Ms. Southerland grew up in Baltimore, with parents who were married for 52 years, 5 brothers and a sister. She has one daughter, Kristine Elizabeth, who lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended Archbishop Keough High School and The University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After graduating with a degree in Theatre, she went to work at WJZ-TV in Baltimore as the staff set designer. While there she designed and built Oprah Winfrey’s first News set and her first Talk Show set “People Are Talking”. In 1978 she migrated to New York and went to work as a Graphic Engineer for ABC. In 1984 she moved to the Dallas/Fort Worth as the Senior Graphics Editor at the Dallas Post Production Center. In 1986 she opened her own graphics boutique (PHS Graphics, Inc). She took time off for the birth of her beautiful, smart and wonderful daughter – Kristine Elizabeth in 1989. In 1992 she moved back to Maryland and went to work as the Assistant Director for Special Projects at The University of Maryland Baltimore County in their Imaging Research Center. In 1995 she accepted an offer to join the Family Channel in Virginia Beach as Director of Animation. After the network changed hands and moved to LA, she elected to stay in Virginia and open a new animation company A.S. Imagined, LLC. In 2001 she decided to move back into the education arena and accepted a position as Director of Animation at Regent University.
Ms. Southerland has won 3 personal National EMMY Awards (1982, 1988, 1991) and worked on 7 other National Emmy Award winning shows.She has been awarded a silver medal at the New York Film Festival (1987), and was honored to be named the Most Celebrated Alumnae for the first 25 years at UMBC (1991), a 2000 Dove Award for "Doodles Crew" and was named to the National Regestry's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals in 2000.
Ms. Southerland enjoys time with her family, particularly her daughter and her Mom, travel, reading mystery novels and digging in the garden.
EDUCATION
1975 B.A. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, Md. 21250
Theatre (Technical Emphasis)
1992-2008 Certified to instruct in such software programs as Wavefront, Alias,Chyron, MAYA, Photoshop After Effects, Premiere
AWARDS AND HONORS
2000 Dove Award “Doodles’ Crew”
2000 National Register’s Who’s Who in
Executives and Professionals
1991 National Emmy for Technical Team Coverage
of CBS Sports Post-Season Baseball
1991 Most Celebrated Alumnus Award, UMBC
1988 National Emmy for Technical Team Coverage of ABC Sports
1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
1986 New York Film Festival Silver Medal for Children’s Program
“Kaleidoscope”
1982 National Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement for
ABC Sports Coverage of NCAA College Football
1982 Outstanding Edited Special
1982 Indianapolis 500 ABC
1982 Special Award for Engineering Development
Dubner Computer Systems & ABC for the Dubner CBG Graphics System.
1981 Outstanding Live Sports Special
1981 Kentucky Derby – ABC
1981 Outstanding Edited Sports Special
ABC’s Wide World of Sports 20th Anniversary Show ABC
1980 News & Documentary Program
“Post –Election Special Edition” ABC News Nightline ABC
1980 Outstanding Live Special
Winter Olympics Games ABC
1979 Outstanding Live Series
NCAA College Football ABC
SYNOPSIS OF PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2001- Present Director of Animation, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA. I am responsible for the start of new Animation Department within the Cinema/Television Department at The school of Communication and the Arts. I developed curriculum, hired adjuncts, wrote syllabi, determined books to be used. I created BA, MA and MFA programs in animation for the University. I am currently developing a BFA in Visual Arts with majors in Animation (both 2D & 3D), Graphic Design, Game Design, Cinematography, Lighting, Directing and Producing. Created and directed Zero Gravity, a professional workshop program to teach software. Created and maintained animation lab. Advised students. Designed and help build sets for TV studio productions. Created graphics for live TV productions such as “The Creation” and “Elijah” a co-production with WHRO, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Regent, iVoice, the student web newscast and www.reelgood.tv, the University web TV station. Provides graphics and animation for both student and University funded projects..
Owner/President, Southerland Studios, LLC. Currently developing animated series that will start production later this year. Currently working on special effects for an independent movie.
