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Past Talks & More | Visiting Filmmakers
$7 members and adults 55 and over$9 general publicFree for students
Enjoy snacks with your movieHeirloom Café reopens at 6 PM until this talk begins, serving gourmet popcorn plus beer, wine, and other refreshments. You can also find packaged snacks in the Wexner Center Store.
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Get a behind-the-scenes look at how digital movie characters are created at the legendary special effects company Industrial Light & Magic.
Hogwarts. Rocket Raccoon. Jurassic Park. Gollum. Wakanda. Filmmakers and special effects artists have used computer-generated imagery (CGI) to create some of the most memorable characters and settings in film history. The continual evolution and advancement of this technology has created a toolbox for movie makers that allows them to tell stories that would have been almost unthinkable just a generation or two ago. Join us as Columbus resident and Oscar winner Matt Derksen, head of rigging for Industrial Light & Magic, discusses his work creating characters for Hulk (2003), Game of Thrones (2011–19), The Hunger Games (2012), Life of Pi (2012), and more. A rigger designs the digital skeletons for a CGI character to allow for animation to be layered over it. Derksen will show examples of his work and participate in a Q&A with the audience following the presentation. An Ohio State alum, Derksen graduated from the Department of Art with an MFA in Art and Technology. (program approx. 60 mins.)
Please note: The Hunger Games is no longer screening as planned.
IMAGE CAPTIONThe Hunger Games, courtesy of Lionsgate.
Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD).
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYNational Endowment for the ArtsOhio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYRohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BYOhio Department of DevelopmentGreater Columbus Arts CouncilThe Wexner FamilyInstitute of Museum and Library ServicesOhio Arts CouncilCampusParcOhio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery ThemeThe Columbus FoundationNationwide FoundationVorys, Sater, Seymour, and PeaseADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BYMike and Paige CraneAxium PackagingNancy KramerOhio State Energy PartnersOhio History Fund/Ohio History ConnectionLarry and Donna JamesBruce and Joy SollJones DayAlex and Renée Shumate
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