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VFX SUPERVISION WORKSHOP WITH MARJOLAINE TREMBLAY FROM ELEMENT FX

General description

This course is intended for professional visual effects artists, specifically team leaders and supervisors as well as producers who want to learn how to improve their management methods based on the speaker's experiences. The content of the workshop will cover the complete management cycle of a production from the first contact with the customer to the contract closing. More specifically, those topics will be covered: pitch, budget, production, calendar, crisis management and closing. Examples will be based on various cases from the speaker's experiences and will be presented in a case format in order to stimulate discussion. By the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to identify areas of improvement within its context and will have various references of the VFX industry's best practices.

Schedule

The workshop took place on November 11th, 2009 from 9AM until 5PM.

About the Marjolaine Tremblay

Marjo launched elementFX, a full service visual effects studio in 2005. Her effervescence allowed her to venture into the independent film world and she became a visual effects supervisor on feature projects such as The Darwin Awards and The Life Before Her Eyes. Her commercial directing debut came this year in a beautifully executed commercial for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Marjolaine is currently in pre-production for her feature film directing debut with a project titled Legend of Kashara. Marjo started her career as an animator apprentice at Pascal Blais Productions in Montreal, Canada. She was then summoned to Industrial Light and Magic in 1994 for ten years of life altering experiences. Specializing in creature animation crowds and crowd choreography, Marjo was crowned lead animator/sequence supervisor on dozens of projects including Magnolia, Star Wars Episode 1, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Mummy Returns, just to drop a few. Her energetic influence gave her the position of SF Bay Area Section Chair for the Visual Effect Society for 2 years; she still remains as a board member.

Visit IMDB to consult her filmography.

Course Objectives

After successfully completing the VFX Supervision workshop, the participant will be able to identify areas of improvement within its context and will have various references of the VFX industry's best practices, specifically:

  • Improve the management of his production within those areas
    • First contact
    • Pitch
    • Production
    • Calendar
    • Crisis management
    • Closing
  • Have a case reference for each of those themes

Prerequisites

Participant must had fundamental knowledge of VFX production tools, language, workflow and professional experience of producing visual effects. We recommended a minimum of 2 years of experience.

Documentation & Materials

A guide based on Marjolaine Tremblay presentation has been given in print format.

Diploma

A NAD Centre letter of completion has been delivered at the end of the workshop.

Cost

$CAD 145 for QFTC member*
$CAD 200 for all other participant*
*The cost includes the lunch.

A Québec Film and Television Council (QFTC) presentation in collaboration with the NAD Centre

With the support of the Ministère du Développement Économique, de L'innovation et de l'Exportation du Québec



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