Copyright and Ownership of Creative Property

LECTURE: S235, Noon

This week we're lucky to have guest Graham Peddie, Operations Manager of booming visual effects studio, Mr. X, Inc. freshly returned from his trip to Hollywood for the Visual Effects Society's (VES) 2016 Awards ceremony (spoiler - Star Wars cleaned up in live action, Pixar for animation).

Graham is also a copyright lawyer and worked as such for years for Sullivan Entertainment, makers of the Anne of Green Gables series. Along with news from the VES Awards, he'll give us the rundown on ownership of creative work, both your own and the work you do when employed by a studio. And maybe if someone asks him he'll talk to us about the implications of the reversal of the Happy Birthday Song's copyright status.

Please note that there will be no Wednesday workshop this week due to scheduling difficulties.

Composer Available

https://soundcloud.com/pgm/demo-reel-jan-2016

Peter Grant Mackechnie

Hello filmmakers! I am a huge fan of film, particularly animated. You make 'em, I score 'em. Let's work together! My style is... eclectic? I enjoy trying to match your filmmaking vision, so if you're interested in chatting further, send me an email and we can discuss the direction you'd like to go.

grant.mackechnie@gmail.com

Wednesday February 10. 

LECTURE
Graham Peddie , Operations Manager for Toronto's Mr. X Visual FX studio is away in Los Angeles this week to attend an award ceremony the company has been nominated in.  Graham was previously scheduled for this week's lecture but he's had to postpone due to the award nominations. He should be able to visit us some time in the next couple of weeks instead.

In the meantime, we'll take the opportunity to catch up on the Animatic reels which haven't yet been screened. S235 at 12 noon. 



A151, 2-4 PM -- TOONBOOM WORKSHOP 
Barney Wornoff's Toonboom drop-in and workshop is back by popular demand this week in Lab A151. Bring your ToonBoom work-in-progress for Barney to brainstorm, or just drop in and pick up a few tricks and techniques.

Wednesday February 3 - The Music Spotting Session and ToonBoom workshop with Barney Wornoff

S235 and A361, 12 noon to 3 pm (time approximate) -- MUSIC SPOTTING SESSION 

As I mentioned in my posting yesterday, this Wednesday is our meeting with the visiting composers from the University of Toronto's film composition course.

Please look carefully at this listing of partnerships with the UT music students (below). During the first portion of tomorrow’s get-together I will confirm and correct this list, so it’s very important that you be present in S235 at noon if you want to schedule a meeting with your composer. 

After we take care of this bit of book-keeping we will move over to the 4th Year studio to make use of the workstations for the actual one-on-one meetings. Remember to bring a pair of headphones!

A151, 2-4 PM -- TOONBOOM WORKSHOP 
Also planned for tomorrow is a ToonBoom drop-in session with Barney Wornoff in Lab A151. Bring your ToonBoom work-in-progress for Barney to brainstorm, or just drop in and pick up a few tricks and techniques.

Note that there is some overlap between the two events, so if anyone wants to be involved in both you can do so by going early to the Spotting Session and coming a little later to the ToonBoom workshop. Speak to me in S235 tomorrow and I'll make sure you can squeeze both into the day.

(U of T Partnership list as of January 14, 2016) 

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Afif, Ian

Aisha Ibrahim
Sarah Overend
possibly Xin Wu "Ha Gow",

                 

Bidner, Lora 

   Stefanie C "Missing"

   Arthur Banes "Sushi",

   Crystal's "Rotten Love"

   and possibly 

    Keely Prop's "Home Hunting"                         

Chiu, Vicky (dropped out)

   Xin Wu "Ha Gow",                         

Coe, Henrique 

   Ashley Kozbial (otter in a whirlpool)                        

Denenberg, Joshua

    David Du, ”Dung Fu." 

De Niverville, Abigail 

   Soo Kim "Jella Fantasia",

   Sara Mota "Batty",

   Allen Yu "Untitled",

   Valerie Garnace "Cotton Candy"                        

Hamilton, Blake                 

TBA

        

Hammell, Evan 

   Meghan Taylor "Bone Mail",

   SooHyun Kim "(Untitled Wizard Shop short)",

   Andres Derakhshani "Crocodile Dentist",

   Carly Dziob "Guard Duty"                        

Jager, David 

   Eric Bourdages "Sky Pirates"                        

Michalski, Caleb    (dropped out)

Jing Gang - “No Zuo No Die”

Samantha Tan - “Mayham"

McIntire, Matthias                         

TBA

Orlando, Stephanie 

   Kit Kee "Dr. Narren's Lab"

   Katharina Brzezinska "I love my doggie"

   Sean Cornish "Monster Hunt"                        

Petkovski, Katharine 

   Rebecca Murrell (Little Red Riding Hood)

   Brendan Lindsay

   Julie Eum                        

Pylypczak, Greta 

   Robin Blake "Release",

   Terence Ng "Mia and Mr. Philips",

   Mary Tacuyan "In the Blank",

   Paprika "Untitled Alien Mockumentary"                        

Steinwall, Jack                 

Rebecca Boehn  - “Something Nutty"

      

Thompson, Jacob 

  Ricky Chen - NightFall

  Katherine de Vries - Crow's Keep