Free Public Talks About Film & Digital Media
New Arts Lecture Series at Kapi'olani Community College
What Does the John Madden Football Game Have in Common with Film, Rembrandt, and Cinematography? Bob Nicoll, from Electronic Arts delivers New Arts Lectures:
- “Convergence: Games & Film” - Thurs, Feb 23, 7–9pm
- “Lighting for Games: Not so different from Rembrandt” - Fri, Feb 24, 10am–12pm
- “Cinematography in Game Design” - Fri, Feb 24, 1–3pm
Bob Nicoll is Sr. Director for World Wide Graphics Training for EA. He worked at Sony Pictures ImageWorks on such films as: Godzilla, Contact, and Stuart Little. He is currently working at Electronic Arts on games like: Harry Potter, James Bond 007, Madden football, Lord of the Rings, and the Sims.
New Arts Lectures take place in Kopiko 202 at Kapi’olani Community College and are free and open to the public. More info: contact Sharon Sussman, at 735-3879, ssussman@hawaii.edu.
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New Arts Lecture Series at Kapi'olani Community College
How do animators make those characters come alive? Kevin Johnson, from IDT/Fox Entertainment, will give an animation workshop, "Character Animation (plain and simple)" on Fri, Mar 3, 12:30–3:30pm in Kopiko 202 at Kapi'olani Community College.
Kevin Johnson is currently at IDT/Fox Entertainment. Previously he was at Sony Pictures ImageWorks where he served as head storyboard artist for the Academy Award winning animated short, "The ChubbChubbs!" and helmed the short "Early Bloomer". Prior to Sony, Kevin worked at Warner Bros., Disney, and Don Bluth Studios. He is the assistant director of the Character Animation Program in the School of Film and Video at CalArts. His feature film credits include: The Iron Giant, Cats Don't Dance, and The Pagemaster.
New Arts Lectures take place in Kopiko 202 at Kapi’olani Community College and are free and open to the public. More info: contact Sharon Sussman, at 735-3879, ssussman@hawaii.edu.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa: Outreach College
Pacific New Media Program
Free Public Talks:
Short Films from Down Under with Merata Mita
Thursday, March 16 at 7:00pm
Krauss 012 (Yukiyoshi Room)
Filmmaker and Academy for Creative Media faculty member Mita hosts an evening of award-winning shorts by emerging Maori and Aboriginal filmmakers.
Merata Mita is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her works include Mauri, the first feature film directed by a Maori woman, and numerous feature documentaries about the political struggles of the Maori people.
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"Cheerleader" with filmmaker Kimberly Bassford
Thursday, March 30 at 7:00pm
Krauss 012 (Yukiyoshi Room)
This award-winning documentary follows a squad of California cheerleaders on its quest for the national cheerleading championship. Festival screenings have included Kodak`s emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Kimberlee Bassford received her Masters in Journalism from the University of California Berkeley, where she produced "Cheerleader" as her thesis film. The film went on to win the Gold Medal in documentary at the 2004 Student Academy Awards. Bassford has worked on social and cultural documentaries in Seattle, San Francisco, and Hawai`i, including the PBS documentary series "The Meaning of Food," which explores the intersections between food and culture. She is currently developing a feature-length documentary profiling the life of late U.S. Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink.
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