VIEW Conference Announces Free Access to Its Largest Program!
To celebrate its 21st anniversary, the VIEW Conference in Turin brings together no less than 160 world-class directors, producers, studio executives, animators, artists, game developers, musicians, journalists and educators, during a vibrant week offering 125 online and on-site lectures, workshops, master classes and panels.
This impressive line-up will be presented 18 from October to 23 in Turin, Italy, and all sessions will be made available online. Also, for this year alone, all content - both the regular schedule and the special Business Innovation Summit - will be absolutely free.
“There has been so much bad news in 2020,” says conference director Dr Maria Elena Gutierrez, “so I'm excited to be able to share some great news for a change. Everyone could use a little more light and joy in their life, so we made the unprecedented decision to make this year's conference completely free! By supporting free access, each session will be available online, allowing anyone to participate anywhere in the world. "This is a fantastic opportunity to grow the VIEW community and to welcome participants into our family who are unable to travel to Turin or purchase a full access pass."
Among the prominent people of the conference we find Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and former president of Pixar and Disney AnimationStudios. A true visionary of CGI, Catmull pioneered fundamental concepts such as texture mapping, bicubic patches and spatial anti-aliasing. He is the author of the book Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the invisible forces that stand in the way of true inspiration, described as “the first full-access journey into Pixar's nerve center”.
Two authentic legends from the world of visual effects will also participate: the nine-time Oscar winner Dennis Muren, creative director of Industrial Light & Magic; is Phil Tippett, director, producer, visual effects supervisor, founder of Tippett Studio and two Oscar winner. Muren made groundbreaking work at the dawn of the digital revolution on films like The Abyss e Jurassic Park . Tippett and ILM created the revolutionary Go-Motion technique, which combines stop-motion animation with motion control technology. Through their long careers, both have continued to take the art and science of visual effects to ever higher levels.
Furthermore, Paul Debevec, senior engineer at GoogleVR, will deliver an introductory speech for the launch of VIEW 2020 Business Innovation Summit. This carefully curated series of presentations and workshops takes place within the main conference and provides insight into not only the creative process behind the latest movies, games and experiences, but also the synergy between that creativity and the industries it serves.
“Our keynotes bring an extraordinary depth of talent and experience to the conference,” says Dr. Gutierrez. “Yet they are only the beginning. This year I am particularly proud of the diversity of topics and speakers. For example, 43 of our speakers are women, including studio directors, animated film directors, producers, visual effects artists, and game developers. We have a number of highly topical lectures and panels addressing manufacturing challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, plus others reviewing the latest manufacturing tools and techniques, including a virtual manufacturing panel with Westworld's Jay Worth, Sam Nicholson of Stargate Studios and Habib Zargarpour of Unity. We have panels on storytelling, lighting, women in virtual production… the list goes on! "
VIEW 2020 training includes more than 30 studio directors and chief creative officers. Mireille Soria, president of Paramount Animation, joins Disney Osnat shurer, producer of Raya and the last dragon e Moana, and Maureen Fan, co-founder and CEO of Baobab Studios, for a panel on Women in the Animation Industry. A panel on diversity and inclusion in animation moderated by Animation magazineThe editor of Ramin Zahed Features Ramsey Naito, president of Nickelodeon Animation, which will also host a special Nickelodeon session to showcase the work of Miguel puga (The Casagrandes) to Niki Lopez (Santiago of the seas). Meantime, Rob Bredow, head of ILM, contemplates nothing less than the future of entertainment itself.
The conference also brings together 30 directors of animated feature films, shorts and animated television series including K (The Willoughbys), Sergio Pablos (Klaus), Kyle Balda (Minion), Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Walt Dohrn (Trolls World Tour), Joel Crawford (The Croods), Conrad Vernon (The Addams family), Eric Darnell (Madagascar) to Jeff rowe (Nickelodeon is on the way Teenage mutant ninja turtles). In a special panel, the directors Jorge R. Gutierrez (The book of life), Tony Bancroft (Animal crackers) and co-founder of Cartoon Saloon Tom Moore (co-director of wolfwalkers with Ross Stewart) will discuss the future of cinema.
The next Disney-Pixar animated film Soul will have a star treatment on VIEW Conference in a special presentation in which the animation supervisor Bobby Podesta, chief lighting technical director Max Bickley and technical director Markus Kranzler will discuss their artistic and technical approaches to the creation of the world of "The Great First", where souls acquire their personality before coming to Earth.
Digging deeper into the rich program reveals world-class professionals at every turn. Representative visual effects are ILM Roger Guyett (Star Wars), Hal Hickel (The Mandalorian), Stefen Fangmeier (Game of Thrones), Weta Digital's Anders Langlands (Mulan), Jay Worth (Westworld) and the creative director of Framestore Tim Webber (Severity). Sharing their AR / VR / XR and real-time media experience is from Unity Ron Martin e Sebastien Deguy, vice president of 3D and Immersive at Adobe, while from Baobab Studios, head of content Kane Lee and CTO Larry Cutler they will discuss the realization of their latest VR project, Baba Yaga. Conference attendees won't want to miss the legendary Professor Cornell Doctor Donald Greenberg in conversation with Eloi Champagne, Technical Director for Virtual Reality at the National Film Board of Canada. Also available to share their insights are creative consultants Rafi Nizam and Pixar Dylan Sisson.
Game developers and artists are equally well represented in a wide range of workshops, master classes and sessions. Topics include the art of storytelling with Nordeus " Nikola Damianov - who also joins concept artists Sebastien Hue e Respawn artistic director Todd Sue for a panel on the art of play - artistic direction with Guerilla Games " Jan Bart Van Beekand creating a game studio with Nordeus co-founder Milan Jovovic. Artistic directors of Naughty Dog John Sweeney e Erick Pangilinan lifts the lid on this year's hit action-adventure game The Last of Us Part II.
Further expanding the scope, co-founder of Pixar Dr. Alvy Ray Smith will present a preview of his revolutionary book, The biography of the Pixel, scheduled for release in spring 2021, while Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes will showcase his work from The Washington Post.
Just before the conference starts, the audience can enjoy a special preview workshop with Tony Bancroft, in which the Annie Award-winning animator e Animal crackers the co-director teaches the art of comic animated characters.
The impact of COVID-19 has challenged the entire world. Like so many companies around the world, the digital media and entertainment sectors have faced these challenges, committing themselves to finding bold and innovative solutions, while maintaining focus and optimism. The VIEW Conference is proud to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of so many extraordinary people in this turbulent year.
“Earlier this year, I was wondering how we could create a conference in 2020 with the same value as previous years,” says Dr. Gutierrez. “But when we reached out to our international VIEW family the response was fantastic and I am immensely proud to say that we went beyond anything I could imagine. VIEW 2020 will be interactive, innovative, stimulating and free for everyone. I couldn't be more excited! "
Find out more about the event and register now on www.viewconference.it.
