Caroline Lopes Pires

Tel. 07506230988

E-mail:[email protected]

URL: www.carolinepires.pt.vu

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Education :

2007 Postgraduate course in Compositing at Escape Studios

2004-2005 Masters in Animation at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain

2000-2003 BSc. (Hons) 2:2 in Computer Science at Reading University in the

United Kingdom

Research paper: Human avatar interaction in virtual reality environments.

1998-2000 International Baccalaureate [30] at the St. Dominic’s International school in Lisbon, Portugal

Work Experience:

October 2007 - Present Freelance work in London, UK

Roto / Prep work at Escape Studios using shake and silhouette. Roto at Mr. and Mrs. Smith using shake. VFX (3d camera tracking, CG and compositing) for the short film “Fresh”by Elizabeth Dyson.

June 2007 Freelance work in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Roto and compositing work at Tresdeseo using combustion. www.levelgate.com/ecoembes

January – February 2007 Freelance work in Barcelona, Spain

Webdesign, flash animation and actionscripting for Beeline.

www.beeline.es

October – December 2006 Freelance work in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Modelling, animation and dynamics at Firmist Animacion SL for the short film “La pesadilla de Florian”

March – July 2006 Freelance work in Lisbon, Portugal

3D medical animations for dentistry clinics in lisbon:

CISO – Cl í nica Integrada de Sa ú de Oral, Lisboa.

NCN – Centro de Profilaxia e Reabilita çã o Oral, LDA., Alcanena.

January - April 2006 Freelance work in Toronto, Canada

Flash Animator and Web designer for Lab303 (Lab303.com).

June 2004 – December 2005 Freelance work in Barcelona, Spain

Creating animated flash based websites including character design, animation, and action script programming.

Photomontage and color correction for video clip “Gloria – Dame Suavecito” for Producciones Avinyó Films for Filmax Music. Editing a promotional video for the organizers of the “Urban Funk” event.

March 2005 – June 2005 Post Production Assistant at Organik Films, Barcelona, Spain

Worked on post production of various video clips including TV commercials

Traveled to Milan as a 3D assistant for the director Alex Orlowski ( www.alexorlowski.com ) during the shoot of the new Alice Telecom advert.Researching particle effects in combustion to make photographs look like live footage.

February 2004 – March 2004 Intern at Imagina in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Helped with the creation of 3D models and animation in 3D Studio Max.

Compositing in combustion.

January 2004 – February 2004 Intern at Rede Globo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Worked in set design, creating panels and accessories for the set of the tv series “New Wave”.

July 2003 – December 2003 Assistant at Volcais Ltd in Lisbon, Portugal

In charge of human resources and customer relations Organized customer database, and updated computer systemsTrained employees on how to optimize the use of the office computer network

Software skills:

Maya, 3D Studio Max, PFTrack, Shake, Combustion, After Effects, Silhouette, Motor, Real Flow, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Flash.

Languages:

Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish

Activities and Interests:

Played golf at an international competition level as a member of the Portuguese national team Film and Music

References:

Director Alex Orlowski

Organik Films (www.organikfilms.com)

C/ Valencia 191 pral 2

08011 BCN SPAIN

Tel: +034 93 3238560

Ms. Yolanda Olivan

University Pompeu Fabra

Passeig de Circunval lació 8, Despatx 211 (2ª Planta)

08003 BCN SPAIN

Tel: +(34)935422566