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Happy Feet taps it's way through AIE Canberra!

03 Mar 2007

AIE students were recently visited by former AIE student Robert Byrne, who talked to Diploma of Screen students about some of the projects he has worked on since completing his studies. Robert's latest project was working for Sydney studio, Animal Logic, on the academy award winning Happy Feet.

Robert was heavily involved as Senior Lighting Technical Director on Happy Feet, and lead a small team of specialists to create the stunning lighting effects used throughout the project.

An experienced artist, Robert has also worked on other feature films such as Scooby Doo with Photon VFX and various projects for Animal Logic. Robert spent more than an hour with AIE students, giving them some valuable insights into creating their portfolios and concentrating their studies to specific areas that interest them, such as lighting, animation, rigging or modelling.