Call for Participation
Behind the Pixel (BTP): Past and Present CG Innovators – A Fireside Chat featuring John Gaeta and Carolyn Giardina
Presented by the LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter
Free online via Zoom
Wednesday October 12, 2022, 7:00 pm PST
https://lasiggraph.org/event/behind-pixel-btp-past-and-present-cg-innovators-fireside-chat-featuring-john-gaeta-and
One-on-one interview featuring Innovator John Gaeta, Creative Executive at Inworld AI and Carolyn Giardina, Technology Editor, The Hollywood Reporter (THR). Join us for a wide-ranging conversation, from The Matrix to the convergence of cinema and game-like experiences into the Metaverse.
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PRESENTERS
Carolyn Giardina, Tech Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
John Gaeta, Chief Creative Officer, Inworld AI
Diane Piepol, Principal, Substance 34 Consulting, Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION
We all know the phrase “bullet time “. One of the iconic digital effects methods employed in The Matrix (1999), indelibly alive in our pop cultural memory. The best of VFX imagination burned in like a visual gem supporting dramatic storytelling.
John Gaeta is the innovator and visual effects supervisor responsible for those digital effects. Currently, he is also recognized in the CG community as a leading visionary in our post-cinematic era. John is not stopping with experiential delivery for traditional screens. His inspired work has continued, and quite rapidly of late, linked it to the collaborative dream and day-to-day effort of creating the so-called Metaverse.
The pioneering continues with more risk-taking, radical imagination and speculation. Yes, components will merge and join: realtime graphics, expanded storytelling, immersive display systems (XR), virtual production, artificial intelligence, interactive virtual humans and more. This is Gaeta’s milieu.
We are very fortunate at LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter to have John Gaeta as our guest for the next Behind the Pixel (BTP): Past and Present CG Innovators series along with Caroline Giardina of the Hollywood Reporter to guide the conversation.
John is currently Chief Creative Officer at Inworld AI and Co-Founder of LivingCities.xyz. Two companies that are taking key steps to flesh out the Metaverse, experientially. He has held positions that include Executive Creative Producer The Matrix Awakens (UE5 experience), SVP of Creative Strategy at Magic Leap and Executive Creative Director of Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB. John received an Academy Award for his VFX contributions on The Matrix (1999).
Carolyn Giardina is Technology Editor at The Hollywood Reporter (THR). She has been contributing to THR since 2008 and writing its Behind the Screen blog since it launched in 2013.
Conceived and produced and hosted by Diane Piepol, Substance 34 Consulting.
Join us for what promises to be a highly memorable and incomparably unique program!
SCHEDULE
7:00 Program opens with introductions
7:10 Interview begins
8:00 Q&A begins
8:30 Program ends
You must register with ZOOM REGISTRATION to attend this event.
REGISTRATION
This is a free Zoom event. You must register with Zoom to get access to the event.
This event is open and free to everyone. You must register through Zoom to get access to this Webinar. We always appreciate a donation or Chapter Membership to help cover our expenses.
You may JOIN the chapter for $40/year or DONATE for any amount. We accept online payments through PayPal.
SPECIAL THANKS
John Gaeta, Inworld AI; Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter; and all LA SIGGRAPH Chapter Leadership and volunteers, Joan Collins, Donna Tracy, and Mary Nelson.
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