Peter
Weishar
Dean, SCAD School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts
B.A., studio art, Union College, 1983
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First year at SCAD:
2003
Credentials/past experience:
Author of three books on computer animation and digital media; artwork contributor to Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Disney's EPCOT Center, the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater (1998 and 2000) and the Museum of Native American Culture; computer animation and design lecturer, New York University; president-elect of International Digital Media Art Association
Awards, recognition, honors:
SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater - 1997 and 1999
Organizations:
International Digital Media Art Association, ACM SIGGRAPH, Themed Entertainment Association
Publications and/or presentations:
Publications
Presentations
- "CGI: The Art of the Computer Generated Image" (Abrams, 2004)
- "Blue Sky: The Art of Computer Animation" (Harry N. Abrams, 2001)
- "Digital Space: Designing Virtual Environments" (McGraw-Hill, 1998)
- World Book Encyclopedia 2003, 2006, 2010 articles on computer animation, CGI and Digital Media
Presentations
- SIGGRAPH Conference: 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010
- International Digital Media Art Association Conference: 2008, 2009, 2010
Courses:
SFDM 399 Off-campus Disney Imagineering
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Tina
O'Hailey
Associate dean, School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts
Atlanta
Atlanta
- B.F.A., computer animation, Ringling School of Art and Design, 1993
- M.Sc. IT, object oriented programming, Regis University, 2002
First year at SCAD:
2005
Credentials/past experience:
Disney, DreamWorks, EA
Most significant accomplishment(s):
Artist development trainer, having taught artists in every department of the animation and game production process including the games and films: "Madden," "NCAA," "Superman," "Prince of Egypt," "Mulan," "Lilo and Stitch," "Dinosaur" and "Brother Bear"
Awards, recognition, honors:
Supervising professor, "Quercus Venenum," 2008, screened at Daytona Film Festival and Savannah Film Festival; supervising professor, "Jaguar McGuire," 2009, premiered at AtlantAmation 2010; supervising professor, "Drag N' Fly," 2010
Organizations:
SAAS: Atlanta Animation Society Student Group faculty advisor
Publications and/or presentations:
"Hybrid Animation: Integrating 2-D and 3-D Assets," published by Focal Press 2010
Inspiration for teaching:
"It is humbling and inspiring to see how 20 students in a classroom can all look at the creative problem at hand a completely different way. I am forever learning and guided by the students' limitlessness."
Courses:
- ANIM 280 3-D Character Setup and Animation
- ANIM 395 Group Project in 3-D Animation
- ANIM 440 2-D and 3-D Compositing
- ANIM 450 Industry Insight: Los Angeles
- ANIM 714 3-D Cartoon Character Animation
- ANIM 736 2-D Collaborative Project
- ANIM 737 3-D Collaborative Project
- ANIM 750 Industry Insight: Los Angeles
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John
Colette
Chair, motion media design
- B.A., mass communications, Macquarie University, 1986
- M.F.A., University of New South Wales, 1996
First year at SCAD:
2011
Credentials/past experience:
Creative director, Pixelmill Films; senior lecturer, Digital Media, University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts; senior producer, CDP Media; head of digital media, Australian Film, Television and Radio School; project delivery in visitor experience, Museum of Sydney; principal, Standby For Action!; project assessor and consultant, NSW Film and Television Office, The Australian Film Commission, Film Victoria, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne and Screen Tasmania; contributing writer, The Australian Financial Review, The Communications Law Bulletin
Most significant accomplishment(s):
Establishing the digital media department at the National Film School in Australia
Awards, recognition, honors:
1998 Fulbright Scholar; Australia Writers and Art Directors School award; member of Digital Content Industry Action Agenda Task Force, convened in 2004 to advise the Australian Federal Government; consultant to Australian Federal Government Creative Industries Cluster Study
Organizations:
Member at various times of Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group in Graphics and American Chamber of Commerce in Australia
Publications and/or presentations:
Lectures and presentations
- "From script to screen - editing, shot length and the circle of action," Sony "Roughcut" emerging filmmaker's seminars
- "Rythym and movement in the Asian Cop Film - a contrast of styles: John Woo vs 'Beat' Takeshi," Sony "Roughcut" emerging filmmaker's seminars
Inspiration for teaching:
"For me, teaching is a chance to communicate with people, young or old, who have undertaken a personal process of transformation through learning and the creative process. Collaborating and contributing to these crucial periods of change in the lives of so many different individuals is both an honor and privilege. Teaching is a wonderful opportunity to share what we know and to be thrilled as our students' achievements surpass our own."
Courses:
- MOME 400 Senior Project 1
- MOME 448 Senior Project 2
Artist statement:
"Between the known and the unknown - the seen and the unseen is the world of the imagination. Being there produces poetry from everyday things - forever fresh - self renewing."
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Matthew
Burge
Associate chair, motion media design
- B.A., University of South Florida, 1993
- M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996
First year at SCAD:
2005
Credentials/past experience:
Professor, University of Tampa; broadcast designer/animator, WFLA News Channel 8, Tampa, Florida; broadcast designer/animator, New River Productions, St. Petersburg, Florida; lead animator, Tampa Digital Studios; instructor, ITT Technical Institute, International Academy of Design, Tampa, Florida; animator/designer, CPN Design Studios, Clearwater, Florida; animator/designer/media100 editor, Atomic Imaging, Chicago, Illinois; symbolics artist and animator, ORBIS Broadcast Group. Chicago, Illinois
Organizations:
National Association of Photoshop Professionals, College Art Association, Chair of e-Learning Council SCAD Savannah
Inspiration for teaching:
"My inspiration is seeing my students grow as artists and succeed in the real world."
Courses:
- CMPA 110 Advanced Survey of Computer Graphic Applications
- ITGM 353 Interactive Web Design
- ITGM 715 Interactive Web Design
- MOME 130 Motion Media Design Techniques I
- MOME 206 Motion Media Design Techniques II
- MOME 235 Editing Theories and Techniques
- MOME 309 Concepts in Motion Media Design
- MOME 356 Compositing for Motion Media
- MOME 369 Time-based Typography I
- MOME 400 Senior Motion Media Design Project I
- MOME 401 3-D Motion Media Design
- MOME 448 Senior Motion Media Design Project II
- MOME 490 Motion Media Design Portfolio
- MOME 501 Screen Design and Typography
- MOME 711 Advanced Motion Media Design Techniques
- MOME 729 Dynamic Typography
- MOME 735 Motion Media Design Studio I
- MOME 746 Main Title Design
- MOME 748 Motion Media Design M.A. Final Project
- MOME 749 Motion Media Design Portfolio
- MOME 758 3-D Motion Media Design
- MOME 760 Alternative Methods in Motion Media Design
- MOME 761 Timeline Compositing
- MOME 775 Motion Media Design Studio II
- MOME 779F Graduate Field Internship
- MOME 779T Graduate Teaching Internship
