SPARK FX 2023: ONLINE SESSIONS
March 20 - April 30, 2023

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SPARK FX 2023: ONLINE SESSIONS
VISUAL EFFECTS WITHOUT LIMITS
March 20 - April 30, 2023

Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation

Alex Proyas, Chris Corbould, Dennis Muren, Joe Letteri, John Knoll, Nagin Cox, Paul Debevec, Paul Norris, Phil Tippett, Richard Edlund, Robert Legato, Sheena Duggal, Scott Ross. These are only a few of the luminaries who have taken the stage at SPARK FX over the course of 15 years.

Celebrate the best of visual effects at SPARK FX 2023 and be a part of the next 15 years of groundbreaking filmmaking.

Online programming is available on-demand and free of charge until 30 April 2023. Register for access at trickfilm.com

TRACKS

SPARK FX 2023 Online consists of 3 tracks:

1. Artificial Intelligence in VFX
A dive into the different ways that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can and is being used in the VFX industry. Presentations in this track include:

  • “Blendshapes-based Facial Animation” with Carlos Cubas
  • “Generative Music in Video Games” with Cale Plut
  • “Towards Production Quality Markerless Facial Motion Capture” with Jose Serra
  • “AI Image Generation: The Future of Artistic Expression” with Olivio Sarikas

2. Production Sessions
All about the 5 W’s: Who, What, Where, When, Why. The creative teams from top studios present on the creation of some of the most thrilling, dynamic films and television series to date. Presentations in this track include:

  • “Creating Iconic Sequences in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” with Ben White & Jennifer Meire
  • “Unleashing the Multiverse: The Epic VFX Journey of Everything Everywhere All at Once” with Zak Stoltz, Jeff Desom, Ethan Feldbau

3. Into the Metaverse
An introduction to the future of the internet from the perspective of storytellers and creatives. Presentations in this track include:

  • “What is the Metaverse and Why Should I Care?” with James Hursthouse
  • “Animators in the Metaverse” with Chris Prynoski, Ashley Pinnick, Tyler Hurd
  • “Storytelling in the Metaverse” with Misha Zabranska, Jason Dowdeswell, Adam Rogers
  • “Web3, NFTs, Art, and of course, the Metaverse” with Matias Marquez
  • “Creative Expression in a World of AI” with Ben Norman, Tim Rolls, Tim Fernandes

Conference Access

See it all - for free!

Accessing this year’s SPARK FX Online content is as easy as:

  1. Navigate to https://trickfilm.com/sparkfx2023
  2. If you don’t already have one, create a free account
  3. Sit back and enjoy!




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