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Welcome to another episode of the E-Scholium Podcast. Our (extremely) special guest today is Ms. Danielle Feinberg. Ms. Feinberg worked as a lighting artist on some of your favorite Pixar films including Monsters Inc, Wall-E, Coco, and Finding Nemo just to name a few. Most recently, she was the visual effects supervisor for Pixar’s newest feature film, Turning Red. In this episode, Ms. Feinberg shares some of her formative experiences that inspired her to pursue both computer science and computer-aided animation as well as her experience as a woman in computer animation. Big thanks to Ms. Feinberg for being so flexible and making this happen over zoom as well as to Maggie Lo for helping co host this episode!
Chapters:
(00:00) – Introduction
(01:46) – Formative Childhood Event
(03:43) – Early Exposure to Computer Science
(07:33) – Early Pixar Crunch Time for A Bug’s Life
(10:02) – Computer Science at Harvard
(13:53) – What Makes Pixar So Unique?
(16:25) – How Has Pixar Changed Over The Years
(20:06) – A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words – Finding Nemo
(24:40) – Importance of Representation in Pixar Films
(27:51) – Animation: Medium or Genre?
(29:53) – Important Mentors
(31:45) – What do you wish you learned earlier?
(33:18) – Overcoming Anxiety with Sharing Your Work
(35:31) – Advice for Young People
(38:42) – Favorite Films
(40:02) – Favorite Film You’ve Worked On
(41:38) – What is the meaning of life?
(43:38) – Ending Quote
(44:07) – Outro
This episode was recorded on April 15th
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