Digital Domain Media Group to Exhibit, Present at the SIGGRAPH 2012 Computer Graphics and Interactive Technology Conference
31 Julho 2012 - 12:09PM
Business Wire
Digital Domain Media Group (NYSE: DDMG) announced that the
company will be presenting, exhibiting and recruiting at SIGGRAPH
2012 -- the computer graphics industry’s largest and most respected
technical and creative conference, being held August 5 – 9 in Los
Angeles.
DDMG CEO and Chairman John Textor will be a featured speaker at
the Siggraph Business Symposium, a focused event designed to
explore the business side of the industry and community. His
presentation is part of a session that looks at newer business
models from the companies and people defining the future. The
Symposium is Sunday, August 5 at 2:15 at the JW Marriott Hotel, LA
Live Diamond Ballroom.
The Digital Domain Institute and Florida State University will
introduce SIGGRAPH attendees to their combined collaborative
digital arts educational programs – FSU’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Animation and Digital Arts and DDI’s Essential Skills and 3 Year
Diploma programs, from its exhibit booth (#205). DDMG will be
recruiting for visual effects, feature animation and production
positions in its California, Vancouver and Florida studios from its
Job Fair booth (16 & 17).
The company is also presenting at a number of panel and course
sessions:
- Digital Domain presents a production
panel on “Real Steel.” Digital Domain Visual Effects
Supervisor Erik Nash and Digital Effects Supervisor Swen Gilberg
join Associate Producer Ron Ames, Legacy Effects’ John Rosengrant,
Animation Supervisor Dan Taylor and moderator Michael Fink on
Tuesday, August 7 at 10:45 in Hall B.
- Digital Domain presents the panel
session “Virtual Production Branches Out,” a
discussion of how the digital technique is changing the way
directors, actors and stories interact. Digital Domain Virtual
Studio Supervisor Gary Roberts joins Weta’s Matt Aitken, High Moon
Studio’s Dave Cravens, Giant Studios’ Matt Madden and moderator Ray
Feeney on Monday, August 6 at 9:00 in Room 502AB.
- Digital Domain CTO Darin Grant is a
panelist in a session exploring high frame rate cinema and
its impact on art and technology with filmmaker Douglas Trumbull,
Producer Jon Landau, Industrial Light & Magic’s Dennis Muren,
Christie Digital’s Paul Salvini, Dreamworks Animation’s Lincoln
Wallen and Jim Beshears, RealD’s Matthew Cowan, Side Effects
Software’s Luke More and Screen Industry Research and Training
Centre’s John Heliker on Wednesday, August 8 at 10:45 in South Hall
K.
- Digital Domain Stereo Group Director of
Production Operations Jon Karafin presents a course in
stereoscopic visual effects on Sunday, August 5 at 2:00 in
Room 502AB
- Digital Domain’s newest work will be
featured in a reel screening in the Electronic Theater
throughout the week in West Building in Hall A.
SIGGRAPH 2012 will bring thousands of computer graphics and
interactive technology professionals from six continents to Los
Angeles for the industry's most respected technical and creative
programs focusing on research, science, art, animation, music,
gaming, interactivity, education and the web from August 5-9, 2012
at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
http://s2012.siggraph.org/
About Digital Domain Media Group
Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG: NYSE) leverages its expertise
in digital visual effects (VFX) and computer-generated (CG)
animation across a group of interrelated businesses. At its
foundation is Digital Domain Productions (DDPI), an award-winning
digital production company founded in 1993. This leading provider
of visuals has contributed to more than 90 major motion pictures,
including Titanic, the Transformers series, Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s End and TRON: Legacy, hundreds of
commercials, and recently created the virtual likeness of rapper
Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre’s show at the Coachella Valley Music
Festival. Mothership, a DDPI subsidiary, focuses on creating
advertising, entertainment and branded content from concept to
completion, across multiple media platforms. DDMG, its work and its
employees have been recognized with numerous awards, including
seven from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The
company is building on its success in VFX to participate as a
co-producer in major productions and is currently co-producing the
upcoming live-action sci-fi feature film Ender’s Game, as well as
virtual likenesses for Elvis Presley that will be jointly owned by
CORE Media Group and DDMG. DDMG also converts two-dimensional (2D)
imagery to three-dimensional (3D) imagery and holds key patents in
this area. The company is also applying its CG expertise to produce
original, family-friendly animated feature films at its subsidiary
Tradition Studios. The first movie, The Legend of Tembo, is in
pre-production and two more features are in development. The
company’s education subsidiary, the Digital Domain Institute, sets
a new standard in digital media education through a pioneering
public-private partnership with The Florida State University
College of Motion Picture Arts. DDMG is expanding its worldwide
footprint of the highest quality visual effects and animation at
the lowest possible cost through global partnerships in India and
China. The company has studios in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Florida and Vancouver and is currently establishing studios in
Beijing and Abu Dhabi. http://www.ddmg.co
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