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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David
Stone
Chair, sound design
B.F.A., fine arts, Cornell University, 1969
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First year at SCAD:
2008
Credentials/past experience:
Sound editor on films including "Gremlins," "Top Gun," "Die Hard," "Speed" and "Ocean's 11"; supervising sound editor on films including "Predator," "Edward Scissorhands," "Beauty and the Beast," "Batman Returns," "City Slickers 2" and "Dolores Claiborne"
Most significant accomplishment(s):
Winner of the 1992 Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
Awards, recognition, honors:
Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel awards for sound editing on "Top Gun," "Speed" and "Die Hard," and for supervising sound on "Beauty and the Beast" and "Predator," along with many past nominations
Organizations:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Motion Picture Sound Editors; Cinema Audio Society; Local 700, Motion Picture Editors' Guild; Local 839, The Animation Guild; University Film and Video Association
Publications and/or presentations:
Publications
Presentations
- Book illustrator and editor of textbook's DVD documentary short "Watch Yer Ears!"
- Book, "The Foley Grail," by Vanessa T. Ament, (pub. by Focal Press, Feb. 2009)
- Editor, "Moviesound Newsletter," 1989-1993
Presentations
- 2000. Presentation and panel - Motion Picture Sound scholarship and practitioners' conference, Iowa University
- 2008. Presentation and panel - "Now Hear This II, An Evening on Animation Sound," Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California
- 2005. Presentation and panel - International conference on games development and education, Business College Nowy Sanc, Poland
Inspiration for teaching:
"Anyone should observe that we all live inside a media culture and that young people listen passionately to the sounds of Web videos, movies and games. They have easy access to more powerful media-making tools than any previous generation. Students benefit from the professional experience and aesthetic guidance of SCAD faculty."
Courses:
- SNDS 201 Introduction to Sound Design
- SNDS 225 Sound in Media
- SNDS 320 Sound Effects and Foley
- SNDS 355 Sound for the Web and Interactive Media
- SNDS 440 Postproduction Sound
- SNDS 445 Advanced Dialogue Recording and Editing
- SNDS 709 Postproduction Methodologies
- SNDS 729 Theory and Practice in Sound Design
Artist statement:
"Sound design is not necessarily the name of a job. It is a phrase that describes a standard of complementary aesthetic and technical qualities - the intelligent and deliberate organization of smaller elements of live and recorded sound - into a coherent and powerful form of communication."
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