement:
Hi board members, [...]
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Bill Lee
Bill works for the University of New South Wales (UNSW) as the AV Manager for the College Of Fine Arts (COFA), keeping the audio and video labs and studios running and assisting academic staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students with the wide range of software and hardware that COFA uses.
Bill had 15 years of experience working [...]
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Nick Hore
Currently Training Supervisor at Animal Logic. Joined AL as a Recruiter in 2004. Previously from 1999 to 2004 was New Media Officer at the NSW Film and Television Office and from 1994 to 1999 was the Visual Arts Industry Unit Coordinator at the National Association for the Visual Arts. BSc (Arch), Sydney University, 1988. BFA, [...]
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Shilo McClean
Dr. Shilo McClean is the author of the books: The Digital Playing Fields: New Rulz for Flm, Art and Performance (Currency House, July 2010), Digital Storytelling: the narrative power of visual effects in film (MIT Press, 2007; 2008; 2009) and So What’s This All About Then: a non-user’s guide for digital effects in film (AFTRS, [...]
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James Murty
James holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Pure Mathematics) from University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Internetworking from the University of Technology Sydney. He is currently the IT Manager for an Advertising and Marketing group and in his spare time consults for the online media industry.
He has 15 years experience in [...]
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Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee
Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee is the Higher Education Course Advisor at TAFE NSW Sydney Institute.
She has more than twenty-five years industry experience as a professional in the fashion and management sectors of the design industry, as well as nineteen years experience as a design and digital media educator and curriculum developer in TAFE NSW.
Tracey holds a [...]
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A friend in Norway recommends an article on how to make a great showreel in the current issue of 3D World (see http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/05/03/3d-world-143-monster-modelling-and-more/) (thanks Kim!)
