DreamWorks Animation to Present Seion on the Art of the Croods & Turbo, While Pixomondo to Present the Making of Oblivion During Production Pipeline Expo;

The inaugural Production Pipeline Expo, which will be held May 3-4 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, will showcase two special sessions. DreamWorks Animation will present a session on the Art of The Croods and Turbo, while Pixomondo will present a session about the FX work included within Universal Pictures' hit film Oblivion. The announcement was made today by the expos founder/originator Anthony Horn, most recently Director of Marketing and Development for the Visual Effects Society.

On Friday, May 3rd, at 10 AM, on the Main Stage at Raleigh Studios, DreamWorks Animation presents The Art of the Croods and Turbo.

DreamWorks personnel Jane Hartwell, Markus Manninen, Susan Rogers and Shaun Phillips will host the session.

On Saturday, May 4th, at 10 AM, on the Main Stage at Raleigh Studios,

Pixomondo presents The Making of Oblivion -- a look at the Visual Effects featured within Universal Pictures' hit film Oblivion. Pixomondo personnel Gavyn Thompson and Fiona Campbell will host the session.

Also, on the 3D Stage on Saturday, May 4th, at 11AM, Casey Hupke will present a session entitled Create Jaw-Dropping VFX with CINEMA 4D Thinking Particles.

Among the latest guest speakers and their session titles also appearing within the inaugural Production Pipeline Expo are:

Bryn Pryor - Filmmaker, Directors on VFX

Ryan Kingslien - ZBrush Sculptor, Digital Artistry Workshop: Zbrush Techniques

Robert Taylor - Pendulum Studios, Active-LED Optical Mocap, MotionBuilder, and the Unreal Engine

Alex Santo - Stereo Fusion, DAM: Past, Present and Future

Ruben Perez - Render Rocket, Understanding the Cloud

Stephen Burns - Photoshop expert/writer, Digital Artistry Workshop: Compositing

Sean Santiago - Stereoscopic Supervisor, The Future of VFX Editing

Nick Tesi - TNG Visual Effects, 3D Scanning Techniques

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION PIPELINE EXPO 2013:

The Production Pipeline Expo 2013, to be held May 3-4 at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, has been designed as a full blown visual effects and animation event, complete with expert panels, must see presentations, best in class educational sessions, provocative speakers, and an unprecedented level of attendee talent with an eye on new opportunities. The expo will address the creation, development, management, and delivery of content across film, television, and games along all the disciplines involved within an actual production pipeline, with special attention paid to all major portions of the creation process.

For comprehensive information about this event, please see: http://www.productionpipelineexpo.com

In addition to guest speakers, special presentations and panels, a number of creative disciplines involved in the production pipeline process will be presented on the Expos Showroom Floor. These disciplines include:

Lighting & Rendering

Look Development & Element Shoots

Modeling and Texture

Compositing

Animation and Visual Effects

Previs & Film Scans

Roto and Plate Prep

Rigging & Grading

Tracking & Match Movement

High Dynamic Range Photos

The inaugural Production Pipeline Expo has secured a number of major corporate sponsors, including DreamWorks Animation, Marvel, Nvidia, TNG Visual Effects, Wacom, Assimilate, Blackmagicdesign, Slingjot.com, PhaseSpace, Faceware Technologies, Inc., and Animation Magazine, among others.

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