EE4217: Animation Talk

[Adrian David Cheok]

Dear All Class
There is an interesting talk below.
If you are interested, please meet with Dr Eunkwang Park at 1045 in
Mixed Reality Lab to all go there together.
Best wishes
ADC


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Speaker: Dr Wong Kok Cheong
Venue: S16, level 4, Rm 05, (Seminar Room 2), NUS
Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Time: 11am-1pm

Title: The Making of Hugo's Curse

Abstract:
The Golden Age of Animation is upon us, and Singapore is in on the
action.
In fact, we are gaining momentum and may soon be at the forefront even.
"The Making of Hugo's Curse" will show you how the 3D animated show reel
for "Hugo's Curse" was made for a successful pitch to top Hollywood
producers. It's a demonstration of our company's ability to produce a
high
quality, artistic and technically sophisticated animation movie worthy
of
the 21st century. The speaker will cover a wide spectrum of the
animation
filmmaking enterprise - highlighting the artistic and technical aspects.

Be sure to catch our exciting 9-minute show reel. It will certainly
thrill
you! See our creativity and talent at work. We will share insights of
the
artistic and technical challenges encountered in making Hugo's Curse.
You
will get a good idea of what goes on in major studios around the world.
And Sparky's animators are setting really high creative standards! With
a
growing pool of creative talent here, the career and business prospects
in
3D animation is bright, indeed!

In the last half hour, Sparky Animation will introduce you to the Maya
Training Courses that will be offered to anyone interested in learning
advanced, modern techniques of animation. The animation-intensive
classes
will equip students with the relevant, practical know-how that puts them
on track for interesting technical directors' jobs once they complete
the
courses.

About the speaker:
Wong Kok Cheong is the Producer, Director and Technical Lead of the
animation show reel by Sparky Animation. He had also worked in some of
the
blockbuster movies in Hollywood, e.g. Grinch, X-Men and Time Machine.
Wong
Kok Cheong is an Associate Professor in Nanyang Technological
University,
Singapore. He has won local and overseas awards in both technical
journal
publications and directing short computer animated films.

[HiangYong]

sounds interesting! count me in!

Regards,
Hiang Yong

[Adrian David Cheok]

Great!
So please meet with Dr Park and others from the class at 1045am, thanks