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Courses Currently Teaching at Regent University

Undergraduate Level

ANIM 413 Graphics for Television (3 credits) Students learn graphics needed for television news, sports, promotion and advertising. The course examines the needs of each area, issues of typography and how to design for the Chyron Duet and other systems currently used in Post-Production and live Production.
Pre-requisites: ANIM 303 3-Dimensional Animation in Maya, CTVU 371 Non-Linear Video Editing.

Qualification to teach this class: 33 years in Television industry, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 Personal National Emmy Awards for Televison graphics and provided graphics for 6 other Emmy award winning programs, as well as being part of the team that developed the Emmy Winning Dubner CBG for live playback and creation of animation elements for broadcast. Produced animation and graphics for nearly 2600 promos and commercials per year when at the network level. Produced graphics packages for The Family Channel (Net ID Package), METV (Net-ID Package), CBS-Sports (Women's Basketball Finals, World Series), ABC Sports (Indianapolis 500, Kentucky Derby, Olympics (Lake Placid, Sarajavo, Los Angeles, & Calgary), ABC News (Election Coverage, Convention Coverage, Space Shuttle Shots) and Industrial Videos for Texas Instruments (Paris Air Show), General Dynamics (Operations Overview) and IBM (Designed first icons for their operating system) I produced 2 series pilots, Doodles Crew and Angel Wars (see www.peggysoutherland.com). Also have taken at least 6 certificate level classes in related animation software, including instuctor certification. Gave presentation at SigGraph on the use of Maya to produce sterographic CGI for IMAX. BA in Theatre from UMBC in 1975 included a Televion prduction class.

ANIM 310 The Business of Animation (3 credits) Explores the roles of the various people and positions involved in the production of animation. Pitching, budgeting, and business plans are covered. Each student submits a budget and business plan for a project. Students also present a pitch for their final project.

ANIM 303 3-Dimensional Animation in Maya (3 credits) A study of 3D animaion principles using Autodesk’s Maya. Students are required to have an approved laptop with Autodesk’s Maya software.
Pre-requisite: ANIM 103 Introduction to Digital Art

Qualification to teach this class: 33 years in Television/Animation industry, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 Personal National Emmy Awards for Televison graphics and provided graphics for 6 other Emmy award winning programs, as well as being part of the team that developed the Emmy Winning Dubner CBG for live playback and creation of animation elements for broadcast. Owned and ran 2 animation companies - PHS Graphics, Inc. in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and A.S. Imagined, LLC in Virginia Beach. Six certificate based classes in MAYA or MAya related software including instructor certifcation. Have been teaching 3_D animation software (Dubner, Bosch FGS4000, Cubicomp, Wavefront, Alias, Maya) on both a professional and University level since 1981. Produced 2 animated series pilots (Doodles' Crew and Angel Wars).

ANIM 416 Culminating Project (3 credits) Under the supervision of the instructor, students work independently to develop a 5-minute animation project, meeting weekly to discuss their progress.
Pre-requisite: Permission of Advisor and instructor

Qualification to teach this class: 33 years in Television/Animation industry, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 Personal National Emmy Awards for Televison graphics and provided graphics for 6 other Emmy award winning programs, as well as being part of the team that developed the Emmy Winning Dubner CBG for live playback and creation of animation elements for broadcast. Owned and ran 2 animation companies - PHS Graphics, Inc. in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and A.S. Imagined, LLC in Virginia Beach. Six certificate based classes in MAYA or MAya related software including instructor certifcation. Have been teaching 3_D animation software (Dubner, Bosch FGS4000, Cubicomp, Wavefront, Alias, Maya) on both a professional and University level since 1981. Produced 2 animated series pilots (Doodles' Crew and Angel Wars).

ANIM 450 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.

Qualification to teach this class: 33 years in Television, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 National Emmy Awards. While at ABC in New York I worked for one year as a technical director in charge of making sure shows ran on the network properly cued and set-up for broadcast. BA in Theatre from UMBC in 1975 included a Televion prduction class. I supplied special effects for the 1983 Academy Awards telecast, a Dorothy Hamill Skating Special, numerous commercials and network promos, sporting events like the Olympics and World Series.

Graduate Level

CTV 645 Tools of the Trade
Class will cover, but not be limited to understanding the underlying workings of vector scopes, waveform monitors, cameras, lights, VTRs, DDRs, compression methods, television broadcast standards and how they relate to editing and compositing systems in film & TV production. A portion of each class will be devoted to learning Photoshop CS, one of the basic tools that every video/film person needs to know. We will cover color correction methods in Adobe Premiere. We will also cover the creation and use of mattes, file formats, file translation devices, basic file structures in DOS and Macintosh operating systems. We will learn the uses of type for film & video. We will learn how to author DVDs.

Qualification to teach this class:                                                                                                   33 years in Television, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 National Emmy Awards. While at ABC in New York I worked for one year as a technical director in charge of making sure shows ran on the network properly cued and set-up for broadcast. BA in Theatre from UMBC in 1975 included a Televion prduction class. As an animator I had to build pices that would work in the editing suite. Therefore I learned to edit. I was trained in on-line editing while at ABC, took courses in AVID editing while at UMBC- even Beta tested their first Silcon Grahics edition. I have subsequently taken courses in Adobe Premiere and After Effects. I constantly use on-line tutorials from the manufacturer's web site to keep myself current. I have edited music videos (mostly for unknown artists- my biggest one was for Leon Russell in the early 80s - I was assistant editor on that one), commercials for banks nationwide, sales and informational videos for companies like IBM, Texas Instruments, General Dynamics, KIC Consulting and even a recruiting video for Regent.

CTV 650 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.

Qualification to teach this class:                                                                                                   33 years in Television, 10 years at network level (ABC 1978-84, Family Channel 1995-98) built and ran 2 facilities, 3 National Emmy Awards. While at ABC in New York I worked for one year as a technical director in charge of making sure shows ran on the network properly cued and set-up for broadcast. BA in Theatre from UMBC in 1975 included a Televion prduction class. I supplied special effects for the 1983 Academy Awards telecast, a Dorothy Hamill Skating Special, numerous commercials and network promos, sporting events like the Olympics and World Series.