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my Resume - Last modified: September 2004
Martin Heigan
P.O Box 7708
Westgate
1734
South Africa
http://anti-matter-3d.com
3d@icon.co.za
Total Work
Experience:
Experience: 11 Years.
Software: Maya Unlimited.
Work Experience
before going freelance (1993-2004):
Experience: 10.5 Years Post Production and Film Experience.
Company: The Video Lab (A Global CineSite/Kodak Partner Company).
Position: Head of 3D Animation for the last 6.5 Years.
Other: I worked on the Award Winning documentary
"Body Story 2"
at the Moving Picture
Company in London.
Education:
Studies:
* ND Graphic Design (3 year course)
Post Graduate Studies:
* NHD Graphic Design
* Graduated with Full Distinctions (Cum Laude)
* Awarded Honouree Academic Colours
* Practical Component: 3D Design and Illustration
* Theoretical Component (Dissertation): "The 3D illustrator's
technique handbook".
International Awards (on
Projects that I worked on):
* 2000 VEAF Award (Vancouver Effects and Animation Festival)
Category : Effects Created for a T.V. Series/Pilot/MOW
Position : 2nd Prize
Project : The Little Unicorn
Company : The Video Lab
My Role : Character Setup, Texturing, Lighting, Animation
Lead, Hair Particles
* 2000 LEAF Award (London Effects and
Animation Festival)
Category : Special Animation Award
Position : 1st Prize
Project : Body Story 2 (BBC and Discovery Channel)
Company : The Moving Picture Company (London)
My Role : Animation, 3D Match Moving, Particles (as
freelancer at MPC)
* 2000 SIBGRAPI Award (Symposium on Computer
Graphics and Image Processing)
Category : Presentation at the Brazilian Sibgrapi 2000
Animation Festival
Project : The Little Unicorn
Company : The Video Lab
My Role : Character Setup, Texturing, Lighting, Animation
Lead, Hair Particles
* 2001 VEAF Award (Vancouver Effects
and Animation Festival)
Category : Effects Feature Film / TV Series / TV Special
Position : 1st Prize
Project : Merlin
Company : The Video Lab
My Role : On set CG Supervision, Character Setup,
Texturing, Lighting, Character Animation
* 2001 VEAF Award (Vancouver Effects
and Animation Festival)
Category : Simulation/Education/Training Award
Position : 1st Prize
Project : Body Story 2 (BBC and Discovery Channel)
Company : The Moving Picture Company (London)
My Role : Animation, 3D Match Moving, Particles (as
freelancer at MPC)
* 2001 SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre (Siggraph -
Special Interest Group Graphics)
Category : Siggraph 2001 Electronic Theatre
Project : Body Story 2 (BBC and Discovery Channel)
Company : The Moving Picture Company (London)
My Role : Animation, 3D Match Moving, Particles (as
freelancer at MPC)
* 2001 MEDIARAMA Electronic Theatre (Othello
Revista Digital, Granada, Spain)
Category : Mediarama 2001 Electronic Theatre
Project : Body Story 2 (BBC and Discovery Channel)
Company : The Moving Picture Company (London)
My Role : Animation, 3D Match Moving, Particles (as
freelancer at MPC)
Film Credits:
* The Last Leprechaun(UK, 1998)
* The Little Unicorn (UK, 1998)
* Pirates of the Plain (USA, 1999)
* Merlin - The Return (UK, 2001)
* Berserker (UK, 2001)
* Mr. bones (South Africa, 2001)
* Fairytale (UK, 2003)
* Sunflower (South Africa, 2003)
* Coastal Murmurs (Portugal, 2004)
Television Series and Documentaries:
*
Tarzan - The Epic Adventures (USA, 1996)
* Body Story 2 (UK, 2000)
* Alien Nursery Rhymes (South Africa, 2001)
* Sesame Street (For South Africa, commissioned from New York,
2002)
Software Used Currently:
3D: Alias Maya
Motion Capture: Vicon IQ ; Kaydara MotionBuilder
Image Manipulation: Photoshop CS
HDRI & QTVR: HDR Shop ; Stitcher ; Nikon Capture
Match-Moving: SynthEyes ; Boujou ; 3D Equaliser
Image Based Modeling: Image Modeler
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