Curriculum Vitae
Contact Info:
Jakob Schindegger
Currently located: Hamburg / Germany / Europe
Phone: +49-163-729 4262
E-Mail: jakob@fakob.com
Showreel
I am an art director in the area of motion graphics and VFX.
My skills and experience range from generating, developing and implementing creative ideas to working closely with clients.
To find new visual styles and to increase productivity, I interconnect different software and draw on scripting and programming.
The background for my artistic and creative skills lies within my studies of Art and Architecture (New York / Vienna)
with the emphasis on computer and film.
Experience:
since 2011 Motion Graphics Artist at INFECTED Postproduction in Hamburg
2008-2011 Lecturer in “Digital Compositing” at the Filmcollege in Vienna
Topics (excerpt): Learning to See, Format and Codecs, Matte Creation, Color Correction, Keying, 2D + 3D Tracking, 3D Basics, Multipass Compositing
(After Effects, Syntheyes, Cinema 4D)
2007-2011 Art Director (full-time) at ZONE Media, a multimedia production company in Vienna
(After Effects, Softimage, vvvv, Syntheyes, Cinema 4D)
2006 Art Director (full-time) at Media Art Compagnie in Vienna
(Softimage, After Effects)
since 2001 Freelance work as fakob – motion graphics and VFX artist
(Softimage, After Effects)
Education:
2004 Master of Science in Architecture at the University of Technology, Vienna
Thesis: Filmspace – Architecture of the Mind – on the translation of liminality into film space
2001-2002 Courses in Art and Architecture at the City University of New York
(mulitmedia art, web art, video documentary)
1993 Graduated with distinction from the Higher Technical College, Vienna (Telecommunication Engineering and Electronics)
Software:
3D and CAAD – Softimage/ICE(advanced/advanced), Cinema4D (intermediate), ArchiCad (intermediate)
3D-Tracking – Syntheyes (advanced), PFTrack (intermediate), Boujou (intermediate)
VFX – After Effects (expert), Fusion (intermediate), Apple Motion (intermediate)
Prototyping – vvvv (advanced), Processing (intermediate)
Programming – Python (intermediate), Javascript (intermediate), Java (intermediate)
Example projects:
3D and Compositing
Bringing up a truck
Short film called “Bringing up a truck” – WIP
Work: 100% fakob – concept, tracking, modelling, texturing, lighting, animation, multipass compositing, color correction
Programming: ICE system to simulate proper bulging of the trucks wheels
Software: Softimage, Syntheyes, After Effects
Guardian Angel
3D and Compositing work for product film
Work: tracking, texturing, lighting, animation, multipass compositing
Software: Softimage, Syntheyes, After Effects
fakob Pixar Spoof
Self promotion
Work: 100% fakob – modelling, rigging, animation
Software: Softimage, After Effects
Zugvogel
Based on an idea of the artist Juli Fritz – WIP
Work: 100% fakob – modelling, lighting, rigging, animation, compositing
Software: Softimage, After Effects
PSK-Versicherung
Image film for PSK-Versicherung
Work: visual concept, animation, art direction
Software: Softimage, Fusion
Motion Graphics
Kapsch Media System
Design and creation of more than 200 Clips for the Kapsch Media System with the function to brand, welcome, guide, inform and entertain
Work: concept, animation, art direction
Programming: ICE particle system to simulate morphable light painting, a system using vvvv/c# to simulate texturable flowing lines
Software: Softimage, After Effects
Bertelsmann
Design and creation of a 30 minutes presentation for Bertelsmann in Berlin. Headed a team of six animators using different visual approaches for each part. The show was projected on a 36 x 5m screen and had a resolution of 5256 x 720 pixel.
Work: visual concept, lead animation, art direction
Programming: ICE particle system to simulate dandelion seeds, scripting organic motion menu
Software: Softimage, After Effects
Brunos Welt
Development of Short Clips of Bruno the mascot of Infoscreen (Austrian Media Channel)
Work: concept, lead animation, tracking, greenbox supervision, keying, compositing, art direction
Software: After Effects, Syntheyes
Ray – film magazine
Design of various movie trailers for the Austrian film magazine ray
Work: concept, animation, art direction
Software: After Effects
Kino unter Sternen
A twenty second promotional trailer on 35mm
Work: concept, animation, art direction
Software: After Effects
Title and Info Graphics
The Perverts Guide To Cinema
Motion Graphics for the Movie “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema” by Sophie Fiennes (Channel4 / WDR / 3sat)
Work: visual concept, title animation, inserts, credits, VFX
Software: After Effects
Fatal Promises
Title and Infographic Design for the Documentary Fatal Promises by Katharina Rohrer www.fatalpromises.com
Work: concept, animation, art direction
Software: After Effects
Rimini
Motion Graphics for the Movie “RIMINI” by Peter Jaitz.
Work: visual concept, title animation, credits, tracking
Software: After Effects, Boujou
Interaction Design
Vienna Media Fair
Interaction Design for a multitouch table
Work: concept, previz animation (with scripting), art direction
Software: After Effects
Language Skills:
German – mother-tongue
English – fluent
Personal Data Sheet:
Name: Jakob Schindegger
Degree: Master of Science in Architecture
Date of Birth: Vienna, 8th of October 1974
Address: Vienna
Phone: +49-163-729 4262
E-Mail: jakob@fakob.com
