Breaking into VFX: A Discussion with Women in the Visual Effects Industry

Posted By Administration, Friday, September 18, 2015

The Visual Effects Society and HBO, in association with Post New York Alliance and the School of Visual Arts, are proud to host the upcoming Women in Visual Effects panel on Wednesday September 30th. The keynote speaker will be Marvel’s EVP of Visual Effects & Post Production, Victoria Alonso.

The panel, to be moderated by postPerspective’s Editor in Chief, Randi Altman, will be comprised of five talented New York-based women who hold various positions within the visual effects industry. Focusing on the achievements of the panelists, career paths taken, as well as the challenges and changing opportunities for young women trying to find their way into the business of VFX and Animation, this panel will be a great opportunity to learn more about careers within the visual effects industry and what it takes to succeed there.

The panel will be held at SVA’s Beatrice Theatre and is open to members of the VES, PNYA, and NYWIFT, as well as students from School of Visual Arts and other NY schools.

Details:

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Victoria Alonso, EVP of Visual Effects & Post Production, Marvel Studios

MODERATOR:

Randi Altman, Editor in Chief postPerspective.com

PANELISTS:

Leslie Chung, VFX Artist, VFX Shop Owner, VES NY Board Member

Vivian Connolly, CEO / Executive Producer, Phosphene

Sabine Heller, Character Development Supervisor, Blue Sky Studios

Gong Myung Lee, VFX Supervisor / Head of 3D at Mr.X Gotham, NYC

Lesley Robson-Foster, Visual Effects Supervisor, Freelance

Doors open at 7:00pm and the panel will begin promptly at 7:20pm.

Event entry is free. However, registration is required as seating is limited. Register on Eventbrite now to reserve your seat.

Tags: HBO Marvel NYWIFT SVA VES VFX visual effects

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The ACES Pipeline Primer

Posted By Administration, Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Post New York Alliance &

the Visual Effects Society New York,

in cooperation with

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,

present:

The ACES Pipeline Primer:

Post & VFX

July 16, 7pm

Venue- The School of Visual Arts Theatre

333 West 23rd Street

After years of research and development, the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) 1.0 has arrived! It is becoming the standard for color management and image interchange for motion pictures, television, commercials and other forms of professional content. This session will deliver an overview of the engineering and science as well as practical information needed to understand and implement ACES into postproduction and VFX pipelines.

ACES enables DPs and directors to better preserve their creative intent from on-set monitoring and look management, to dailies, editorial, VFX, the DI and on into archiving. It does this by addressing the long-standing color management issues facing today’s productions. ACES expands the creative palette with its high dynamic range and wide color gamut capabilities, while streamlining collaboration with standardized encodings and file formats.

Alex Forsythe, Academy technical lead on the ACES project, is traveling to New York to speak about the development of, and latest innovations in, ACES and how it helps color management and workflows. His presentation will be followed by a discussion about practical, real-world implications with several key members of the New York post production and VFX community.

Hear how ACES is being implemented with today’s tools on-set and at leading facilities in VFX, post and mastering. Seating is limited so please RSVP to seminars@postnewyork.org to reserve your place.

PNYA & VES members are free- $10 non members.

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