Storytelling can be impacted by the chosen medium and not every project is suited for animation. Learn from our experts about what animation can do for you, how to break down when or what you should animate, and questions to ask yourself before you start an animated project.
Moderator: Jenna Zona (Emmy award winning animation director)
Guest Panelist:
Ashley Kohler (Executive Director, Awesome Inc)
Lisa Ferrell (Producer/ Project Manager Creative Media Industries Institute)
Jenna is an Emmy award winning animator and illustrator who has worked for animation studios in the Atlanta area for the last seven years. She has worked on projects for clients such as: Netflix, Marvel, FXX Network, Cartoon Network, Synchrony Financial, and PBS Kids. During that time I have designed characters, backgrounds, story-boarded, animated, illustrated, directed, and oversaw the visual quality of projects.
Ashley is the owner and executive producer of Awesome Inc, a motion design and animation studio she co-founded in 2006. As an Atlanta native and University of Georgia graduate, Ashley is passionate about empowering artists in the region, and currently serves on the board of directors for ASIFA South. Over the course of her career, Ashley has led projects for clients like Adult Swim, FX, Wieden + Kennedy, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network- including acting as EP on over 150 episodes of series animation.
Lisa Ferrell has worked in series and tele-film development for such companies as CBS, Lifetime Television/Hearst Entertainment, NBC and TBS. While at motion capture studio Giant Studios/Profile, she was involved in the post production of films that include New Line Cinema’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and Sony Imageworks animated holiday feature “Polar Express”. She was also instrumental in creating the pilot episode for the long-running “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” series for TBS among many other projects. As Executive Producer for several of Atlanta’s foremost post production, including the Toronto-based SPIN VFX, Lisa has helped create creative for some of the foremost brands in the world. After starting Lisa Ferrell Productions in 2016, she worked on numerous projects that for such clients as J Walter Thompson Inside New York, Hartsfield Jackson Airport, CARE USA, Toys R Us, music videos, a number of short indie films and concept pitch projects. Lisa is the current Past President of the Georgia Production Partnership, serves on the Board of Directors for Film Impact Georgia, is the Director of Education for the Milledgeville Eatonton Film Festival and serves on the Advisory Board of ASIFA South. Currently, Lisa works as a Producer / PM in emerging technology, i.e., Motion Capture, Volumetric Capture, AR / VR for Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII).
Storytelling can be impacted by the chosen medium and not every project is suited for animation. Learn from our experts about what animation can do for you, how to break down when or what you should animate, and questions to ask yourself before you start an animated project.
Moderator: Jenna Zona (Emmy award winning animation director)
Guest Panelist:
Ashley Kohler (Executive Director, Awesome Inc)
Lisa Ferrell (Producer/ Project Manager Creative Media Industries Institute)
Jenna is an Emmy award winning animator and illustrator who has worked for animation studios in the Atlanta area for the last seven years. She has worked on projects for clients such as: Netflix, Marvel, FXX Network, Cartoon Network, Synchrony Financial, and PBS Kids. During that time I have designed characters, backgrounds, story-boarded, animated, illustrated, directed, and oversaw the visual quality of projects.
Ashley is the owner and executive producer of Awesome Inc, a motion design and animation studio she co-founded in 2006. As an Atlanta native and University of Georgia graduate, Ashley is passionate about empowering artists in the region, and currently serves on the board of directors for ASIFA South. Over the course of her career, Ashley has led projects for clients like Adult Swim, FX, Wieden + Kennedy, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network- including acting as EP on over 150 episodes of series animation.
Lisa Ferrell has worked in series and tele-film development for such companies as CBS, Lifetime Television/Hearst Entertainment, NBC and TBS. While at motion capture studio Giant Studios/Profile, she was involved in the post production of films that include New Line Cinema’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and Sony Imageworks animated holiday feature “Polar Express”. She was also instrumental in creating the pilot episode for the long-running “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” series for TBS among many other projects. As Executive Producer for several of Atlanta’s foremost post production, including the Toronto-based SPIN VFX, Lisa has helped create creative for some of the foremost brands in the world. After starting Lisa Ferrell Productions in 2016, she worked on numerous projects that for such clients as J Walter Thompson Inside New York, Hartsfield Jackson Airport, CARE USA, Toys R Us, music videos, a number of short indie films and concept pitch projects. Lisa is the current Past President of the Georgia Production Partnership, serves on the Board of Directors for Film Impact Georgia, is the Director of Education for the Milledgeville Eatonton Film Festival and serves on the Advisory Board of ASIFA South. Currently, Lisa works as a Producer / PM in emerging technology, i.e., Motion Capture, Volumetric Capture, AR / VR for Georgia State University’s Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII).
