Monthly Archives: March 2015

Spring offerings at CCC

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The Digital Media and Communications program at Clackamas Community College continues to build steam and, whether you’re looking at continuing education options or are an undergrad hungry for more varied offerings, there are some nice opportunities this Spring to get your learn on.

I’m pleased to announce the return of DMC 250 – Motion Capture Animation.  A Monday+Wednesday night class that runs from 6:00pm-8:50pm.  Happy to see the most excellent Rob Bekuhrs, SuperGenius Animation Director, is the instructor for this go around.  Having worked with Rob while at Laika, I can vouch that this class will be in very good hands.

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Another noteworthy class is DMC 265, Advanced Digital Filmmaking.  Taught by Andy Mingo, this class breaks out the heavy equipment that the DMC program has been acquiring.  The big guns!  Including the RED Epic 5k camera, the Arri Amira camera, the Blackmagic Ursa 4k camera (PL mount with a nice set of Zeiss glass), the Inspire 1 Aerial Drone, and the Ronin Camera Stabilizer, on and on.   A fresh partnership announced for this term:  the best student films to come out of the program will screen at the Portland Film Festival in September!  This is paving the way for some very, very high quality imagery to be created around here and we’re all quite excited.  The class is slated for Monday+Wednesday afternoons.

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Finally, spring also marks the return of animator Chris Dreger’s popular Stop Motion class, using the industry standard Dragonframe software.  The last class produced a great music video tribute to the Ramones (I say as I switch my Pandora over to the Ramones station).  This term seems to be teasing some Star Trek imagery – can’t wait to see what Chris is cooking up!  A 7 week class – Tuesday nights starting April 7, from 5-7:50pm.

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Any questions about these or other CCC offerings, contact Andy Mingo at amingo@clackamas.edu or phone Kelly White at (503) 594-3034.  Lots of info over at the DMC dept page.

A larger post is long overdue to publicize some of the movement out that way and discuss the rest of the academic scene here in town, as it applies to VFX / Animation / 3D / Film.  Coming soon!

 

Thanks to Orland Nutt and Ben Luce!

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Orland Nutt screening Bear of Heaven

 

Quick thanks and a shout out to Orland Nutt and Ben Luce for their great presentations at the last meeting.  Powering through some technical difficulties with the presentation laptop being at a different aspect ratio from the screen that was being projected, Ben’s pixel art technique was well received by all.  “That’s how everyone is getting that retro 8bit look!” (or in Ben’s case, 16 bit – “Super Nintendo!”) was a phrase heard many times after the meeting.  It made for an explosive demo, if the “oohs” and “aaahs” were any indication every time Ben said, “Boom!”

Ben Luce demo

Ben Luce demo

And thanks to Orland for rolling with the punches when we couldn’t read his hard drive, and doing the presentation entirely from Vimeo clips.  He has some rare before/after footage from Bear of Heaven that hopefully will see the light of day somehow – we’re working on it!  In any case, unforgettable imagery from Orland and a huge thanks for taking the time out.

IMG_5770The Ebay Lounge was a great venue with the only flaw being we couldn’t figure out how to turn down the automated lights to help better view the projector.  A small glitch in an otherwise fantastic setup and the Ebay office may very well become the default for future meetings.

 

 

Next up – a big night of SideFX Houdini is being planned for April.  Will keep you informed…  watch this space!

The eBay Lounge

The eBay Lounge