A very special thanks to Paul Churchill of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) for coming to both 2nd Period Video Production and ComAcad to tell our students about working at George Lucas’s company. Mr. Churchill brought three demo reels that showed his work on the movies Pirates of the Caribbian, Star Wars, Transformers and many others. The students learned about workflow, 1,000 processor render farms, getting a start in the industry and the early days of ILM. We cannot thank Mr. Churchill enough for getting clearance from ILM to come speak with us, show us the demo reels and take two days off to spend with us. Thanks Paul.
(left to right, top: Dylan Redford, Zach Hoylman, Paul Churchill, Amanda Hamilton, Jason Rounds. Bottom: Matt Smith, Alan Siegel, Andrew Abballo
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Congratulations to junior Jeremy Collins who will be visiting Mongolia this summer. While working on his Art & Social Responsibility ComAcad project on the non-profit group Glean, he somehow got himself invited to their 2009 summer trip.
After a short visit to Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaan Baatar, Jeremy will spend two weeks with a Darhat-Mongol family where he will (hopefully) master nomadic skills and horsemanship.
He will then go live among and learn from members of a traditional reindeer herding, shamanic community in the outreaches of northern Mongolia. Ian Baker, a frequent contributor to National Geographic, will be Glean’s co-guide.
Jeremy will be shooting a documentary which, if doesn’t stay to be a nomadic reindeer herder, we will share with us in the fall.
photo by Charlie Purdom
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A very special thanks to Paul Churchill of Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) for coming to both 2nd Period Video Production and ComAcad to tell our students about working at George Lucas’s company. Mr. Churchill brought three demo reels that showed his work on the movies Pirates of the Caribbian, Star Wars, Transformers and many others. The students learned about workflow, 1,000 processor render farms, getting a start in the industry and the early days of ILM. We cannot thank Mr. Churchill enough for getting clearance from ILM to come speak with us, show us the demo reels and take two days off to spend with us. Thanks Paul.
