Scott Geersen : Substance - Lessons learned in VFX, motion design, 3d, directing & Founding a studio by Masters of Motion

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Scott Geersen : Substance - Lessons learned in VFX, motion design, 3d, directing & Founding a studio

Jon Gorman : Creative Director at Buck New York . Originally from Melbourne Australia, Jon has worked first at Buck LA and then at Buck New York for over 15 years and is now a creative director. . https://buck.co/ . Don't forget to join our jobs network : Masters of Motion : www.mastersofmotion.com.au/jobs Topics Discussed - Advice to mid level - Motion designers, art directors & directors   - Early career Melbourne Freelancing - XYZ & 21:19  - Buck LA - Moving to the USA - Buck NYC - Pitching - Briefing & idea development - Moodboards, storyboards, style frames & concept art - Presenting and your concepts storyboards - Art directing storyboards - Editing - Project review - explainer videos - Writing good scripts - Art directing & creative direction  - Lessons you have learnt - Reflection & the future Masters of Motion : www.mastersofmotion.com.au

Jon Gorman : Buck - How to be a top art director & Improving ideas, concepts and production methods

Brendan Seals : Luma Pictures . Brendan has a design background and artist experience in FX, Lighting and Compositing. He has carved out a strong look development career in film animation and VFX. After moving to Melbourne from Perth in 2012, he established himself at Luma Pictures before moving up through supervisory roles to become VFX supervisor, were he’s worked on blockbuster films and TV series. Passionate about filmmaking and a sucker for sci-fi, he supervise’s with a keen eye for conceptual design and story telling and loves to collaborate. . www.luma.inc . Don't forget to join our jobs network : Masters of Motion : www.mastersofmotion.com.au Topics Discussed - Making better show & breakdown reels - Boogie Monster - working in television commercials - Creating vfx for the indie feature : Sororal - Prevention versus feasibility - Luma career development - Luma pipeline and technology - Advantages and disadvantages of bing multi disciplined generalist - Project discussion : Spider-man, Black panther & Doctor strange - Being a better supervisor - methods and ideas - Good Briefing, critiques and notes - Exciting new technologies & methods - Balance & overtime Masters of Motion : www.mastersofmotion.com.au

Brendan Seals : Luma - Becoming a top supervisor & creating vfx for Spiderman, Thor & Black Panther

Masters Jobs Network Australia & NZ : Commercial - Motion Design, 2d/3d Animation, CG, Post & VFX http://www.mastersofmotion.com.au/jobs I would like to invite you to join. Around 35 great jobs, projects or contracts posted every month ! LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13949753/ Or Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/mastersjobs Thanks for your time. Matthew Packwood e   matthew@mastersofmotion.com.au  w  www.mastersofmotion.com.au s   Facebook - Instagram - Twitter   w  matthewpackwood.com

Masters is BACK with a Industry update & Series 5 with Brendan Seals Luma Pictures - Coming soon

Topics Discussed - Advice to animators and illustrators - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Transitioning in to a creative director - Experience of working on Sesame Street - Successful Women in the industry - Awards - winning a Emmy, ADG & B&T - SLR Productions & Creating Kids Tv series - SLR Pipeline and equipment - Being a first time director - Revisions & Listening as a creative director - Writing & giving a strong brief - Methods for delivering bad news - Being effective as creative director - Directing voice talent - Project discussion Gasp! & Guess how much I love you. - Reflection & the Future Jo Boag has worked in the media industry for more than 20 years.  She began her career as an Animator and moved on to designing and directing animation for television and advertising. In 2001, Jo co-created, designed and directed Gloria’s House a 26 x half hour animated series which screened globally. Jo has been the creative director at SLR Productions for 15 years and is in charge of developing and overseeing the creative direction of productions.  Jo works as the creative brand manager supervising more than 130 hours of content. Jo is an Emmy Award winning Creative Director and a ADG nominated for best animation Project. Jo was also the  2014 B&T Women in Media Creative of the Year winner.  In her executive role she works with original creators, writers, directors, actors, artists, broadcasters, distributors and publishers. Jo has overseen successful international brands such as the award winning Specials for the – Guess How Much I Love you -The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare, Christmas to the Moon and Back and An Enchanting Easter,  the original Lexi and Lottie- Trusty Twin Detectives, the adapted UK picture books Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs, the acclaimed classic preschool property, Guess How Much I Love You™, the animated adventure comedy series The Skinner Boys – Guardians of the Lost Secrets and the Emmy Award winning animated series I Got a Rocket™.

