Job Experience
Animation Intern, WET
- Burbank, California - Summer 2008
- Designed and constructed 3D assets and water-feature
- demonstration sequences in Maya for WET (Water Entertainment
- Technologies). WET Is responsible for large scale water features
- at the Bellagio Hotel, among others.
Instructor, Institute of Digital Design
- Beijing, China - Summer 2007
- Wrote curriculum and taught lessons in Maya, photography and
- video editing to Chinese animation students in Beijing over the
- summer of 2007. Also took on the role of graphic designer in the
- company, creating content for web and print.
Intern, Federal Judicial Television Network
- Washington, D.C. - Summer 2005
- Interned with the FJTN, assisting with daily production and creating
- motion broadcast graphics.
Skills/Software
Advanced Experience
• Maya, Houdini, Lightwave 3D – (modeling, texturing, lighting
and rendering)
• Shake, After Effects, Boujou, Syntheyes – (motion tracking,
color keying, rotoscoping)
• Photoshop – (graphic design, texture creation, web design)
• Premiere, Final Cut, Dreamweaver, VirtualDub, MS Office
Hardware
• Adept at computer construction and repair.
• Advanced with Windows, Linux (Including BASH scripting) and
Mac OSX platforms.
• Advanced experience with studio production equipment
such as cameras and lights.
Accomplishments
- Directed, photographed, and produced visual effects for the
30 minute film “The Eclipse of Fear” using blue screen techniques to
insert subjects into digital and practical environments achieving
professional results on a tight budget. This was done in high school.
- Directed, filmed, and edited a 45 minute film documenting a Habitat for Humanity house build in Almost Heaven, West Virginia.
Education
- Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Currently completing BFA in visual effects.
- Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
- Attended the Extreme Media Digital Film Camp over the summers of 2002-2005. The camp brings in industry professionals to instruct students in a week-long experience of digital filmmaking.
- Branford High School, Branford, CT
- Graduated June 2005.
Awards and Scholarships
- Received the Francis Larkin McCommon Scholarship to Savannah College of Art and Design for portfolio presentation.
- Received two Technology Leadership Awards from the Branford High School for volunteer service in the Tech. Dept.
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