Animalia roars onto AEAF program

Explore the making of Animalia, a 40x half-hour, high-end CGI animation series, at the Australian Effects & Animation Festival 2007.

Jami Levesque, CG Supervisor, Animalia Productions, will present a behind-the-scenes look at the Making of Animalia on Thursday 15 November at 11.15am.

"Animalia is the most ambitious children's series ever produced in Australia", said Executive Producer, Ewan Burnett. "High quality CGI animation allows us to maintain the rich imagery and whimsical humour of Graeme Base's picture book, a perennial favourite with millions of children across the globe, while re-interpreting the world created in the book as a place of endless adventure and entertainment."

Network Ten is screening the locally produced children's television series based on Graeme Base's international best-selling picture book Animalia from November 11 at 12noon. With its principal computer animation based at Photon VFX at Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast and additional animation produced at Digital Pictures Iloura in Melbourne, Animalia will showcase the work of over 300 local industry professionals and highlights Australia's burgeoning CGI industry.

Jami Levesque was responsible for Technical integration of production pipeline and establishment of proper workflow between Animalia Productions, Iloura and Photon VFX.

He also designed and implemented the rendering solution for production efficacy and ability to deliver the desired look.

Proir to coming to Australia for Animalia, Jami delivered six major feature film projects in less than two years as Director of Technology at Canada's Meteor Studios, including the Fantastic Four.

As Pipeline Advisor/Lead Technical Director he Oversaw project integration into Meteor’s CG Pipeline and was tasked with understanding the VFX Supervisor's vision and translating it into a workflow for Meteor. He also supervised Modeling, Texture Mapping, Shader Development, Layout, Matte Painting and all TDs work. His feature film credits include Elektra, Exorcist, The beginning, Catwoman and Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

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