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The culture of design is being redefined.

On October 4-5, 2008, a gathering of Filmmakers, Designers and Artists will speak with an audience of Industry Professionals, Academics and Students to examine Immersive design and its impact on Modern culture and the entertainment industry.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) in partnership with The University Art Museum (UAM), California State University of Long Beach, Present to you 5D: The Future of Immersive Design.

My Interests

Immersive design for narrative and interactive media in film, tv, animation, games, architecture and environment.

I'd like to meet:

Production Designers, Art Directors, Animators, Set Designers, Game Developers, all Producers and Artists creating content for digital media.

Music:

Future of Sound

Movies:

Watchmen, Pirates of the Carribean, Minority Report, Fight Club, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 300, Zodiac, Cat in the Hat, Kurasawa's High and the Low, Drunken Angel, Hidden Fortress, Star Wars.

My Blog

A Question of Communication: Thoughts on Digital Set Design

by Tino Schaedler, Art Director For Digital SetsRecently, computer generated images have taken a big leap from playing a minor role to becoming the lead act. In films such as Sin City (2005, Jeanette ...
Posted by 5D on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:23:00 PST

Check out this video: 5Ds Alex McDowell on Pre Vis

Alex McDowell discusses the Pre Vis process of Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"Check out this video: 5Ds Alex McDowell on Pre Vis ..Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by 5D on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:49:00 PST

Watchmen - Video Journal 1 - Sets & Sensibility

An advocate of immersive film design,Alex McDowell integrates digital technology and traditional design technique, creating a production design process that allows for unprecedented control over the l...
Posted by 5D on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:14:00 PST

Managing Visual Effects

by Kurt Williams, Visual Effects SupervisorIn order to outline the tactics for comprehensive visual effects design in a movie, we must first dissect how the shots will be ultimately put together. I ha...
Posted by 5D on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:24:00 PST

The Screaming Edge of Change: Designing the Future in 5D

Artistry and EvolutionArtistry is not the part of Art Direction that you learn in school. It's the glowing core bound within your DNA. It cannot be taught. Artistry combined with learned skills and t...
Posted by 5D on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:30:00 PST

5D In Perspective- by Peter Plantec

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Posted by 5D on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:00 PST

Peter Plantec highlights 5D Conference

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/searchlist/9513.htmlYou will have to cut and paste the url into your browser since Myspace seems to disable this link for unknown reasons.5D Committee...
Posted by 5D on Sat, 24 May 2008 07:19:00 PST

Peter Plantec 5D Founder writes about 5D European Conference Partner

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/headlines/9391.html5D Founders Peter Plantec and Alex McDowell are presenting at FMX in Stuttgart, Germany this week.
Posted by 5D on Wed, 07 May 2008 10:51:00 PST

Dreamworks Animation Exec, 5D panel moderator presents upcoming 5D Panel

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Posted by 5D on Sun, 04 May 2008 06:58:00 PST

5D News | April 2008

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Posted by 5D on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:04:00 PST