Introduction to animation

Co-founder of Adelaide animation studio Monkeystack, Shane has spent over two decades working in all areas of digital media production. Shane is a flexible digital artist and producer with clients as varied as Nickelodeon, the ABC, Schneider Electric and others. He is a multi award winning practitioner with recognition of his work as director, art director and technical director.

Shane has experience in animation project management, render wrangling, 3d production, Virtual Reality production and software management. As the primary technical director at Monkeystack he completed animation pilots, digital games and numerous short films.

Originally graduated with a degree in Animation, Jason was a stop frame and 2D animator before he developed a career in Postproduction, becoming a sought-after technical advisor for the Animation Industry in the South West of England and Wales. Jason has been a Course Leader in Visual Effects and associated subjects for over 2 decades.

He spent the last year working as an Associate Professor in Visual Effects at XJTLU in Suzhou, China, helping to set up a new State of the Art Film School before joining the VEED team at Flinders University in January.

She majored and completed Honours in English and also was a Sculpture Major for three years at North Adelaide School of Art. After graduating she worked as a Graphic Designer, Web Monkey, and Project Manager for TechWorks and TMP Worldwide. She currently lectures in 'hands-on' digital media topics where she happily frolics and explores the convergence and combination of text, design, image and meaning.