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Hey there! Welcome to Stevie Caldarola's Portfolio. Stevie is a budding photographer, video editor, visual effects artist, lighting designer and graphic designer. She has been an avid amateur photographer since she could first use a camera. In college, Stevie minored in photography while earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater Design and Technology (specializing in Lighting Design). Currently, Stevie is on hiatus from her studies to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from Academy of Art University in Animation and Visual Effects.
Some of the skills that Stevie have mastered include camera operation (SLR and video), advanced Adobe Photoshop, advanced Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Wordpress theme design and coding, programming on all ETC consoles, select Strand consoles, Hogs, and Jands Vista, bookkeeping, and great writing and computer skills.
Sometimes I feel like I need to listen to this David Foster Wallace commencement speech at the beginning of each day until I finally have memorized it by heart. I’ve had a bit of a time of things recently, and this wisdom from DFW has more meaning than ever. Read More »
This music video is every editor/motion graphic designer’s dream and nightmare… This is the perfect example of what I would love to do on a project. Read More »
I don’t need to say anything with this one- just watch it and see for yourself… Read More »
If you haven’t heard of visual artist Aaron Koblin, go and check out his portfolio immediately. I promise, it is very worth it. One of Mr. Koblin’s most recent projects, The Exquisite Forest, really caught my eye. Based on an idea put forth by a group of artists called “The Exquisite Corpse”, in which a sentence is made by each new person adding one word to the sentence without seeing what was previously added, The Exquisite Forest creates a similar experience using animation and visuals to create a collaborative representation of a theme. These “trees” are all available to view on the forest’s website. The project is a result of a collaboration with Chris Milk, The Tate Modern, where the forest was also on display, and Google Creative Lab. Read More »