I enjoy creating expressive and innovative art & animation.
ELISA CHEE
elisa@artofchee.com
EDUCATION
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Bachelors of Media Arts,
Major in Animation
WORK
Self Directed
Director/Animator for "Scenes" music video (August 2008-February 2009)
* Direct video shoot with band members in green screen studio
* Paint on glass animation
* Recipient of VideoFact Grant
NFB (Vancouver, BC)
Lead Animator for "Bone Wind Fire", directed by Jill Sharpe (2010-2011)
* animating video and photographic elements to blend seamlessly with live action footage
Lead Animator for "Blossom", directed by Julia Kwan, commissioned by Canada CODE (2009)
* sand animation, stop motion with green screened video
Animation and digital storytelling Mentor/Editor for Our World (2007-Current)
* Work closely with youth in remote communities to create personal web stories using photographs and animation
Senior Infographist for “Animate Anything”, instructional animation DVD (2008-2009)
* Stop motion, pixelation, Aftereffects compositing
Animation Assistant for director, Kevin Langdale, in the production of animated short, “Engine 371” (2006)
* Composite using US animation software
Media Assistant - animate and edit images to create two digital stories, “Westward Ho”, and “Kismet” (2006)
* Worked closely with seniors and director, Don White
* animated still photographs to create interesting visuals to complement the story narration
Munro Communications (Vancouver, BC)
Animator for “The Law Project”. educational animated shorts for web (March-October 2009-2010)
* Composite green-screened video, add visual effects to stylize visuals
* directed actors in greenscreen video shoot for web movie "Long Hard Road"
Animator for “The Law Project”. educational animated shorts for web (March-October 2009-2010)
* Composite green-screened video, add visual effects to stylize visuals
* directed actors in greenscreen video shoot for web movie "Long Hard Road"
Knowledge Network (Burnaby, BC)
Animator on “100 Years of the BC Court of Appeal” documentary directed by Meghna Haldar (February 2009)
* Create visual interpretation of complex legal concepts with charcoal drawn animation
Animator on “100 Years of the BC Court of Appeal” documentary directed by Meghna Haldar (February 2009)
* Create visual interpretation of complex legal concepts with charcoal drawn animation
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (San Francisco, CA)
Light Paint Animator on “Sprint:Light Trail” commercial (August 2007)
* Animate moving flashlights in front of camera with long exposures
* use experimental and alternative animation technique to achieve cinematic light effects
Light Paint Animator on “Sprint:Light Trail” commercial (August 2007)
* Animate moving flashlights in front of camera with long exposures
* use experimental and alternative animation technique to achieve cinematic light effects
Global Mechanic (Vancouver, BC)
Animator/Compositor - Composite Flash animation with photographs, textures, backgrounds and props on educational series, “All Terrain Brain” (2007)
* Use a variety of animation techniques – stop motion, pixilation, Aftereffects and Flash animation
Animator/Compositor - Composite Flash animation with photographs, textures, backgrounds and props on educational series, “All Terrain Brain” (2007)
* Use a variety of animation techniques – stop motion, pixilation, Aftereffects and Flash animation
Software:
Adobe Aftereffects
Adobe Photoshop
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Flash
Toon Boom Harmony
DVD Studio Pro
Adobe Premiere
iStopMotion
Media:
Paint on glass
Sand Animation
Cut out
Greenscreen video compositing
Stop Motion
Adobe Aftereffects
Adobe Photoshop
Final Cut Pro
Adobe Flash
Toon Boom Harmony
DVD Studio Pro
Adobe Premiere
iStopMotion
Media:
Paint on glass
Sand Animation
Cut out
Greenscreen video compositing
Stop Motion