Jo Boag : SLR Productions - Creating Emmy award winning animation series & How to be a top director

Raoul Marks is an Emmy-award winning, Bafta-nominated Director and 3d Motion Designer. Along with creative partner Patrick Clair at Antibody, Marks has created some of the most iconic opening title sequences of all time, including True Detective, American Gods, Lovecraft Country, Man in the High Castle, Westworld and The Crown. Raoul also works for clients in the music, fashion, sporting and gaming industries, including Adidas, Louis Vuitton, MTV Halo and Far Cry 6. Raoul is both a outstanding 3D generalist and a 2d design driven artist. www.raoulmarks.com & www.antibody.tv . Topics Discussed - Advice to Motion Designers & 3D Artists - Working overseas and career development - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Transitioning from graphic design to motion design - Passion projects : Spring & Semi-Permanent 2015 - Experience of working on True Detective - Awards - winning Emmys - Working remotely & pipeline and equipment - Creative partnership with Patrick Clair - Working for Elastic studio in Los Angeles & Remotely - Working in Advertising, Game Cinematic’s & with brands - Projects discussion : 1 The Crown 2 West World 3 Man In The High Castle - Reflection & the Future

Raoul Marks : Antibody - Creating Emmy winning titles for True Detective, Westworld & The Crown

Matthew Everitt : MR X Matt has over 25 years experience in the animation industry. Beginning as a 2D animator for TV, before learning 3D Animation to work in games in the mid 90’s. Matt then moved into commercials, creating content for brands such as Nestle, KIA & Vodafone. He also worked on Madonna’s Grammy live show with animated band the Gorillaz. From commercials he moved to animated features, for which his credits include: Happy Feet 2, The LEGO Movies, Walking With Dinosaurs, Dora - The Lost City of Gold and Cats. Matt currently works as Animation Supervisor for MrX Adelaide, also acts as executive producer for the animated features The Wishmas Tree & Combat Wombat and has movie titles in development. www.mrxfx.com Topics Discussed - Advice to mid-level animators, & supervisors - Failures in your career - Hardest things you had to learn - 2D animation for TV & gaming - Passion Pictures UK - Gorillaz and Madonna - MTV & Ricky Gervais - Framestore - moving into films - How did your role change - Animal Logic - moving to Australia - Selling your ideas to others - Animating animals & creatures - Realistic animation - Onset animation supervising

Matt Everitt : Mr X - 25 years in Animation, Animating animals, creatures & Onset supervising

Masters Special Industry Update with Matthew Packwood . Gareth is the Creative Director of Buck’s Sydney studio. After studying design at Massey University he freelanced in Wellington New Zealand for a few years before moving to New York. Here he joined an eager 4 man crew at Buck NY which he saw grow to a team of 40 odd artists. In 2015 he moved with his family to Sydney to open the doors to Buck’s 3rd studio.

Masters Special Industry Update / Re-release Gareth O'Brien : Working at Buck, in New York & Sydney

Andrew has a strong visual foundation in fine art, technical knowledge and creative passion partnered with a wealth of production and post production experience. A multidisciplined artist, who works at the elite level in both motion design and commercial visual effects, as well as being a accomplished live-action director in both television commercials and short films. He has worked on Australian TV dramas, films and in some of the top VFX and Motion Design studios in Australia, London and New York. Andy is currently a TVC Director & VFX Artist at Pixel. www.pixel.melbourne - Advice to VFX artists & motion designers - Being multi disciplined in motion design & visual effects - Money, pressure on rates, negotiation and incomes - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Working at The Mill in London - Head of motion design at MPC In New York - Writing for Motionographer - About pixel & studio pipeline - Winning work and pitching - The Art of Online editing - Lessons learned Directing TVCs - Directing Short films : Attic & Blackwood

Andrew Montague : Pixel - Lessons learned in motion design, VFX & directing. Plus rates & pricing

Diana Costantini is a multi-award winning Creative Director with a diverse history in broadcast design, branding, promotions and marketing. Diana travelled the world working for various media organisations before founding her own design and branding agency, Tactic Creative, based in Sydney Australia. Tactic operated for 12 years and during that time, the creative team were successful in winning pitches all over the world. Diana has personally been Creative Director across 30+ TV channel branding projects and is currently head of the in-house creative agency, ABC MADE, at the Australian public broadcaster. With a team of 55+ mixed-discipline creatives, MADE look after the concept and creation of marketing and branding for all ABC content, brands and platforms (TV, Radio and Digital). Topics Discussed - Advice to motion designer’s and animators - What TV & books inspired you - Becoming a creative director - XYZ Entertainment : Creating TV Channel Brands - Early career & Working in New York - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Starting your own design agency Tactic Creative. - Winning work and pitching - 12 years of Tactic Creative & closing Tactic - Creative Direction of brands and projects at the ABC - What makes a good creative director - Working with stake holders - Selling your ideas - ABC Kids Brand development

Diana Costantini : ABC made - 25 years in broadcast design & improving as a creative director

