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Meet Michal Makarewicz; Supervising Animator at Skydance, former 20 year Pixar Veteran

MICHAL MAKAREWICZ is a multi-Award winning, former 20 year Pixar Veteran; former Head of Animation Spire Studios, current Skydance Lead Animator.


He has worked on some of Pixar's most beloved shorts and feature films such as Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Incredibles 1, Incredibles 2, Finding Dory, Brave, Cars 1, Cars 2, Wall-E, UP, Soul, Ratatouille, as well as many others. Michal led the Pixar internship along other educational series for employees at the studio. He also has had the honor of mentoring under Founder Ed Catmull.


Michal is also the Founder of the Animation Collaborative. An animation school focused on learning high level feature Animation, Story,  and Character Design. Taught by some of the top artists in the field, the school has helped many achieve their goals. Michal is also the Founder of ProRigs a 40+ character library of  professionally designed and built 3D rigs. These are for students and professionals to help for training or use in commercial use. 

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**THIS IS AN IN-PERSON ONLY EXPERIENCE**


SPECIAL DISCOUNT:
 50% off the ticket price for Club CTN Members. Use code CTN50 at checkout.

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Part 1

PART 1 / 5 LECTURES: September 20th 10:00am - 7:00pm

1. Acting and Performance
2. The Graph Editor
3. MasterSpline workflow 

4. Specificity
5. Eyes in animation 
6. Q&A


3 LIVE DEMOS
1. Bouncing Ball (showing graph editor workflow application)
2. Physical shot (MasterSpline workflow application)
3. Performance Acting Shot 

PART 2

PART 2 / 4 LECTURES: November 20th 10:00am - 7:00pm

1. Facial Mechanics and Appeal
2. Brows
3. Polish for Feature Film
4. The Layered Workflow
5. Q&A
3 LIVE DEMOS
1. Physical Push
2. Performance Acting Shot #2
3. FK Setups for CLEAN workflow.

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  • September 20th Masterclass Part 1 (only) - 10am -7pm  
  • Regular Price $250.00 (9 hours total)
  • 50% off for Club CTN Members Using Code CTN50 - $125.00
  • 1-Day Basic Ticket to CTNX25 Included
  • Location CTN Studio Burbank
     
  • November 20th Masterclass Part 2 (only) - 10am -7pm 
  • Regular Price $250.00 (9 hours total)
  • 50% off for Club CTN Members Using Code CTN50 - $125.00
  • 1-Day Basic Ticket to CTNX25 Included
  • Location CTNX Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel
     
  • Bundle Part 1 and Part 2 - 2 Sessions 
  • Regular Price $425.00 (18 hours total)
  • 50% off for Club CTN Members Using Code CTN50 - $212.50
  • 4-Day Basic Ticket to CTNX25 Included
  • Come to one or both Masterclasses. 
  • There will be time for Q&A, so please come prepared with your questions!
  • Lunch break is from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.  We also call for 15 min break intervals aside from lunch.
  • At the end of the day, there will be networking and mingling from 6pm to 7pm.


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Masterclass Details

We believe that true understanding of the animation process goes beyond simply discussing the subject matter. Our Animation Lecture Masterclass offers the unique opportunity to see how one of the industry’s most talented artists approaches animation - LIVE in front of you. Get the tools you need to create your own feature-quality animation, and don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity to learn, meet and network with your peers at the CTN Studio.


Geared toward students and experienced animators alike, this masterclass discusses animation from a variety of artistic perspectives, breaking down and explaining the simplest to most complex theories, ideas, and choices. All structured to provide the daily tools needed for animators, for the processes you will find in an animation studio.  


A Professional Environment

Each masterclass is filled with industry-proven techniques for handling both common and unusual animation challenges.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING!

"It was incredible! CTN should invite him back! I would recommend this to any animator regardless of their level."

"I really enjoyed it. Top notch instruction. Michel really knows what he's talking about. Even with my high expectations, I got a lot more out of it than I anticipated.."

I’m glad and forever thankful that CTN has been generous enough to bring him down here not just for this masterclass but for the CTN talks as well."

"I think it was awesome. Mike has a amazing workflow thats close to mine, so i was able to take away lots of little gems to improve and get more efficient.  Not to talk about all the performance info which was even more valuable to me.  Its not just a insight into one of the best at Pixar, but also a deeper look at processes inside Pixar.  I loved every minute of it."

I was able to meet and befriend a good hand of amazing animators, including meeting one of my mentors from Disney Animation Studios in person, who happened to already take the full week course years ago with Michal and wanted to see what was new. To his surprise there was still more things to learn and he was glad to have taken part as well.

It was amazing, incredible, and totally unreal. This class in particular has already been getting rave reviews from people who originally took it back up in Emeryville as a 5 day class years ago. To say I finally took it and experienced it firsthand means so much to me it was impossible to get a good night’s rest that weekend. I could not contain my excitement at home and even during class. 


The hype was real, even though Michal was not feeling well on the first day. The magic and charisma that Michal was known for kept us awake and fully engrossed into what he was bringing to the table. So much valuable information for animators who already know they want to stay in this competitive field. The class I would say is the cherry on top to everything that an advanced or even an intermediate level animator has already learned. Each person I know that has taken this class has exponentially moved up in the animation field and will always bring back what they learned from Michal no matter where they’re from and it’s that kind of magic from Michal that will forever be remembered. 

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