Dana Schechter | Résumé | 2012
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Occupation, 1997 to Present:
Freelance Animation, Motion Graphics, Design and Compositing for TV, Film, Video; Senior Animator/Designer with 14 years experience
using Adobe After Effects and related software. Specific interest in projects with Design, Musical, Art-Related and Socially Conscious content.
Selected Production Houses (NYC):
Massmarket, Psyop, Curious Pictures, Edgeworx, 1st Ave Machine, UVPhactory, Guerilla FX, Valins and Co.,
My Active Driveway, Q Division, Propeller Films
Partial Client List:
ABC, AOL, MTV, PBS, U2, Comedy Central, Showtime, Sundance Channel, Saturday Night Live, Oxygen,
The Learning Channel, WGN Chicago, Natural History Museum NYC
Hardware / Software:
Mac/PC. Adobe CS4/CS5 Suite: After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver; Final Cut Pro, Digidesign Pro Tools, Ableton Live
Related Skills:
Painting, Illustration, Photography, Shooting, Stop-Motion Animation, Graphic Design / Layout; Music Composition and Film Scoring, Audio
Recording, Live Performance, Sound Editing
Projects:
Commercials, Music Videos, Feature/Documentary Films, Titles/End Credits, Network Branding, Museum Installations,
Private Tutoring, Web Animation, Industrials
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Selected Recent Freelance Work:
Propeller Films, Brooklyn NY
09/2010 - 12/2011 (Lead Animator, Design, Illustration, Compositing, Graphics Producing): “Watchers Of the Sky”
Documentary Feature about the history of Genocide. Original animated and illustrated content including use of original historical writings, photographs and
archival footage. Release forthcoming.
Neal St. Studios, London UK
10/2009 - 11/2010 (Animation, Compositing, Design): Original animated content for rock group U2's 7-story seamless video screen on their current
”U2 360 Tour”. Animations are integrated with real-time concert footage and NASA footage in worldwide arenas with 40 –95,000 audience members per concert.
Lancashire and Somerset, Liverpool UK
08/2008 - 11/2010 (Original Illustration): Drawings for poetry/short story publications “A Lonely War” and “One Brittle Nerve” by NYC writer Pete Simonelli.
Psyop/Massmarket, NY NY
8/2010 (Animation, Compositing): AT&T “Torch” and “Bag” - Spots for the AT&T Blackberry phone.
03/2009 (Compositing): Commercial - “UPS Gladiator”, the first of a series of Award-winning 3d animated TV spots.
01/2009 (Design, Animation): Commercial Spot Design/Pitch - “Fanta 2009”. Worked with Psyop owner-directors to
develop youth-culture based graphic concept development.
1st Ave Machine, NY NY
04/2010 (Animation, Compositing): “Runners”- Commercial for HP Printers.
UVPhactory, NY NY
04/2010 (Animation, Compositing): “Nexus One”- Pitch/spot for the new Google Phone.
Whizz Kid Entertainment, London
03/2010 (Lead Animation, Design, Graphics Producer): “U2 360 Live at the Rose Bowl” DVD - Main Title Sequence and Opening, Intermission and Ending Animated sequences.
Edgeworx, NY NY
10/2009 (Animation, Design, Compositing): Title Sequence for Documentary Feature “Life 2.0”
10/2009 (Animation, Design, Compositing): Show Title Graphics: HBO Documentary show “Terror In Mumbai”06/2007 (Animation): Feature Film Titles - “El Cantante”
Quinnipiac University School of Communications CT
04/2009: Guest Lecturer for Broadcast Media Studies department. Lectured Undergrad students about Animation, Design, Concepts and Planning.
Q Division/Special Branch, NY NY
09/2009 (Compositing): Promo Videos - Nike “Golf”
04/2009 (Compositing): TV Commercial - “Ziploc Evolve”
When In Doubt Productions, New Haven CT
04/2009 (Design, Animation): Documentary Opening Titles -”The Power of Giving: Stories of Volunteerism”
- Created for Connecticut Public Television. Concept and development, Design, Animation.
Guerilla FX, NY NY
04-06/2009 (Design, Animation): ABC TV Graphic Novel - “Earth 2100”, a one-hour Prime-Time animated Graphic Novel about Global Warming.
03/2009 (Lead Design, Animation): Documentary Feature - “Voices Unbound” - Original art and design from boards through completed animation
for graphic sequences, titles, and effect sequences. Additional design uses original assets, photographs and archival footage.
Hidden Driver, NY NY
01/2009 (Illustration, Design, Compositing, Animation): Book Promo Animation - “Creative Commons” -
Co-designed, illustrated and animated original artwork and visual concepts to illustrate book text.
Lehigh University/LUAG Galleries, Bethlehem PA
01/2009 (Lead Design, Animation, Compositing, Editing): Gallery Video Installation - “Mendieta Project”, a 12-foot high gallery video installation,
created in conjunction with director Juan Sanchez. Concept and development of the primary visual style; integrated the director's original
artwork with footage.
Phlea.TV/Sundance, Brooklyn NY
10/2008 (Design, Animation): Animated “Musical” Spot for Sundance Channel - “Sometimes the Dream is Real”
My Active Driveway, NY NY
04/2008 (Design, Animation): Network Spot - “MTV 2008 Movie Awards”
04/2008 (Animation): TV Spots - Pizza Hut/Pasta Hut “Implosion”, “Grand Opening”
03/2008 (Design): Pitch - Design and Paint, “The Day Thief”
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Hardware / Software:
Mac/PC. CS4 and CS5/Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Dreamweaver; Final Cut Pro,
Digidesign Pro Tools, Ableton Live
Related Skills:
Painting, Illustration, Photography; Stop-Motion Animation; Print Design + Layout; Music Composition + Film Scoring,
Recording, Performance, Sound Editing
Projects:
Commercials, Music Videos, Feature/Documentary Films, Titles/End Credits, Network branding, Museum Installations,
Private Tutoring, Web Animations, Industrials
Partial Company List (NYC):
Guerilla FX, Psyop, Curious Pictures, Edgeworx, Valins and Co, My Active Driveway, Special Branch, Version 2,
Cosmo Street, the Station, Funny Garbage/Red Hot, Radical Media, Vidiots
Animation Work created for:
MTV, PBS, U2, Comedy Central, Showtime, Sundance Channel, Saturday Night Live, Oxygen, The Learning Channel, WGN Chicago,
Lehigh University, Rose Planetarium/Natural History Museum NYC
Original Illustration/Print work for:
Yep Roc Records, Cooking Vinyl Records, Evangeline Records, Décor Records, Mojo Magazine UK, Lancashire and Somerset Publishing UK
Education:
School of Visual Arts, NY, NY
2010: Continuing Education Program, Studies in Typography and Graphic Design
CCSF, San Francisco, CA
1991 - 1994: Studies in Computer Graphics, Design, Fine Arts, and Music
1992 - 1994: Assistant Studio Instructor, Printmaking/Oil Painting Dept.
References available upon request.
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