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]]> http://www.gnomonschool.com/?feed=rss2&p=2340 http://www.gnomonschool.com/?p=2307 http://www.gnomonschool.com/?p=2307#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:45:23 +0000 admin http://www.gnomonschool.com/?p=2307 Join us April 26th for a special evening showcasing the power of ZBrush. Pixologic and the Gnomon School of Visual Effects will be hosting another user group meeting sure to inspire. This event will feature live demonstrations and interactive sessions with industry greats Cesar Dacol Jr. aka “Voodoo Monkey” and Kurt Papstein aka “KP Toons”. Lastly, members of the Pixologic Team will close out the evening with an in-depth look at new ZBrush features and a Q&A session.

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Saturday, April 21st, 2012
12:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.

Join us for a special event with Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games as they discuss their work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, co-developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, was released on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, and quickly broke the record for the biggest opening launch in entertainment history. Join us for an exclusive behind the scenes look at how the visual effects were brought to life for this blockbuster title. Leads from both Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games will be on hand to share examples of lighting and weapon models as well as engage in an open discussion of the visual effects process, art and technology driving the 60 frames per second blistering action.

Seating for this event will be limited so we recommend arriving early.

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Guest Speakers

Dave Blizzard
Lead Lighting Artist, Sledgehammer Games

David Johnson
Lead Visual Effects Artist, Infinity Ward

Sandy Lin
Lead Visual Effects Artist, Sledgehammer Games

Taehoon Oh
Lead Artist, Weapons, Infinity Ward

Thursday, April 5th, 2012
7:00 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.

Join us for a special evening with Blur Studio as they share their work on the main titles for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

How do you approach a project that requires you to tell the story of an entire trilogy in two and a half minutes? Especially when the mandate that the piece “needs to redefine what main titles can be” comes from director David Fincher himself.

Come join the artists of Blur as they walk you through the process of creating more than 200 CG shots of abstract black goo set to the hard hitting cover of “Immigrant Song” by Trent Reznor and Karen O. Franck Balson (Layout Supervisor), Derron Ross (Animation Supervisor), Johanes Kurnia (Effects Lead) and Jerome Denjean (CG Supervisor) will show the different stages of Blur’s first foray into the realm of title designs, from early concept designs to final renders. Haven’t seen the movie? Watch the titles.

Seating for this event will be limited so we recommend arriving early.

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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.

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Guest Speakers from Blur Studio

Franck Balson
Layout supervisor

Derron Ross
Animation supervisor

Johanes Kurnia
Effects Lead

Jerome Denjean
CG Supervisor

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Special Guests

Gnomon Gallery
Saturday, March 17th
7:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.

More information at the Gnomon Gallery »

This user group is a collection of various artists that share a common interest in 3D, specifically in Luxology’s modo. This meeting will allow artists to share techniques, experiences and talk about the usage of modo in a variety of disciplines. LAMUG members range from amateurs to long time professionals in various fields such concept art, television and film productions, visual effects, photography and games.

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.

Join us for a special behind the scenes look at the visual effects of the Muppets.

The Muppets a visual effects movie? Were there CG puppets? No, but there were over 350 visual effects shots. In this case, the work done by the VFX artists gave the puppeteers additional freedom to make the Muppets do things they’d never been able to do in the past.

VFX Supervisor and Producer Janet Muswell will talk about the pre-production planning, working with puppeteers and puppets on-set, walking the line between campy and realistic and juggling the rolls of supervisor and producer. LOOK Effects’ in-house supervisor Max Ivins will discuss what they did and how (and why) they did. LOOK’s in-house producer Jenny Foster will be on-hand to explain the roll of a facility vfx producer in moving shots through the post-production pipeline.

Unfortunately Kermit will NOT be able to join us.

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
7:00 p.m. — 9:00 p.m.

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Guest Speakers from Look Effects

Janet Muswell
Visual Effects Supervisor and Producer

Janet Muswell’s career in Visual Effects has spanned over two decades. Before “The Muppets” she served as Visual Effects Producer on the Tom Cruise/Cameron Diaz feature “Knight & Day” for 20th Century Fox. Janet has produced VFX, CGI and Animation for theatrical features, IMAX, television, commercials and Stereoscopic Special Venues. On the management side she has overseen and managed VFX companies both large and small such as Todd AD Digital Images, Hollywood Digital, Simex DS and eight companies within the Ascent Media group. She has also built and managed 3D pipelines for Simex and Hollywood Digital. Janet is one of the founding members of the Visual Effects Society and has been very active within the Education committee.

Max Ivins
Visual Effects Supervisor

Max is a co-owner of LOOK Effects. As senior visual effects supervisor, Max is responsible for on-set supervision, as well as overseeing LOOK’s 3D animation and compositing efforts. He has worked on features and TV projects for clients including Warner Bros, Disney, Universal, Fox, Sony Pictures, Revolution, and Lions Gate. Prior to joining the company, Max spent four years on staff at Blue Sky|VIFX as a digital effects supervisor and 3D animator. Max also worked at Rhythm & Hues, Digital Domain and Stargate Films as a visual effects supervisor, 3D animator and compositor. He has truly developed personal expertise in nearly every facet of the visual effects profession and leverages this knowledge and experience to solve a client’s problem and create artful effects on numerous major projects. Max followed up his work on The Muppets with supervising Underworld Awakening.

Jenny Foster
Visual Effects Producer

Jenny has over 40 feature films and 70 television episodes under her belt. Her film credits include Spiderman 3, The Fountain, Blood Diamond, Apocalypto, Get Smart, Fame, Avatar, Limitless and The Muppets. Her tv credits include Life (for which she received a VES Awards nomination), Las Vegas, Bones, Malcolm in the Middle, Criminal Minds and CSI:NY. She is an active member of the VES and PGA. Jenny holds a BA in Film from Occidental College and an MFA from Art Center.

Stick around for a technology presentation after the panel, hosted by Andy Lomas and The Foundry. This is a special glimpse at the new look development and lighting tool called KATANA, currently in use at Sony Imageworks, ILM and Digital Domain.

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Special Thanks to The Foundry

Established in 1996, The Foundry is a world-leading innovator of visual effects and image processing technologies that boost productivity in motion picture and video post- production. The company is led by CEO Bill Collis and a management team which still includes the original founders. The Foundry is backed by The Carlyle Group with a substantial portion still owned by the staff. This rapidly growing UK company has over 110 employees distributed between the company’s London headquarters and Los Angeles offices.

The Foundry’s technology touches most Hollywood blockbusters that reach our screens, as well as numerous television and commercial productions. The company’s products have facilitated ambitious effects sequences on features including Harry Potter, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, District 9, Ice Age 3, 2012, A Christmas Carol, Transformers, Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, The King’s Speech, Tron: Legacy and many more.