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Free Tech Fellow workshops (Fall 2020)

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These workshops will be presented by our very own IMA-MFA Technology Fellows.

****** Past Workshops: If you missed the live workshop, the recording is below ******

Tues. Oct. 13 | 3:00-4:30PM Working with masks in Adobe After Effects
Presenter: Tatiana Stolpovskaya
Hands on 90min intensive. Learn creative ways of using masks and Track Mattes in After Effects. 
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects. Adobe Photoshop/Premier is a big plus!

If participants want to follow the instructor they will have to have AFTER EFFECTS CC 2018 or later. Download the files to follow along: workshopfiles.zip (65.2MB)

Workshop Plan: 

  • Difference of Masks & Shape Layers
  • How to animate masks using keyframes
  • Animate masks to reveal text
  • Multiple masks for creating split screens
  • Mask a layer with another layer (Use of Alpha and Luma Track Mates)

Thurs. Oct 29th | 6:30-7:30PM |  Production Design and Asset Making 
Presenter: Michelle Ermolenko
Using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign, learn tips and tricks for how different assets such as vectors, images and graphics can be utilized in production and layout design, along with some of the do’s and don’ts when it comes to print production. 


Thurs. Nov. 5 | 1-2PM | p5.js for Beginners
Presenter: Nahee Kim
Using p5.js which is a javascript library for creative coding with html5 canvas element, let’s add fun interactivity to your website. We will play with face recognition but things can be changed and added. 
Prerequisites: Laptop with webcam is needed. Please check if you have a text editor (ex. Sublime Text, Atom) and browsers like Chrome or Firefox on your computer. Basic knowledge and experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript is a plus but not required.  

FM alumna Gabrielle Mahon wins major awards

Gabrielle Mahon

Producer, and Hunter Film program alumna, Gabrielle Mahon wins an Emmy and other major TV awards for her work on HBO’s series Succession

Film and TV producer, and Hunter Film program alumna, Gabrielle Mahon won three major television producing awards in 2020 for her work as a Producer on the second season of HBO’s series Succession.  Gabrielle was the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series (Drama), and the Producer’s Guild of America Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television (Drama). She has hired 2 FM alumni onto Succession.

Created in 2018 by Jesse Armstrong, Succession tells the story of the Roy family and their bitter rivalries as they battle for control of the powerful global media empire that was founded by the aging family patriarch, Logan Roy.   The series stars Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Jeremy Strong. 

The third season of HBO’s Succession is currently in production with Gabrielle continuing on as a producer for the show.