1998 to 2001 Owner/President, A.S. Imagined, LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Responsible for all daily operations. Directed a staff of 13 employees as we produced 2 pilots for animated series, “Doodles’ Crew” and “Angel Wars”, as well as graphics packages for METV and the PAX Network.
1995 to 1998 Director of Animation, The Family Channel, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Responsible for the on-air look of the network. Developed Network ID packages and oversaw the graphics needed for 2600+ promos for the network each year. Upgraded the equipment and skills of the staff. Expanded the staff. Improved overall efficiency and productivity.
1992 to 1995 Assistant Director for Special Projects, UMBC Imaging Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland. Responsible for setting up in-house internships in animation and acquiring clients such as The Discovery Channel series “The Brain”. Taught animation software class. Produced videos for the University, “Shakespeare on Wheels”, and the opening of the University of Leicester’s Imaging Research Center.
1986 to 1991 Owner/President, PHS Graphics, Inc., Grapevine, Texas. Responsible for all daily operations. Directed a staff of 4 employees as we produced graphics for clients such as ABC, NBC, CBS, TBS, IBM, Texas Instruments and General Dynamics.
1984 to 1986 Senior Graphics Designer, Dallas Post Production Center, Dallas, Texas. Produced graphics for all clients. Supervised 2 other artists.
1978 to 1984 Graphics Engineer, ABC, New York. Produced On-air Graphics for such shows as Good Morning America (including designing the 1st electronic weather system for on-air use), Wide World of Sports, NCAA Football, 4 Kentucky Derbies, 5 Indianapolis 500s, Olympic Coverage (Lake Placid, Sarajevo, Los Angeles, Calgary) Nightly News and News Special Events, such as Elections and Conventions. Developed graphics for 5 seasons of NCAA College Football, 2 World Series, 1 Super Bowl and 2 Sugar Bowls (origin of crashing helmets now used by Monday Night Football), 2 seasons of Golf coverage. Member of design team for creation of Dubner CBG for use in live Sports and Special Events coverage.
1975-1977 Staff Designer, WJZ-TV ABC Affiliate), Baltimore, Md. Designed sets for local talk shows “The Larry Angelo Show”, “People are Talking” (Oprah Winfrey’s 1st talk show), specials, game shows and Evening News. Created news graphics, print ads and promo artwork
TEACHING / PRESENTATIONS / RESEARCH
2007-Present Researching how to impliment the One Laptop per Child education system for the South African education system in conjuction with the ANC.
2006-07 Designed & implemented BA in Animation for Regent University
2005 Workshop Coordinator and Presenter, “Special Effects for Film & Television” for the Virginia Production Alliance.
2001 Designed and implemented Masters program in Animation for Regent University
1997 Presented at SIGgraph, in Los Angeles, CA. Producing CGI for IMAX 3D.
1995 Producer: Teacher Education Materials Project: A Database for K-12 Mathematics and Science Professional Development Providers “Thinking Science -Work in Progress” consists of a 27-minute videotape depicting inquiry-based activities in four classrooms and a short guide with many suggestions for discussion topics. The material is intended for professional development providers to facilitate discussion and reflection among elementary teachers about how science is taught
1994 Searchable database of K-6 science books for libraries.
PRODUCTIONS
2008 Currently developing 13 part animated series.
2008 Developing Web based animation script for Mmovie
2007 Developed Video for South African One Laptop Per Child presentation & South African Media Academy presentation.
2007 Developed media package for Covenant Children’s “Campaign for Change”.
2007 Graphics for Operation Blessing in Sumatra
2006 Producing special effects for independent film
2006 Producing virals and episodes for new on-line Children’s ministry
2006 “Cubeheads” Executive Producer, 5 minute web episodes now in production.
2001 “Angel Wars” Line Producer, Half hour pilot for animated series.
2000 “Doodles’ Crew” Executive Producer, Half hour pilot for animated series.
