CHRISTINA
SPANGLER
1 Fulton St.
apt 406, Providence, RI 02903 n
(860)977-2766 n christina@spanglerstudios.com
PROFILE
- Currently available for full-time employment
as a stop-motion animator and/or fabricator.
- Four years experience as a
professional artist and animator/fabricator.
- Also skilled in illustration,
design and sculpture in various mediums.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/SKILLS
STOP-MOTION ANIMATION / FABRICATION
- 2006, Nutrigrain, Commercial Spots:
Origami folding wrappers.
Provided model design-work, fabrication, animation design and final
animation. Czar Productions, NYC. Directed by PES.
- 2005, BlueCross BlueShield,
Commercial Spot: Miniature model train figures. Provided fabrication work on miniature
plastic figures and props; sculpting, modifying, painting. Animated one group shot. Czar
Productions, NYC. Directed by PES.
- 2005, Independent Film, currently
in production: Independent animated film and studio ID
using realistic style. Provided
animation tests: dialogue, rotoscoped puppet walk cycles, drawn cycles of
walking and liquids pouring. Also
fabricated miniature wire and tube armatures, sculpted realistic miniature
figures, and created rubber casts with silicone molds. Umphenour
Productions, RI. Directed by
Taylor and Raber Umphenour.
- 2004-2005, Fisher-Price Little
People, DVD Series: Children’s series with short and stocky
characters. Provided 3 months prop
fabrication, design and organization.
5 months character animation.
Wreckless
Abandon Studios, CT. Directed by
Michael Bannon.
- 2002-2003, I Spy,
Television Series: Children’s series with found object
style puppets. Provided prop and
puppet fabrication. 5 months
character animation. Luna Vox Productions, NY. Directed by Cote Zellers.
- 2001-2002, Independent Films, Unearthed
and Little Miss Pumpkin Eater: Two
stop-motion shorts, dark humour with a fanciful realistic style. Provided all stages and roles of
production, including puppet creation, animation, cinematography, and
editing. Made at Rhode Island School of
Design. Directed by Christina
Spangler.
ILLUSTRATION / 2D & 3D
DESIGN
- 2005-2006, Inking and Epigraphy
Tracing: Freelance work cataloguing and inking
collection of Egyptian relief tracings.
Also worked as an epigrapher (a method of tracing and making
notations) for a month in Egypt at a Giza expedition site as part of a
team. Brown University, Egyptology Dept,
RI.
- 2003-2004, Sculpture Assistance
and Graphic Design, Toy Prototypes: Freelance work for toy prototype
designer on model toy lines featuring Shrek 2 characters, among
others. Provided wax sculpting and
modification of sculpts in wax and resin as well as graphic design. Pigott
Studios, NY.
- 2003-2004, Graphic Design, Paper
Crafts Fabrication: Freelance work creating paper crafts,
graphic design for promotional materials, products and website, including
photo manipulation. Heaven & Earth Works, NY.
OTHER
- 2005, Children’s Animation Class:
Taught small class for the YMCA spring session, covering optical
toys, flipbooks, drawing on film and a whirligig puppet toy. East
Side/Hope Street YMCA, RI.
- 2006, Independent Film: Italian
Americans and Federal Hill: Currently providing video editing.
EDUCATION
BFA; Film-Animation-Video, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 2002