resume: Vadim Viktorov.doc

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R e s u m e

R e s u m e
P o r t f o l i o
S k i l l s

Experience                                                               

United Multimedia Projects - motion picture company, Moscow.
1997 - present: Art director / Technical director.

Supervise technological development of the company; master specifics of High Definition digital cinematography technologies - HD24P/ CineAlta/ Non-linear HD Editing. Supervise shooting and create composition visual effects on film and video, create 3D animation graphics, nonlinear videoediting. Cartoon animation on ANIMO CAS. Manage other technologies such as 3D scanning, 3D equalize, motion capture, motion control, lipsync, P.I.X.A.R renderman, timetrack systems, retiming, design and desktop publishing. Optibase MPEG/ DVD encoding. Web development. Design and maintain network of UNIXs, Macs, and Windows machines, also mix video/ audio/ analog/ digital LAN.

 

PIDP Inc. - distribution company of Warner Brothers in Russia, Moscow.
1996 - 1997: Senior designer / Technical director.

Creative and design for many subsidiary companys: Varus Video, Om, Sezam Video, Evrika Films, Videomagazin. Made desktop publishing and videoediting show reels about films from Warner Brothers, United Artists, MGM. All works meet the requirements of localization key-arts in Russia.

 

Alt Vision Design - advertising agency, Moscow.
1994 -1996: Power Animator / Senior Designer / Technical director.

Specialization: Computer animations, compositing, cartoon animations, desktop publishing, advertising. More than 180 commercials are made. Among them 3D scanning and animation of sculpture elements on the cathedral of Christ the Saver by the order of Moscow Government. Animation film for Russian Olympic Games Committee. Works with BBDO Moscow, Walter Thomson, DMB&B. Advertise: Sony, Samsung, Bee Line, Salamander, Nestle, Robin Kay, Carl Zeiss, Audi, Volvo, Zepter, Bosh, LG, Tuborg, Sharp, Berlin Chemie - Menarini group, StinolL, Kettler, Basf, Lucky Strike, Apple Computer, Electrolux.

 

Christmas Films - cartoon animation studio, Moscow
1992 - 1994: Senior Computer Animation artist / Designer/ System Administrator

Specialization: computer cartoon animation (Animo and Animation Stand). 3D animation (YARC Renderman, Electric Image and Lightwave). Videoediting (Video Toaster). Administration network of Amiga, OpenStep PC and Macs. Work on big cartoon animation films for S4C (TV London), NHK (Japan) under the plays Shakespeare. Created a first full computer animation film for Shturman Cardiology Systems (USA).

 

NewBridge – show business agency, dealer of MBL inc. (USA) and Coemar (Italy) in Moscow.
1991 -1992: Laser Computer Animation artist / Physics/ Programmer.

Create laser-computer animation system for a laser projection of animation on major shows (musical, sport and theatrical). Programming, creative, design, animation, system administration. 

 

Education                                                                   

1990 -1991: research institute, Moscow. postgraduate in the area of artificial intelligence. Specialization: mathematical modeling and algorithms of scientific visualization and cognitive computer graphics in researches of distinguishability of the typical scripts in set of vague situations.

 

1988 -1990: radio-engineering academy, Kharkov. postgraduate in the physics of non-stationary radiations of an atmosphere of planets. Specialization: mathematical modeling and algorithms of 3D scientific visualization, computer graphics animation.

                         

1986 -1988: radio-engineering academy, Kharkov. Mathematician- engineer. Specialization: mathematical modeling and algorithms, systems analysis.

 

1981 -1986: Moscow Physics and Technology Institute, Moscow. Physics- engineer. Specialization: mathematical modeling and algorithms, statistical pattern recognition.

 

1981: art school 2, Cheboksary, Russia.

 

Computer skills                                                           

Now my main computer skills are concentrated on modern digital technologies in Digital Cinematography and TV production, production of cartoon animation serials, computer graphic, compositing and special effects.

Cartoon Animation.

main - CAS Animo, Linker Systems Animation Stand, minor- U.S. Animation, Toonz,

 

Compositing. 

main - Pinnacle Commotion,  Adobe/Cosa After Effects, Discreet Flame, Flint, Liberty; minor – Combustion, Shake, Illusion.

 

Editing.

main - Accom StrataSphere, Affinity, NewTek VideoToaster, Discreet Smoke/ Fire; minor - LlightWorks HeavyWorks, VOX Populy, Final Cut PRO, Digital Studio, Avid PRO-Tools, Media Compouser, Media 100.

 

3D Animation.

main - P.I.X.A.R Renderman, NewTec Lightwave, Electric Image, Infini-D, Cinema 4D; minor - Alias|Wavefront, Maya, Softimage, SideEffects Houdini.

 

Desktop Publish.  

main - Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand, Fontographer, QuarkXpress, Painter; minor - Second Genegation.

 

Web Technology.

Macromedia Flash, Director, Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, Golife.

 

Hardware and Programming.

Mix Video/ Audio/ Analog/ Digital LAN. Video shooting, recording, digitizing. DV, DVD, MPEG, DIVX coding and mastering. Scanning, offset printing. Network of UNIXs, Macs, and Windows machines. Programming languages: PL1, C/C++, Clarion, Dbase, Guru, Pascal, HTML.

 

 "Motion with Commotion ..."   

Master WEBpage - Vadim Viktorov,  2001.