gnomon

Grace Reaves visits THE VFX Club Podcast to share her journey from Japan to LA. She's now (still) at Walt Disney Animation Studios and has worked on Encanto, Strange World and upcoming features. Welcome Grace to the show!

Jill Smolin has seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Early computer graphics techniques on Amiga computers. CG breakthroughs at Digital Domain. Mind-blowing stereoscopy techniques in filmmaking and the advent of ultra-high-definition streamed content. All these memories will be discussed in this podcast.

Jill also talks about her background in theater and how a Canadian CG character drew her into the world of VFX, where she worked and taught Gnomon, Cinesite, Digital Domain. Jill also became important behind-the-scenes as a volunteer at SIGGRAPH, bringing in top Hollywood talent to discuss how they advanced VFX.

It’s a touching podcast in which Jill demonstrates an in-depth technical knowledge coupled with a genuine fondness for the many people with whom she’s worked.

D'étranges inscriptions gravées dans la pierre, une niche maudite, une horloge de bronze déréglée par les nazis, de drôles d'expériences chimiques… S'il est un lieu public et officiel, l'hôtel de ville de Rennes, bâti en 1734, cache aussi dans ses alcôves nombre d’histoires officieuses, et ô combien mystérieuses. 

In this episode we look at subdividing the day with the development of time keeping devices from the gnomon and sundials to atomic clocks.

An examination of the motion of the Sun through the sky.  We discuss the use of gnomons to make measurements and the Sun's path through the Zodiac on the ecliptic with special attention to the equinoxes and solstices.  We conclude with an discussion of the yearly calendar in many cultures.

Rob Nederhorst is a compositor and visual effects supervisor who has a large list of amazing projects to his name, some of the feature films include X-Men, The day after tomorrow, 2012, Thor, Priest, After Earth and many more films. He's a speaker for Gnomon as well as well as an authority on The Foundary's Academy Award winning compositing software 'Nuke'.

This is a really great and insightful interview with Nederhorst's origins in the industry, starting at Newtek and moving early in his career to Digital Domain and moving on up the ladder from there but also a lot of insight into a lot of his methods and advice related to his career with many great takeaways!

For show notes visit http://www.allanmckay.com/21/