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Visual Effects and Motion Graphics

Co O'Neil, Department Director
Monday - Friday:
9:30am-5:30pm

Courtney Hermann, Assistant Department Director
Monday - Friday:
9:30am-5:30pm
We have 2 new adjunct faculty members joining us for the Spring 2009 Quarter. Look for them in next quarter's course schedule, which comes out on 02/09/09.
Ethan Derner has over 20 years of film and video experience from ABC News to Zoetrope Studios. He recently was the editorial supervisor on Academy Award nominee WALL*E Other credits include The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Apocalypse Now Redux. He will be teaching editing classes starting this spring term.
Jalal Jemison is a Portland Visual Effects Artist whose feature credits include Borat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. He will be teaching numerous classes in the Visual Effects program starting this spring.
Current VEMG News:
02.10.09
OMPA (Oregon Media Production Association) Student Chapter Meeting
You are invited to the OMPA Student Chapter meeting (both members and non-members).
Monday, February 16th at 6:30PM, Art Institute of Portland Open Space
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Bob Wadden will be our guest to answer questions about being a PA.
Bob Wadden is "the Man" when it comes to professional Production Assistance. He has been relied on for many different roles on set, however he embraces PA as his title of choice. Bob does nothing but paid work, and he has been a staunch advocate for maintaining appropriate wage levels on professional projects. Bob has a lot to offer.
Portland’s Festival of African Films Happening Now
The 19th Cascade Festival of African Films has begun and will continue until March 7th. Most films will screen at the PCC-Cascade Campus.

Jon R. Tuttle Paid Internship Opportunity at OPB
Oregon Public Broadcasting is welcoming applications for the JON R. TUTTLE
Diversity INTERNSHIP—a summer internship in telecommunications and broadcast journalism. The internship will enable an outstanding student to spend the summer studying the field full-time in a hands-on environment.
www.opb.org/insideopb/careers/internships
Bluecat Screenplay Competition
The Bluecat Screenplay Competition is currently accepting submissions of feature length screenplays.

The Winner will receive $10,000 and four finalists will receive $1,500.
SPCA Short Film Contest
The SPCA of Texas is sponsoring a film festival showcasing shorts about pets.
Cash prizes will be awarded in increments of $500-$2,500.

Filmed by Bike Festival Call For Entries!
Portland’s Filmed by Bike Festival is calling for entries for bike-themed shorts. The submission deadline is February 15th.

Contest Seeks Buddin Cinematographers To Be International Air Service Caped Crusaders

Do you have an interest in overseas travel and a knack for creating video, animation or stop action visual productions? Then a new Port of Portland contest is for you.
Budding cinematographers and directors have until midnight on March 20 to submit a 60-second video that tells viewers why they want to be a "local super hero" and fly nonstop from PDX to Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Tokyo. The grand prize winner will receive four coach tickets to fly to the winner’s choice of any of these three cities on Lufthansa or Northwest (a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines) plus a pre-loaded credit or debit card with a cash value of $2,000 to cover other travel costs.
Second and third prize winners will each receive two coach tickets to fly to the winner's choice of the same destinations offered to the grand prize winner.
Judges will select the top three videos submitted and those videos will be posted on www.kgw.com . The site will call for a public electronic vote for the video which provides the best motivation for "flying overseas from PDX in a single bound." Voting will take place between March 30 and April 3, 2009 and prize winners will be announced April 6. The video receiving the most public votes will be the grand prize winner. The videos receiving the second and third-most public votes will be the second and third prize winners.
12th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival Call for Entries
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- SUBMISSION DEADLINE:March 15
- CATEGORIES:Feature, Documentary, Short, Experimental, Animation
- AWARDS $80,000 in services, products, and cash.
- FILM FESTIVAL DATES:June 5-14, 2009
DFV Student Secures Paid Internship at FOX12
Jessie Charleton is working at a paid internship at FOX12 News in the commercial broadcast department. Congratulations, Jessie!

Fall 08
My Pretty Portland Contest - AiPD Winners!

Do you have an interest in overseas travel and a knack for creating video, animation or stop action visual productions? Then a new Port of Portland contest is for you.
DFV Students from the production team "Quarter Orange" won the $1,000 first-place prize in the My Pretty Portland Film Contest. Recent VEMG graduate Loren Judah’s entry was also honored as a finalist in the contest. (please see Awards & Festivals page for more details...)
Left Column:
<p><img height="65" width="50" src="/sites/default/files/VEMG/CO1_CC.jpg" alt="Co O'Neill" /></p>
<h2>Co O'Neil, Department Director</h2>
<p>Monday - Friday:<br />
9:30am-5:30pm</p>
<p>(<a href="mailto:coneil@aii.edu">contact Co</a>)</p>
<p><img height="65" width="50" alt="Courtney Hermann" src="/sites/default/files/VEMG/CourtneyHermann.png" /></p>
<h2>Courtney Hermann, Assistant Department Director</h2>
<p>Monday - Friday:<br />
9:30am-5:30pm</p>
<p>(<a href="mailto:chermann@aii.edu">contact Courtney</a>)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>We have 2 new adjunct faculty members joining us for the Spring 2009 Quarter. Look for them in next quarter's course schedule, which comes out on 02/09/09.</p>
<p><strong>Ethan Derner</strong> has over 20 years of film and video experience from ABC News to Zoetrope Studios. He recently was the editorial supervisor on Academy Award nominee WALL*E Other credits include The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and Apocalypse Now Redux. He will be teaching editing classes starting this spring term.</p>
<p><strong>Jalal Jemison</strong> is a Portland Visual Effects Artist whose feature credits include Borat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park. He will be teaching numerous classes in the Visual Effects program starting this spring.</p>
