{"id":40518,"date":"2012-09-03T15:57:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T19:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=40518"},"modified":"2012-09-08T21:45:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T01:45:46","slug":"fiea-graduate-to-discuss-career-working-on-films-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/fiea-graduate-to-discuss-career-working-on-films-games\/","title":{"rendered":"FIEA Graduate to Discuss Career Working on Films, Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nikki Smith, a Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ graduate and an assistant technical director at Lucasfilm\u2019s Industrial Light & Magic division, will give a presentation at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, about working on films and games.<\/p>\n
Smith\u2019s presentation at Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s Center for Emerging Media, 500 W. Livingston St., Orlando, will be \u201cDiving Into The Industry As a Technical Artist.\u201d She\u2019ll also discuss some industry myths and tips for students looking to get into the industry.<\/p>\n
Smith is a graduate of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy. She also worked at Lucasfilm Animation and Electronic Arts, and her credits include Madden NFL Football 2012, NCAA Football 2012 and an unannounced animated film.<\/p>\n
Industrial Light & Magic is a division of the film company that was founded by George Lucas in 1975.<\/p>\n