March Virtual Meeting – 3/17/22

In the 1970′s Steve Segal ran a studio that made commercials and educational films in Richmond, Va. He also created several independent short films which have won awards at film festivals and been included in theatrical packages. He has been teaching animation for over 40 years.  In 1986 he used an early computer program to plan scenes for the animated feature The Brave Little Toaster.  He worked as an animator on PeeWee’s Playhouse and made an animated musical film for Sesame Street.  At Pixar he animated on the feature films Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, the 3-D theme park attraction It’s Tough to be a Bug, the Oscar winning short film Geri’s Game and directed a commercial for Hershey’s Chocolate. In 2014 he was awarded Best in Show for his performance piece Outside the Box at the ASIFA SF animation festival. His first personal 3-D film Demented Dancing Doohickies has been shown at 3D-Con 2017 and the 2017 LA 3D Film Festival. His most recent film Misfit has been included in over 30 film festivals (none of them 3D).

Misfit is about a piece of a jigsaw puzzle who gets separated from his group and attempts to join other puzzles to find where he fits in. It was animated in Maya, backgrounds and textures were created in Photoshop and edited in Premiere Pro. The stereo was accomplished using a virtual twin lens rig, which is included in Maya.

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