GODZILLA MINUS ONE digital matte artist Sachiko Eba will discuss her work at an Amusement Media Academy event. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.
Source: Amusement Media Academy press release
Amusement Media Academy (Shibuya, Tokyo, President: Naotaka Yoshida), a vocational school in Tokyo that provides training for professionals in the entertainment industry, will hold a special event for those who wish to pursue a career in the VFX or 3DCG fields. Matte painter/art director Sachiko Eba, known for works such as GODZILLA MINUS ONE (ゴジラ-1.0/ゴジラマイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan, 2023) and MAGIC CANDIES (あめだま, Ame Dama, 2024), will be the guest for a live discussion to be held at the AMG Open Campus on Sunday, February 2nd.
Sachiko Eba.
Sachiko Eba is a digital matte painter (DMP) who creates backgrounds for live-action films, TV dramas, anime, and other video works, and an art director who handles the overall direction of the backgrounds for these works. She graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and completed the graduate school in 2001. While still a student, she worked at Digital Engine Laboratory, Motorize, and Special Effects Laboratory before going freelance. She founded the VFX production studio Fude in 2007. She has created digital matte paintings for several films directed by Takashi Yamazaki, including all three movies in the ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET series (2005-12), THE ETERNAL ZERO (永遠の0, Eien no Zero, 2013), THE GREAT WAR OF ARCHIMEDES (アルキメデスの大戦, Arukimedesu no Taisen, 2019) and GODZILLA MINUS ONE. Her additional credits include SHIN GODZILLA (シン・ゴジラ, Shin Gojira, 2016), WHAT WILL YOU DO, IEYASU? (どうする家康, Dou Suru Ieyasu, 2023), ONMYOJI ZERO (陰陽師0, 2024), MAGIC CANDIES, and 11 REBELS (十一人の賊軍, Jū ichi-ri no Zokugun, 2024).
The event is free to attend for high school students and adults. A rservation is required. For addiitonal information and to register for the Sachiko Eba talk event, go to https://x.gd/0KBif.
Advertisement of the event. Photo courtesy of Amusement Media Academy.
Sachiko Eba Talk Event
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025
Time: 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.)
Location: Amusement Media Academy Main Building
2-29-8 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0011
*Date, time and location are tentative. Please check the official website for the latest information
Example of Eba's matte painting work on GODZILLA MINUS ONE. Photo courtesy of Amusement Media Academy. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.
Photo courtesy of Amusement Media Academy. TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.
About Amusement Media Academy (AMG)
Established in 1994 by industry professionals with the aim of cultivating "ready-to-work" talent who can play an active role at the forefront of the entertainment industry in two years, the academy will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2024. The biggest feature of AMG is that students can gain industry experience in the AMG Group's business divisions that produce commercial content for general distribution in order to realize "industry-academia collaboration and on-site practical education" based on the educational philosophy since its founding that "the production site is the best educational site." By participating as a "professional" in actual production sites such as Japanese film production, foreign film dubbing studios, game development, and novel and manga publishing, students will acquire real "skills" and lead to employment and debut.
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