Travis is the owner and senior director at the award-winning Airbag productions, which he established with his partner over 16 years ago. He focuses on photo-real VFX which allows him to transform any 'out-there' idea into something visually amazing. Travis has a decorated past, winning many Awards. He began as a commercial photographer in London, moving through a landscape of still work, live action, and visual effects, to arrive where he is today at AIRBAG. His work is - all at once - technical, beautiful, subtle and bold. www.airbag.co Topics Discussed - Advice for Director’s & VFX Artist’s on the best way to progress your career - Early career - Starting out in the UK & working with Nick - Challenges & failures - Moving into Richmond & bringing on partners - Running your own production Company - Studio Pipeline & Being on the Tools - Importance of awards - Directing skills & supervising style - Treatments and Pitching - Directing TVC’s with visual effects - VFX post production - Passion Projects - The future

Travis Hogg : Airbag - Winning work from ad agencies, Directing VFX TVC's & creating top treatments

Tim is a multi-award winning Creative Director, Designer, Compositor and Editor. He brings over 20 years experience in the creative industries and is the founder of boutique production house Resolution Design. Tim is a unique Directorial talent able to combine performance; animation and visual effects work in a confident and fresh approach. Tim’s creativity expresses itself in many ways, through photography, architecture and as a keen collector of art. Tim has received local and international acclaim for his imaginative visual work and direction.

Masters Special Industry Update / News & Re-release Tim Dyroff Creating VFX in advertising

Topics Discussed - Advice for animators & designers - Best way to progress your career - Early career - Melbourne & Perth - The New Adventures of Ocean Girl & QUADS - Bigkidz : Building an animation studio - Merging animation studios - 12field animation studio work & culture - Pipeline and studio development - Collaboration with Media world - Being a first time director - Exploring directing The Flaming’ Thongs - Directing skills & supervising style - Narrative and story - Sustainability of the industry - Narrative and Story - Quality & Failures - Having kids - Sustainability of the industry ? - The Future Kelly is a director, animator and producer with over 20 years experience in animation. She has worked on a variety of high quality Australian and international TV series. She co-founded the animation studio Bigkidz Entertainment in 2001, working variously as a director, editor, animator, production manager and background designer on television series and pilots, TVC’s and award-winning short animated films. Kelly has a degree in Visual Arts in Animation and has lectured at a tertiary level in Story Structure and Project Management. Currently Kelly is a director and co-owner of 12field Animation studio. www.12field.com.au

Kelly Lynagh : 12field - Advice for first-time directors & Becoming a leader in design & animation

Topics Discussed - Lukes story & career path - Early career - TVC’s, broadcast design & Farscape TV series - How did Happy Feet change Animal Logic - Becoming a supervisor, challenges, promoting artist’s & advice - Leadership, challenges learnings & tips - Outward facing as a executive producer & pitching process - Projects : most successful and satisfying - ILM Transition - internal training - software & pipeline - Work life Balance - About ILM Sydney - Inspiration & the Future Luke Hetherington is the Executive in Charge of ILM’s Singapore studio and responsible for all films in production at the studio as well as overseeing all studio operations, marketing, and bidding on future projects. In July 2019, his role expanded to include the buildout and oversight of ILM’s Sydney studio. Hetherington’s experience in building high functioning teams plays a critical role in his work at the studio. Prior to joining ILM, Hetherington had 20 years of experience in the animation and visual effects industry. He spent the 17 years at Animal Logic in Australia where he helped lead the company through a period of outstanding growth in roles including Head of Film VFX, Executive Producer, Head of Production, and Head of CG. His credits include: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ready Player One, Avengers Infinity War, Walking with Dinosaurs 3D, Happy Feet and the sci-fi TV series, Farscape. www.ilm.com Proudly supported by : Autodesk & Digistor www.autodesk.com.au www.digistor.com.au

Luke Hetherington : ILM - Becoming a leader in VFX or Animation & Creating ILM Sydney

Alan Do is Co-founder and Look Development artist at Cadre Pictures. Since early 2000s, he's worked in the 3d industry for over 15 years. His VFX work includes the automotive, financial, retail and entertainment in the advertising industry. Having worked as a Senior 3d Generalist / Lighter at Robot VFX and Method Studios, his expertise concentrates cinematic quality on photo-realistic creatures, stylised characters, natural and mechanical surfaces. Since co-founding Cadre Pictures, Alan has focused his efforts to ensure that every project is finished to the highest possible standard with stunning visuals to match.. www.cadrepictures.com.au Topics Discussed - Alan's story & career path - The process of 3D look development - A good promotional, texturing and lighting shot - Generalists to specialists - What it takes to become an expert - the Conan wheel of pain - Robot VFX, Ben West & Fugu and Tako the movie - Creating high-end TVC’s - Briefing a 3d artist - Starting your own studio - Understanding Cadre specialist pipeline - Podcast recommendations & lots more

Alan Do : Cadre Pictures : Becoming a 3D expert, Mastering your creative craft & Founding a studio

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