CAROLINE KASTELIC STOP MOTION ANIMATOR/FABRICATOR
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SKILLS________________________________________________________________
Stop Motion: Animation, Puppet & Set Fabrication, Character Design
Software: DragonFrame, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut
WORK EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________
Puppet Fabricator March - April 2012
STARBURNS INDUSTRIES: Moral Orel Special
Lead Fabricator January - February 2012
ELASTIC: Hinode Rice- ‘Yogi,’ ‘Running,’ and ‘Rowing’ Stop Motion Commercials
Puppet Fabricator September - October 2011
ELASTIC: Togo’s Sandwiches ‘Puny’ & ‘Beware’ Stop Motion Commercials
Lead Fabricator/Character Design/Additional Animator September 2011
MORE MEDIA/RCA RECORDS: Cage the Elephant ‘Aberdeen’ Music Video
Animation Assistant April - August 2011
STARBURNS INDUSTRIES: Frankenhole Season 2
Assisted animators & art/puppet departments; animated shots for season 2
Fabricator/Animator August 2010
BELLA UNION RECORDS: Heidi Spencer & the Rare Birds ‘Alibi’ MusicVideo
Associate Lecturer Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE: Designed/taught stop motion courses.
Teaching Assistant Fall 2007 - Spring 2009
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS______________________________________________
Director, designer & animator of stop motion shorts- Ornithology, Skeletonizer, & The Conqueror Worm- which have screened internationally at festivals including:
Wisconsin Film Festival: Best Student Dramatic Short
UW-Milwaukee Film Fest: Best Film & Audience Choice Awards
Fest Anca International Animation Festival: Zilina, Slovakia
Festival of American Independent Cinema: Alchemia Club; Krakow, Poland
Off the Wall Video/Music Screening: Jerusalem, Israel
Milwaukee International Film Festival
Edgar Allan Polka Festival: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Firestarter Film Series: Milwaukee, WI
EDUCATION___________________________________________________________
Master of Fine Arts in Performing Arts: Film May 2010
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: GPA 4.0
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film: Minor in Film Studies May 2006
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: GPA 3.8
References available upon request