[Imc-makerspace] Fwd: Re: [champaignmoviemakers] Free Lecture Saturday Morning, 11:15 am "Working in Feature Film VFX"

Sat Oct 16 12:56:45 CDT 2010

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Subject: 	Re: [champaignmoviemakers] Free Lecture Saturday Morning, 
11:15 am "Working in Feature Film VFX"
Date: 	Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:15:33 -0500
From: 	Thad Beier <thadbeier at gmail.com>
To: 	Stewart Dickson <MathArt at Emsh.CalArts.edu>

Small world!  I'll try to come by

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 16, 2010, at 9:09 AM, Stewart Dickson <MathArt at Emsh.CalArts.edu 
<mailto:MathArt at Emsh.CalArts.edu>> wrote:

> Hi, Thad,
>
> I didn't know you were in town.
> If you have a minute, why not stop by the MakerSpace -- 
> http://www.makerspaceu.org
> http://www.ucimc.org/content/makerspace-urbana-will-bring-tech-knowledge-uc
> It is the Tenth Anniversary of the Independent Media Center (Founded 
> during the Battle in Seattle)
> There will be an Open House from 7:00-9:00PM tonight.  202 S. 
> Broadway, (Old) Urbana Post Office Building.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Stewart
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	[champaignmoviemakers] Free Lecture Saturday Morning, 11:15 
> am "Working in Feature Film VFX"
> Date: 	Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:17:08 -0700 (PDT)
> From: 	David Noreen <davidnoreen at ymail.com 
> <mailto:davidnoreen at ymail.com>>
> Reply-To: 	champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com>
> To: 	champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com>
>
>
>
>      Sorry for the late notice on this talk. I just got back from 
> tonight's session of the conference, and didn't know beforehand that 
> there was going to be a talk on the schedule related to film making, 
> otherwise I would have sent this out much earlier.
>
>            - Dave Noreen
>
> _http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/Conferenceware/Schedule/Details/24_
>
> Name: Working in Feature Film VFX
>
> Presenter:
>
> _ _
>
> _Thaddeus Beier_ 
> <http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/Conferenceware/SpeakerInfo/Display/40>
>
> Description:
>
> Have you ever wondered how a computer science degree could possibly 
> lead to a career in Hollywood? With over twenty-five years of 
> experience, Digital Domain visual effects supervisor Thad Beier has 
> witnessed a sea change in the way films are made. Visual effects were 
> once considered a post-production process reserved mainly for popcorn 
> flicks, but the industry has since evolved into a form of digital 
> production that can be as essential to a film’s development as the 
> script. Thad will discuss the challenges of large-scale production, 
> from digital asset management to software and pipeline development at 
> a leading studio with hundreds of employees and multiple locations.
>
> When?
>
> Saturday 10/16/2010      11:15 AM to 12:30 PM
>
> Where?
>
> Siebel Center: 1404
>
> Limited attendance?
>
> no
>
> 　
>
> _ __http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/Conferenceware/SpeakerInfo/Display/40_
>
> Biography
>
> Thaddeus Beier, Visual Effects Supervisor A twenty five year veteran 
> of the visual effects industry, Thad is credited on more than thirty 
> feature film and television productions. In 1995 he co-founded 
> Hammerhead Productions where he spent fourteen years developing the 
> company’s visual effects production toolkit and supervising visual 
> effects on more than a dozen features including all four Fast & 
> Furious movies. Prior to that Thad was an Animator and R&D Manager at 
> Pacific Data Images and a software developer at Silicon Graphics. He 
> has consulted for studios including Universal, Walt Disney Feature 
> Animation, Cinesite and Sony Pictures Imageworks. In 1999 he received 
> a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of 
> Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS). Thad started his career as an 
> Animator at the New York Institute of Technology working on the 
> development of early digital effects systems. He holds a Bachelor of 
> Arts degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science from Johns 
> Hopkins University and is a member of the AMPAS Science and Technology 
> Council as well as their Visual Effects Award Steering Committee.
>
>      By the way, Siebel Center is just across the street from 
> the north side of Uni High (whose south side is on Springfield Avenue, 
> just west of Goodwin in Urbana). Thaddeus Beier’s talk is part of a 
> free conference (no registration fee, although it‘s $20 if you want 
> the optional meal plan) organized by UI students in the local 
> Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) chapter.
>
> http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/Conferenceware/Schedule
>
>
>
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> *From:* Stewart Dickson <mathart at emsh.calarts.edu 
> <mailto:mathart at emsh.calarts.edu>>
> *To:* champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:champaignmoviemakers at yahoogroups.com>
> *Sent:* Thu, October 14, 2010 12:16:24 PM
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