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About this event
As the technology that surrounds visual effects and animation advances and the demands for more and higher quality content increases, the tools and workflows used for look development and lighting also continue to evolve.
Join Foundry and a panel of Lighting and CG experts from animation and visual effects studios for a discussion about the progression of look development and lighting, how teams are adapting to meet the challenges they face, current trends, and what excites them about the future for the craft. The panel will feature:
Foundry’s Katana team will also be chiming in to share what is new in the recent release of Katana 6.0 and the future of Foundry’s look development and lighting solutions.
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For more than ten years, Marcel Reinhard has been putting his comprehensive knowledge of physics to the service of image creation in the entertainment industry. He has started his scientific studies in Germany before moving to France, where he graduated with a master’s degree in fundamental and applied physics and a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics. He then pursued the Technical Director curriculum at Filmakademie Baden-Wüttemberg in Germany. He notably contributed to animated short films, TV series, commercials and features such as nominee at the 2014 Academy and Annie Awards, winner of 2013 Annecy International Animation Film Festival’s Best TV Production and TIFF’s Best Animated Short Film, nominee at the 2018 Academy Awards, BAFTA and Emmy Awards, and more! In 2013 he joined Mikros Animation in Paris to work on the studio’s very first animated feature Asterix – Mansion of the Gods. Since then, he contributed to 9 of the studio’s released feature animation films.
Arielle previously worked with Katana as a Pipeline Artist on animated films before starting at Foundry as a Creative Specialist, covering training and demos for Katana and Flix. She is now an Product Manager for Katana Lighting.
Abel is a CG Supervisor at Animism Studios with a long experience as a lighter and compositor for both Animation and Visual Effects on studios such as Zoic, DNeg, Cinesite, Method, Imageworks, Animal Logic and others.
Bertrand Bry-Marfaing is a CG Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks. His credits include SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, SMALLFOOT, ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, and HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2. He is currently working on the animated feature VIVO for Sony Pictures Animation. Prior to Imageworks, Bry-Marfaing worked at MPC, Vancouver as a Lead Lighting-Look Dev TD. His credits there include: MALEFICENT, JERSEY BOYS, and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 3. He also worked at Animal Logic as a Lighting and Compositing TD on the Academy Award®-winning HAPPY FEET. Earlier work included: Lighting Technical Artist at Pixar Canada and Lighting Supervisor at Framestone CFC. Bry-Marfaing earned a BFA in Electroacoustic, Multimedia from Concordia University, Montreal. He received the Music Prize in 2003 and the Faculty Fine Arts Development Fund Scholarship in 2002. He also attended Cegep Lionel Groulx, Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, earning a DEC in Theatre and French Literature. Bry-Marfaing was awarded the Bourse d’...
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