Cascade
SIGGRAPH Presents
Join
us and hear Doug Aberle from Aberle Films give a unique perspective and
showcase a mixture of stop-motion and computer animation.
Doug has a wide variety of experiences which combine and mingle in
strange ways — like his work — of which we'll see samples.
What
A
SIGGRAPH meeting and talk about an a mixed-medium approach to animation
Where
Close
to downtown, at the PCC Cascade Campus Auditorium,
Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building,
705 N. Killingsworth (and Albina),
Portland, OR 97217;
Free
parking pass available if you email your request by noon on February 27 —
see below.
Link to map: http://www.pcc.edu/pcc/dma/cascademap.htm
When
Tuesday,
Feb. 27, 2006 at 6:30 PM
Why
Learn
about mixing computer-generated and stop-motion animation and network
with those in your field.
Who
Doug Aberle
RSVP
Please
RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com as
soon as you know you are coming so
that we can plan for attendance.
Cost
Free
to Cascade SIGGRAPH Chapter members; $5.00 public
About
Doug Aberle
Doug
Aberle has been a filmmaker since he was a teenager. He has been
involved with numerous award
winning productions in his capacity as Director and Master Animator
during his 18 year stay at Will Vinton Studios
in
Disney's Return To Oz (which received an Oscar nomination for Special
Effects); A Claymation Christmas Special,
which aired on CBS television and won an Emmy for best special of 1987;
sequences for Disney's 3D theme park
epic Captain EO; and numerous commercials. In addition, Doug
wrote and animated sequences for The Festival
of Claymation (a feature length theatrical film comprised of many of
Will Vinton Studio's short films); was the Animation
Director for Michael Jackson's music video Speed Demon, and was the
sole animator on Cool Tools, the studio's first
computer animation project, which was done for Sesame Street through
the Children's Television Workshop. He has
also directed multiple episodes of GARY & MIKE, a 13 episode
stop-motion TV show broadcast on UPN in 2001.
His
projects under Aberle Films include the Internationally award winning
films WIRE WE HERE (1994), FLUFFY (1995),
WIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1996), FLUFFY'S BRAIN (1996), HAYWIRE HEART
(1997), and THE DIRT ON MOM (1998).
More FLUFFY and WIRE WE HERE films are in the works, plus an
experimental film dealing with death, karma, and
badminton.
2003
saw the completion of animation on EARTH STORIES: PALEONTOLOGY, a
½ hour children's educational film
on Paleontology starring Chip the Rock Hammer. Doug is also preparing
an animated educational series of films
called SPACE! that will be told from the point-of-view of a young boy
in his own spaceship and will begin with a tour
of the planets. Doug has also directed 3 feature-length animated films;
the first, SHIPWRECKED, will be released
in 2007. Doug's current projects include development for his ½
hour TV series RAVELED. Several sample episodes
have been produced using high-end digital effects with sock
puppets.
Doug
lives with his wife, three children and five dogs in their home in
Battle Ground, Washington. He volunteers his
time with the Battle Ground Rose Float Association; His float design
for 2006 won top honors in the Portland Oregon
Grand Floral Parade, the second largest all-floral parade in the
country.
The
Aberle Films website can be found at http://aberlefilms.com.
And the Raveled website can be
found at http://www.raveled.biz.
The
night will start with a registration and appetizers for attendees in
the lobby of the
Building
Films at 6:30, followed by a questions and answer period.
Those
wishing to attend are asked to RSVP to cascadesiggraph@gmail.com for planning purposes. Volunteers are needed.
If you can help, please call Demetra Gilmore Arnett by noon on Tuesday
February 27 at 503.367.1522 or include it in your RSVP.
This
and other Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH meetings are free to Cascade Chapter
members.
Nonmembers will need to pay a $5.00 admission fee at the door. Annual
local membership can be purchased
at the door for $25.00 ($18.00 for students). Light appetizers will be
available to attendees. For more information
on Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and membership registration, visit the Cascade
ACM SIGGRAPH website
at http://www.cascade.siggraph.org/.
The
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter exists to serve the needs of the
graphics industry and students. Through meetings, workshops,
conferences, and other activities, the Cascade ACM
SIGGRAPH Chapter works to promote an increased knowledge of and greater
interest in the educational, artistic,
and scientific aspects and applications of modern technology to
graphics, enhancing communication between people
in
Press
contact
Kerry Tescher, Liaison
Inc., (503) 796-9822, kerry@liaisonpr.com
Reader
contact
Demetra Gilmore Arnett, Vice Chair
(503)
367-1522, cascadesiggraph@gmail.com
Cascade
SIGGRAPH general information
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SIGGRAPH
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