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SUMMARY:VES Vancouver Virtual Trivia Night
DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to the VES Vancouver Virtual Trivia Night \nDATE:  Thursday\, June 3rd \nTIME:  7:00 pm PDT \nPLACE: Zoom of Course! \nNever participated in trivia remotely before? Not a problem! Our trivia host will provide all the info and direction you need on before the event and if you have any questions\, you’ll have the opportunity to ask. \nThis event will be held via Zoom. A link will be provided prior to the event so keep an eye on your inbox! \nWhen logging into Zoom for the event\, please set your display name to your first and last name so the host can quickly identify you. Please include any guests that are joining you in person as part of your display name. See here for instructions on how to change your display name. \nPlease be sure to login to RSVP below.
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-vancouver-virtual-trivia-night/
LOCATION:Maharashtra
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SUMMARY:VES WA Creative Spotlight with Mike Chambers
DESCRIPTION:Please join VES Washington for our Creative Spotlight series with Independent Visual Effects Producer and Consultant\, Mike Chambers as he discusses his journey from The Pickle to Tenet. \n\nDate:  Thursday\, June 3\, 2021\nTime: 7:00 PM PDT\nZoom: Click Here to Join the Webinar\n\nMike got his start working for a number of seminal figures in the industry\, including Roger Corman\, Doug Trumbull and Richard Edlund.  Since then\, he has contributed to the visual effects efforts on numerous Academy & BAFTA award-winning films\, most recently on Tenet\, his fourth collaboration with esteemed writer-producer-director Christopher Nolan. \nOther recent credits include Greyhound\, Dunkirk\, Alice Through the Looking Glass\, Transcendence and The Dark Night Rises.  Mike has been honored to receive three VES Awards for Best Visual Effects for Dunkirk\, Inception and The Day After Tomorrow and was nominated for his work on I Am Legend. \nA valuable member of the Visual Effects Society for more than 20 years\, he has served on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair\, Secretary and six years as the BOD Chair\, as well as multiple terms as Chair of various committees such as the VES Awards and Membership committees. Mike is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-wa-creative-spotlight-with-mike-chambers/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210615T190000
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SUMMARY:Innovations en apprentissage automatique de Foundry / Foundry’s Innovations in Machine Learning
DESCRIPTION:CopyCat puts machine learning to work for artists by letting them train customized effects that are limited only by their imagination. Foundry’s release of NukeX 13.0 is the first tool of its kind to unleash machine learning as a flexible extension of the creative process. \nRejoignez Mathieu Mazerolle\, directeur des produits pour les nouvelles technologies chez Foundry\, pour une discussion sur la vision de Foundry en matière d’apprentissage automatique et sur la manière dont CopyCat aide les flux de travail des artistes. DJ Matias\, spécialiste créatif chez Foundry\, montrera également des exemples pratiques des possibilités illimitées que CopyCat offre aux artistes et vous apprendra comment créer votre propre réseau de neurones. \nJoin Mathieu Mazerolle\, Director of Product for New Technology at Foundry\, for a discussion about Foundry’s vision for machine learning and how CopyCat assists artist workflows. DJ Matias\, Creative Specialist at Foundry\, will also show practical examples of the limitless possibilities that CopyCat offers artists and teach you how to build your own neural network. \nCette session intéressera particulièrement les directeurs techniques créant des outils et des pipelines pour les studios d’effets visuels\, ainsi que les artistes intéressés par les flux de travail assistés par ML pour les effets visuels. \nThis session will be of particular interest to technical directors building tools and pipelines for visual effects studios\, as well as artists interested in ML-assisted workflows for visual effects. \nOrateurs/Speakers: \n\nDJ Matias – Creative Specialist\nMatthieu Mazerolle – Director of Product – New Technology\n\n 
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/innovations-en-apprentissage-automatique-de-foundry-foundrys-innovations-in-machine-learning-15-06-2021/
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SUMMARY:GODS OF MARS - Virtual Production for the Independent Film-Maker
DESCRIPTION:Take all of the challenges with mounting an indie production of an epic sci-fi film\, throw in all of last year and combine it with pioneering Virtual Production and you have an incredible story of ingenuity\, innovation and the true spirit of independent film making for the 21st century. \nThe Visual Effects Society Bay Area is proud to invite its members to attend an online panel discussion with the creators of Gods of Mars\, an independent production by Roninfilms\, an Epic Games MegaGrant recipient and one of the first indie projects to employ Virtual Production last year. Gods of Mars is still in production so the information is very much of the moment! \n\nWHEN: June 17\, 2021 at 6pm\nWHERE: Online via Zoom\nRSVP:  Login to register below\n\nPANELISTS\nPeter Hyoguchi/Director/Producer\nHyoguchi started his career at fifteen years-old when he won a George Lucas youth film festival for his short sci-fi called\, The Future’s Future. At eighteen\, he directed his first feature film\, an adaptation of the play No Exit\, and has been making films ever since. In 2000\, Peter wrote and directed First\, Last and Deposit which won Best Feature at both New York and San Francisco Independent Film Festivals. The picture was distributed on many platforms\, including Netflix and IFC. \nJoan Bevan Webb – Producer/Virtual Production Producer\nProducer\, and Virtual Production Producer at Roninfilm. Joan brings extensive experience in business development\, VC backing\, representation and marketing. Her former clients include such notable figures as James Cameron\, Oliver Stone\, Doug Trumbull\, Tim Burton\, Coen Brothers\, companies such as: IMAX\, Pixar\, Sony\, DreamWorks\, MGM\, Disney and feature films: Shrek I\, II & III; Toy Story; Lion King; and The Amazing Spider-Man. \nDavid Stump ASC – CV\nDavid Stump ASC has been working in motion pictures and television production as Director of Photography\, VFX Director of Photography\, VFX Supervisor\, and as Stereographer\, (live action and 2D to 3D conversion work)\, earning an Emmy Award\, an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement\, an IMAGO Technical Achievement Award and an International Cinematographers Guild Award.  