Effects Events
White Swan
"The Making of" Event | July 11th, 2009
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About this Event
Filmed July 11th, 2009 at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Sil and his team of Gnomon students and faculty give an in-depth discussion on the creation of his second music video for singer-songwriter Lolly Jane Blue.
Running Time: 2 hrs 6 min
Awards
Best Music Video –HDFest
2nd place Dutch music video competition – Shoot Me Film Festival
Event Images
Event Guests
Sil van der Woerd
Director
Sil came back to Gnomon in 2008 to collaborate with a group of Gnomon students to complete the post production. As of 2009, Sil is represented in the USA by Digital Domain, where he works as a director for their commercial division.
Josh Herman
Lead 3D Modeler
Josh Herman is a Gnomon CG Certificate student who gained some management experience by leading White Swan's team of modelers. He has definitely proved his excellent modeling skills by winning 2 Gnomon Best of Term awards for modeling. He is now working at Legacy Studios formerly Stan Winston Studios
Jorik Dozy
Concept Artist
Jorik is an international CG Certificate student from the Netherlands. He worrked on the concept art for the CG aspects of White Swan very closely with Sil. Now he is currently working on digital matte paintings for Gnomon School's next big group project, "+ –" under director Shane Acker.
Melissa Altobello
Lead Texture Artist
Melissa is a Gnomon CG Certificate Alumnus. She was still attending Gnomon while working on the White Swan project. She graduated last year and got a job at Naughty Dog working on Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as a texture artist.
Devon Fay
Modeler and Lighter
Devon Fay is a Gnomon CG Certificate Alumnus who now works for Blizzard Entertainment as a Cinematic Matte Painter on World of Warcraft. While attending Gnomon he was chosen to work on White Swan lending his talents as a modeler and lighter.
