Rebecca Barclay Artist

Rebecca Barclay: Studio Co-ordinator, with studio team, during the making of the film Crown of Fire				Backlit air-brushed pen and ink Artwork from Crown of Fire Artwork Design: Father Dunstan Massey
	HIGHLIGHTS Rebecca Barclay's film credits include 252 films. For most of these she specialized in colour design, art direction and organization, although during earlier times Rebecca worked as assistant art director on live action films, including set dressing, continuity, prop design and still photography. 1981/ THE SNOWMAN, TVC CARTOONS, LONDON, UK., Senior Design Artist, Art Direction, Moving Image Colour Specialist, Crew Manager for animated background sequence (renderers & artists). Rebecca was responsible for design and comprehensive development of colour for the entire animated flying background sequences for BAFTA (British American Film and Television Award) award winning film which was also nominated for an Academy Award. She co-ordinated a production crew of 25 and was responsible for maintaining artwork pathways. 1997-2000/ WALT DISNEY ANIMATION CANADA, Art Direction, Digital Colour Specialist, Training of Staff, Compositing, Art and Graphic Design Development. Rebecca created special sequences within films, while creating colour palettes and ensuring painters were able to complete colouring sequences with special details, attending to continuity and scanned colour quality of painted backgrounds. The role involved art direction, compositing (in USAnimation) & digital colour design on all characters, special effects & props for features, shorts and direct to video, special effects design, background quality and retouching, continuity and production flow on five feature and direct to video films as well as some short animated films. Rebecca was resposible for complete colour design for the "Peter Pan 2" film, Return to Neverland and was also responsible for in-depth training of art directors and painters on various computer systems.
				Rebecca Barclay: Paint Department Co-ordinator at Nelvana, with lead painter Nora, 1989. for full animation resume please email the artist


		Rebecca worked at: Ralwood Media Inc, Vancouver, Canada	1975-1977	Role: Production Artist, Artwork Co-ordinator, Studio Co-ordinator, Assistant to Rostrum Cameraman.

		Rebecca worked at: Rainbow Animation, Toronto, Canada	1977-1978	Role: Production Artist, Designer Paint Effects.

		Rebecca worked at: Cinera Animation Ltd., Toronto, Canada	1978-1979	Role: Production Artist, Designer Paint Effects.

		Rebecca worked at: Atkinsons' Film Arts, Ottawa, Canada	1979-1981	Role: Production Artist, Designer Special Sequences.
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		Rebecca worked at: TVCartoons, London, UK	1981-1982	Role: Designer Special Sequences, Artwork Co-ordinator, Team Co-ordinator.

		Rebecca worked at: Colorization, Toronto, Canada	1983-1985	Role: Production Artist, Quality Control overseer.

		Rebecca worked at: Nelvana Animation Ltd., Toronto, Canada	1985-1997	Role: Production Artist, Paint Department Co-ordinator, Workflow Co-ordinator, Colour Designer, Art Direction, Transfer to Digital Systems.

		Rebecca worked at: Walt Disney Animation Canada, Toronto, Canada	1997-2001	Role: Production Artist, Designer Special Sequences, Digital Colour Designer, Art Direction, Training of Art Directors.

		Rebecca worked at: Phoenix Animation /Gullane Ltd., Toronto, Canada	1987 & 2001-2004	Role: Digital Colour Designer, effects Renderer.

		Rebecca worked at: Nelvana Animation Ltd., Toronto, Canada	2002-2004	Role: Digital Colour Designer.



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