Released on = April 20, 2007, 1:03 pm

Press Release Author = Arlene Wites/Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Monday, May 14, 11am-1pm, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1100
SE 17 Street, The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Animation, Storyboarding, and
Illustration students, and interested guests, will learn how to get a job in Mark
Simon's seminar "Get a Job in the Arts & Entertainment Industry - 12+1 Industry
Secrets."

Press Release Body = April 20, 2007 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- He has worked with Steve
Spielberg and Tom Hanks, has over 20 years experience in live action and animation
production for movies such as The Waterboy, and television such as seaQuestDSV, is
an author, and runs two companies in Orlando, FL, with clients including Disney
World, Universal, Sony, HBO, and Nickelodeon. Now, Mark Simon ventures south to
share his inside secrets and to inspire would-be animators, storyboard artists, and
illustrators at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

On Monday, May 14, 11am-1pm, at the Embassy Suites Hotel 1100 SE 17 Street, The Art
Institute of Fort Lauderdale students and interested guests will be able to meet
Simon, see his video excerpts, and ask questions in his seminar "Get a Job in the
Arts & Entertainment Industry - 12+1 Industry Secrets," which focuses on
storyboarding, animation, and getting started.

Simon's television series of animated shorts, Timmy's Lessons In Nature, which Simon
developed, directed and produced, won Grand Prize in Nickelodeon's and Animation
Magazine's first-ever Nicktoons Film Festival. His books include Storyboards: Motion
In Art, a text used around the world to train storyboard artists, Facial
Expressions, a photo reference guide for artists, Your Resume Sucks,
(www.YourResumeSucks.biz) a resume guide for the entertainment industry, and The Art
Direction Workbook, a classroom text for designing for the film and TV industries.

Interested guests in the animation, storyboard and illustration fields are welcome
to attend The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale presentation. Seating is limited,
respond to seminar: aiflcommunications@aii.edu.


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Web Site = http://www.aifl.edu

Contact Details = 1799 SE 17 Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
1.800.275.7603