SARAH CAVE

littlebleustudios@hotmail.com -- www.littlebluestudios.com

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2658646/

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Pipeline/Creature Development/Animation Coordinator | PERCY JACKSON

DIGITAL DOMAIN

April 2009 – January 2010

- Coordinator responsible for Animation, pipeline and creature devl departments.

- Working with Animation Director and Supervisor to make sure their departments stayed on task,

received feedback quickly & filtered priorities from other departments appropriately.

- Responsible for running all client reviews at Digital Domain for PERCY JACKSON

- Assisted coordination of client review lists and cinesync conference calls.

- Gave additional training to junior coordinators, production assistant and animators in framecycler & dmx.

Animation Coordinator | GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

DIGITAL DOMAIN

July 2008 – March 2009

- Coordinator responsible for Animation and Integration departments.

- Working with Animation Supervisor and Integration Supervisor to make sure their departments stayed on task,

received feedback quickly & filtered priorities from other departments appropriately.

- Responsible for running all client reviews at Digital Domain for GIJOE.

- Assisted coordination of client review lists and cinesync conference calls.

- Stepped in to coordinate Lighting and Compositing departments as needed

- Gave additional training to junior coordinators, production assistant and animators in framecycler & dmx.

Digital Coordinator | SPEED RACER

DIGITAL DOMAIN
June 2007 – April 2008

- Coordinator for Art Department and served as conduit between Art Department and DD’s show network.

- Coordinated asset and matte painting teams working alongside Assets Manager and VFX Sup.

- Assisted coordinating research and development car shoot (June 2007)

- Responsible for coordinating and operating dailies and nightlies

- Playback operator for ALL Client and Director reviews for Speed Racer at Digital Domain.

- Worked with facility and VP/VFX Supervisor to test, operate, develop and create user guides for new Dailies system.

Production Coordinator | THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

DIGITAL DOMAIN

May 2007 – June 2007

- Helped to coordinate and facilitate 3D facial capture setup and shoots

- organized and assisted with costume and material shoot for texture and 3D departments

- Production office coordinating.

Walkthru Coordinator | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN III
DIGITAL DOMAIN

Dec. 2006 – April 2007

- Responsible for taking all notes given by VFX sups, client or supervising artists.

- Worked side by side with Digital Coord. To track shot status and other production needs

- Responsible for coordinating reviews with artists, leads and VFX sups.

Production Coordinator | Vault Manager | THE HOLIDAY

RADIUM INC. ( Los Angeles )

April 2006 – Nov. 2006

- Responsible for all in and outgoing media and drives

- Responsible for general office and production tasks including shipping, runs, shopping, client craft service,

phones, faxing, research, calendar updates, office organization, assist coordinators and producers with various production tasks etc.

- Wrangled interns

- Worked with VFX Producer to track, load, download and run files between Sony Studios, Technicolor & Radium for the ‘ Holiday ’.

Digital Restoration Artist

LOWRY DIGITAL IMAGING

March 2005 – March 2006

- Responsible for cleaning, repairing and restoring feature live action and animated films for
DVD and theatrical release.

Development Intern & Web Designer

VALHALLA MOTION PICTURES

Sept. 2004 – April 2005

    Supervisor: Gale Anne Hurd
    -           Responsible for script reading and coverage, project research, working reception, answering phones, copying, faxing
                and runs.

1^st Assistant Camera

MUSIC VIDEO “Straight Heat”

Aug. 2004

Director/Director of Photography/Editor/Producer
THE LAST BATCH

April 2004
- 7 minute short created as part of the Boston 48 Hour Film Project. Winner of Ten Best of Boston & Best Cinematography

Camera Operator/Editor

GWAR at RISD: LECTURE & WORKSHOP (Documentary)

                 Spring 2003 & 2004
                   -            Documentaries of unique art lecture and workshop series of different ways to work
                                with foam rubber, casts, molds and latex to create sculptures, effects, critters and costumes.

Sponsored by the Rhode Island School of Design and Red Bull North America

Director/Director of Photography/Editor/Producer/FX

    EDDIE DEADER
                    June 2003
                    -           Comedy short produced by Little Blue Studios

Animator/ Sound Designer/Director

    LITTLE BLUE & THE STINKY FISH
    June 2003
    -           Animated short

SKILLS

Camera Operation: Canon XL1, Sony VX2000, VX2100 and PD100, 16mm Bolex
Editing Systems: AVID, Media 100, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Steenbeck, Basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro
Sound Editing Software: ProTools, Sound Edit 16
Graphics Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge, ImageReady
Animation and FX programs: Adobe After Effects, Flash
Web: Microsoft FrontPage, Dreamweaver, HTML, WiKi page design
Other: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), FilemakerPro, Iridas Framecycler, Cinesync, Scratch

EDUCATION

Summer 2004
USC School of Cinema & Television Summer Production Courses; University of Southern California ; Los Angeles , CA

Sept. 1999 – June 2003
BFA in Film, Animation & Video; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); Providence , RI

Summer 1999
Web Design Certification Course; Clark University ; Framingham , MA

HONORS & AWARDS

                DARK HORSE COMICS | Grand Prize | November 2005
              Grand Prize Winner of the Dark Horse Comics Aeon Flux Art Contest.
                Drawing published in Aeon Flux # 4 issued Jan. 6^th, 2006.

THE LAST BATCH | Best Cinematography/Best of Boston | April 2004
48 hr film project short won Best Cinematography
Voted one of the 10 Best of Boston by the Boston Underground Film Festival

* References available upon request