K A R
E N M c C A N N
Academic and Animator
Jul
2001 – Jun 2005
Hong Kong, China
Lecturer
City University of Hong Kong
(School
of Creative Media)
- Lectured
postgraduate students in narrative, film and video making techniques
and computer animation.
- Conducted research on digital media and computer
animation.
- Supervised
independent film and animation projects.
- Advised on curriculum development.
- Co-organised
a Pan-Asia seminar on animation co-productions.
- Judge
for the inaugural New York University’s Tish School of the Arts international
student film competition (2003). http://www.nextreel.org
Feb
1999–Feb 2001
Canberra, Australia
Lecturer
Australian National University
(Formerly The Australian Centre for Art &
Technology, now
the Centre
for New Media Arts)
- Lectured postgraduate students in film-making and
computer animation.
- Supervised Master's
thesis projects.
- UNIX systems administration and website support.
-
Conducted
research on virtual reality and automatic generation of plants.
Feb 1995 – Mar1997
Canberra,
Australia
Australian
National University
- M.A.
in Electronic Arts (MAEA) in Computer Animation.
-
2-year
full time, post-graduate research degree.
-
Sub
thesis on 'Non-linear Storytelling'.
Feb 1992–Dec 1994
Canberra, Australia
University of Canberra
- B.A. in Communications
(Media).
Feb 2005 – Present
Manchester, UK
- Authored
a 220-page book on independent animated film pre-production. See:
http://www.preanimate.com.
- Illustrations
and short
animations in collaboration
with other artists.
- Producing
a short animated film ‘The
Vampire Captain’.
Production skills:
- Supervising
and producing new media works.
- Teaching
all aspects of of animation and visual effects creation.
- Writing
for web, printed publications, newspaper copy, and academic papers.
- Website
creation.
Software and technical knowledge:
- 3D
animation: Maya, Houdini, 3D Studio Max.
- 2D
Animation: Flash, Toonboom.
- 2D
video editing and manipulation: Premiere, After Effects.
- 2D
image manipulation: Photoshop, Illustrator, Imageready, Gimp.
- Multimedia
software: Director.
- Scripting:
MEL, Lingo, Python.
- Website
creation: Dreamweaver, Netscape Composer, Nvu.
- Microsoft
Office products.
- Video
and still camera operation.
- Travel
– particularly to Asia.
I am at home with heat, humidity, spicy food and local transport.
- Languages – I
have a smattering of French, Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese, enough
to greet the locals.
- I
am also interested in creative
writing and illustration.
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