Animator

Kevin H. McCurdy

650-***-**** • *********@***.***

Portfolio: khmccurdy.wordpress.com

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (graduated May 2016)

Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics

•Minor in Animation and Digital Arts

Skills

•2-D digital animation, CG, cutout, stop-motion, drawn, video editing

•Adobe Flash, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, Premiere, Autodesk Maya, MS Office

•Acting, piano performance, mathematics, music transcription

Animation Experience

Director / Animator – House of Wolves, “The Appetite / Parallels” (Oct - Nov 2015)

•Directed, designed, produced, and animated a four-minute music video

Animation and Visual Effects Lead – “2400 Club” (Feb - Apr 2015)

•Designed, animated, keyed, and composited backgrounds and graphic elements with live action footage for a USC Production Thesis

Courses toward the Minor in Animation and Digital Arts at University of Southern California (2013-16)

•Animation Thesis – “Bølge” – Wrote, directed, designed, and animated a three-minute film, integrating Maya, After Effects, and hand-drawn animation (Fall-Spring 2016)

•Intro to 3D Computer Animation – Studied basic techniques for 3D animation, including modeling, texturing, lighting, and compositing (Spring 2015)

•Motion Picture Production – Studied and applied techniques of live-action film production to individual and group projects (Fall 2014)

•Animation Theory and Techniques – Developed skills for digital animation, with a focus on Photoshop and After Affects (Spring 2014)

•Intro to Film Graphics/Animation – Studied analog animation techniques, including drawn, film, cutout, stop motion, and pixilation (Fall 2013)

•Created two short music videos using cut-out paper and found objects

•Screenwriting for Animation – Wrote, reviewed, and critiqued student scripts in a workshop environment with focus on characterization and story structure (Fall 2013)

California State Summer School for the Arts 2011, Animation Division (Summer 2011)

•Learned animation and drawing techniques in a month-long intensive program while animating individual and collaborative projects

•Created “Computer”, a thirty second animation project using cut-outs

Awards/Honors

National Merit Scholarship Finalist (2012)

AP Scholar With Distinction Award (2012)

Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society Membership (2013-present)

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