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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

VIEW Presenting Chris Perry | FizX Entertainment

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Posted by Mata on Oct 9, 2012 in Movies | 0 comments

VIEW Conference

Today we present to you the Award-winning independent writer and director, Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at Hampshire College, Founder of Bit Films, Technical Director, Chris Perry

Chris Perry, associate professor of Media Arts and Sciences at Hampshire College, holds an M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences from the Media Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MFA in Art from UMASS Amherst. His B.A., in physics and astronomy, is from Amherst College. Chris comes to Hampshire from Pixar Animation Studios where he worked as a technical director on the films ?A Bug?s Life? and ?Finding Nemo? and as a graphics software engineer on ?Toy Story 2?.

His primary interests are in computer graphics and visual storytelling?particularly the intersection of the two.

He?s the founder of Bit Films, an animation studio specialized in producing animated short films and nurturing young talent in a creative, collaborative environment. Bit Films is, in part, an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry, thanks also to Chris? experience in both worlds, as a professor and professional. He has produced four award-winning CG shorts under his Bit Films umbrella where he continues to develop projects that challenge the computer animation status quo.

Chris will hold a feature presentation and a workshop during VIEW Conference 2012:

Feature presentation: TOWARDS INDEPENDENT ANIMATION

Computer Animation is infinitely flexible, but feature film audiences rarely see anything but hundred million dollar cartoons. Does it have to be that way? The presentation will focus on the contrast between independent animation and the mainstream animation of big studios. Chris will discuss revolutions occuring across the board from production processes to new technologies that are on the cusp of making the dream of indie animation a reality.

Workshop: THE BIG STORY

How to work from script to screen, understanding and mapping the turns of narrative and character and keeping an audience actively engaged. We?ll reverse engineer short films, looking at the visual choices (camera and edit, mostly) that directors, designers, and cinematographers made and understanding their relevance to narrative.