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Lucas Green

Sessional Faculty

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Education:

BMA, ECU

Bio

Lucas is a Vancouver-based animator and illustrator. A prairie boy turned west coast wanderer, Lucas collaborates with clients around the world to create striking, character-driven visuals for film, TV and print. He is the co-creator of the webcomic The Constant Star and illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel King Warrior. His work in film and TV includes the SyFy series Vagrant Queen and Astrid and Lilly Save the World, and Tubi Originals Z-Suite, Slay, Invasive and Invasive II: Getaway.

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Research Interests

Lucas’ professional practice is deeply process-oriented. Through his teaching, he seeks to remove creative barriers to encourage frictionless animation and design workflows. Driven by an interest in the intersections of language, mythology and science, he is currently working on a short film, based on Korean folklore, that explores and supports language revitalization efforts of the endangered Jeju dialect.

Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Animation ANIM 338 26/SU

Description

This studio course introduces students to motion graphics concepts and visual effects techniques in the context of digital animation production. Creative projects in the course will incorporate complex layering, transparency and mattes, motion and timing, and the animation of text and visual effects. Through a series of presentations, tutorials, related assignments and projects, individual and group critiques, students will learn basic production techniques and develop an understanding of the process of creating motion graphics for video and animation.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Design DESN 350 26/SU

Description

This three-credit elective course focuses on contemporary topics in Interdisciplinary Design. Students will undertake immersive educational experiences that expand their skills and understanding of design through interdisciplinary projects.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Film + Screen Arts FMSA 350 26/SU

Description

This studio course offers students the opportunity to develop projects around a proposed topic that responds to emerging trends within contemporary film and/or media arts. The course offers historical, theoretical and practical insights into a range of practices associated with the topic. Students learn how to position their work in relation to relevant discourses. Depending on the specific instructor and subject area, the class may participate in field trips, group critiques, discussions of readings, individual and collaborative film and media arts creation.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.

Professional Practices PROF 311 26/SU

Description

This professional practice course prepares students for further professional and educational opportunities. Students gain practical and critical, conceptual, and theoretical skills. Topics include project management, business formations, the fundamentals of proposals and contracts, intellectual property and the complexities of authorship, budgets and financial administration, the market planning process within the private and public sectors, and the social role of the artist or designer. Larger societal constructs are examined as well as assumptions about the nature of professional practice research and discourse. The goal is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to enter the cultural or design sectors with assurance, awareness and integrity. Through faculty and guest presentations, individual and group research projects, students learn to identify the ways in which the artists and designers respond to their cultural, social, and economic contexts.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.