1999 Animated Graphics package for PAX TV On-Air Christmas Campaign
1998 Network ID package for The Mid-East Television Network (METV)
1997 3-D IMAX animation for the Virginia Marine Science Museum (First 3-D CGI for IMAX)
1996 Network ID package for The Family Channel
1994 Animation for opening of Imaging Center at Leicester University, UK.
1992 Animation & Graphics for World Series and Post Season Games for CBS Sports
1988 Animation & Graphics for Ice Hockey & Figure Skating venue at The Winter Olympics in Calgary
1984-1991 Produced animation for sports (NBC, CBS, ABC, TBS), Industry (IBM, Texas Instruments, General Dynamics. AETV), Commercials (Banks & Insurance Companies)
1978-1984 Produced On-air Graphics for such shows as Good Morning America (including designing the 1st electronic weather system for on-air use), Wide World of Sports, NCAA Football, 4 Kentucky Derbies, 5 Indianapolis 500s, Olympic Coverage (Lake Placid, Sarajevo, Los Angeles, Calgary) Nightly News and News Special Events, such as Elections and Conventions. Developed graphics for 5 seasons of NCAA College Football, 2 World Series, 1 Super Bowl and 2 Sugar Bowls (origin of crashing helmets now used by Monday Night Football), 2 seasons of Golf coverage.
Courses Developed and/or Taught at Regent
Undergraduate Level
Designing Graphics Packages for Television
This course is geared to Television News, Sports, Promotion and Advertising. It will cover the needs of each area, issues of typography and how to design for the Chyron Duet and other systems currently in use in Post-Production and live Production situations.
Culminating Project
Students will have to independently produce a 5 minute animation over the course of 2 sessions in order to graduate. Students meet once a week to discuss their progress with class.
Pre-Production for Culminating Project
This is a self-driven course where the students prepare scripts, storyboards, budgets and crew for their culminating project. This course must be taken in conjunction with The Business of Animation. Students meet once a week to discuss their progress with class.
The Business of Animation
This course is designed to explore the roles of the various people involved in the production of animation including the Executive Producer, Producer, Director, Director of Animation, animator, etc. needed to produce successful, marketable animation. Pitching, budgeting and business plans will be covered. Each student will be required to submit a budget and business plan for their culminating project. They will have to pitch their project for their final. This class must be taken in conjunction with Pre-Production for Culminating Project.
Character Animation in Maya
This course is designed to give the student the skills to animate the model built in CMAN 333 in Maya. A fully planned, animated, rendered and edited 10 second animation with sound using that model will be the outcome of this course. Students are required to have an approved laptop with Alias’ Maya software, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere and After Effects.
Graphic Design
This course will give an overview of the history, principles and evolution of graphic design. Students will be required to submit designs for posters and logos in four distinct, different styles. Students are required to have an approved laptop with Adobe Photoshop software.
Intro to 3D Animation in Maya
“How to” class taught in Digital Imaging & Animation lab using latest software from Alias (MAYA). Course will cover basic principles of creating an animation from concept to completion. A knowledge of 3D software (most particularly MAYA) is useful, but will be covered in workshop sessions. This course will give an overview of the process as well as have a hands-on component. Each group will be expected to complete a 10 second animation based on the covered materials.
Graduate Level
Tools of the Trade
Class will cover, but not be limited to, working knowledge of vector scopes, waveform monitors, cameras, lights, VTRs, DDRs, basics of editing/compositing, creation use and importance of mattes, file formats, file translation devices, basic file structures in UNIX, DOS and Macintosh operating systems and simple UNIX scripting.
Special Effects Editing
This course will cover the concepts of design, color and texture. Software used will be PhotoShop, AfterEffects, and Composer/Avid/Premiere. Texture creation for 3D will be covered as well as rotoscoping and compositing for animation. Traditional cell animation will be explored. A 5 second project will be required as the final grade.
Special Effects for Film & Video
This course is designed to give students an overview of the history of special effects in film and television as well as hands-on projects that demonstrate the techniques needed to work with green screen, miniatures, CGI, lighting techniques, cloud tanks/liquids, glass mattes, editing tricks, shooting tricks and color correction. Motion capture, motion control and stunts and wire tricks will also be discussed.
Graphics for Television
This is a workshop for editing and producing students who wish to learn how to produce a graphics package for Television.