His credits include projects like Little Fires Everywhere\, The Morning Show\, Skyfire\, The Happytime Murders\, American Gods\, The Unwilling\, Immortals\, Quantum of Solace\, Flight Plan\, Fantastic Four\, X-Men 1 & 2\, Into the Blue\, Garfield\, Batman Forever\, Hollow Man\, Men of Honor\, Deep Blue Sea\, Stuart Little\, The Sphere\, Contact\, Batman & Robin\, Mars Attacks\, Executive Decision\, Stargate\, and Free Willy\, among many others. \nHe is currently chairman of the both the Camera Committee and the Metadata Committee of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council and has lectured and taught classes in Cinematography and Visual Effects at the American Film Institute\, UCLA\, Art Center College of Design\, Woodbury University\, Arizona State University\, Global Cinematography Institute\, IATSE Local 600\, TV Globo Rio De Janeiro Brasil\, Savannah College of Art and Design\, The Beijing Film Academy and most recently the ARRI Academy in Beijing. \nDan Lauer/CGI Supervisor\nDan Lauer began his career as a software development engineer when the desire to be more creative led him to the world of 3D visual effects and animation. His portfolio includes animated music videos\, photo-realistic product marketing\, museum documentary films and feature films. His film work includes doing all of the visual effects for the award winning short film “Shero”\, animation on the short “Devils\, Angels and Dating”. Dan’s the CGI Supervisor on the SyFy channel film “Lavalantula”\, Roninfilm’s “The New Kind”\, “Gods of Mars” and “The Tarot \nMODERATOR \nDavid W. Valentin – Executive Producer\, Chair of the VES Bay Area Section\nDavid W. Valentin an award-winning producer who has helped to create some of the most iconic and enduring images in motion picture history. He holds credits on some of the highest grossing films of all times. David spent many years at George Lucas’s premiere visual effects facility Industrial Light and Magic where he worked on such films as Lost World: Jurassic Park\, Men In Black\, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and The Green Mile. He went on to produce the visual effects for acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s wuxia classic Hero. \nAs the Executive Producer & Founder of Mr. Smith Studios\, David W. Valentin works with corporate\, small business and 501c3 clients to develop and create the video content which embodies their values and brand with big emotional payoff. As a visual effects expert who has produced work at the forefront of digital innovation for over 20 years\, David knows how to leverage leading-edge technology for his clients to help tell their stories with cinematic aesthetics within cost-conscious budgets. \n​A Bay Area native\, David received his degree from the California College of the Arts. He is currently Chair for the Visual Effects Society Bay Area Section and works with youth from under-served communities to find their first jobs. He also mentors students who have recently graduated from Bay Area Film and VFX program to break into the industry.
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/gods-of-mars-virtual-production-for-the-independent-film-maker/
LOCATION:Maharashtra
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SUMMARY:Event - Inside the Animation and Visual Effects of Netflix’s THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES (Online)
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SUMMARY:Shifting Gears: Next Level Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:The Visual Effects Society Bay Area Section invites you to\nSHIFTING GEARS: NEXT LEVEL STORYTELLING\n  \nA discussion and networking event.\n  \nBuilding on the enthusiasm of the last two FAANG events\, we are excited to broaden our perceptions of VFX career paths\, and bring these discussions to the next level.\nWe have gathered an experienced panel of visual effects professionals who have pursued atypical VFX occupations.  Join us in the educational conversation and learn how your VFX skills can easily be applied across various industries.\nFollowed directly by a Q&A session.\n  \n\n\n  \nDATE: Tuesday\, June 22\, 2021\nPANEL: 7:00pm – 8:00pm PDT\n  \nMODERATORS:\nMaggie Oh (Google) \nCorey Rosen (Tippett Studio) \n  \nPANELISTS:\nMiles Perkins (Epic) \nColum Slevin (Facebook Reality Labs) \nDiana Williams (Kinetic Energy Entertainment) \nAlonso Martinez (Google AI) \n  \n\n\nMiss talking shop with your peers? \nWe have set up online areas EXCLUSIVELY for VES members to network both before and after the panel discussions. This is a chance to see your peers\, talk shop and just see how everyone is doing. \n  \nPRE-MIXER: 6:00pm – 7:00pm PDT\nAFTER PARTY: 8:00pm – 9:00pm PDT\n  \nLogin to your VES account to RSVP for the event.
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/shifting-gears-next-level-storytelling/
LOCATION:VES Bay Area Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210624T170000
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SUMMARY:New Yorks LIVE@5!!!
DESCRIPTION:Join us this Thursday for a social Zoom room to catch up with your local artists and friends. You don’t need to be a member to join. Click on the poster to sign up!
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/live5/
LOCATION:Maharashtra
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SUMMARY:Event - Inside the Animation and Visual Effects of Disney•Pixar’s LUCA (Online)
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