Name: Daria (Dasha) Rodneva
Grade: 12
Post-Secondary pathway: Seneca Animation
About me: I am a hardworking student, pursuing animation.
School Programs:
– CyberArts Creative Centre
– Arts and Culture SHSM
Clubs: President of NHSS Animation Studio Club
Contests:
– Ontario Skills 2023, 2024, and 2025. Gold medal TDSB level twice.
– 24 Hour Animation Challenge, 2023 and 2024, ranked 4th in High Schools and 92nd in Post Secondary one year.
TDSB Animation Festival: organizer and contributed to multiple films.
Currently working with Lakeside Animation Studios as my COOP placement with six other classmates.
My film “Dive In” was accepted and screened at the Toronto Youth Shorts Festival and Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI).
Software Skills: proficient with Toon Boom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, and Adobe products.
Certifications: Adobe Photoshop Certified Professional
School Projects
GeoWeGoes
GeoWeGoes is the project I am working on for my COOP placement at Lakeside Animation Studios with six of my classmates. Our task is to create a pilot episode based on a pitch for a kids’ show. My main role is animation, which includes rigging, puppeteering, and VFX. You can read more about the project in this TDSB article.
Way to Wonder
Way to Wonder was a project for my Art of Business class, where we had to create a pitch for a kids show. I worked on this project with a few of my friends, where we all had our own roles. My role was the Environment Designer, which was a big part for our idea as it was set in a dream world. We then pitched the idea to Industrial Brothers, and they gave feedback on our work.
Life, Death and Laundry
Life, Death and Laundry is my current in progress project. I am the main character designer, animator and compositing artist for this film. It is partly done, and was screened at TDSB Animation Pool’s second film festival.
Dive In
Dive In is an animated short film that I directed for the first TDSB Animation Pool Festival. It is based on a personal project “Around The Corner” that I’ve been working on with my friends since grade nine. I had a group of artists, my classmates, helping me with this film, but here are some of the scenes that I did completely on my own:
“Dive In” was selected to play at the Toronto Youth Shorts festival and was screened on November 2nd at Spadina Theater in the “Escape Our Reality” program. A couple of months later, it was also accepted to Toronto Animated Arts Festival International (TAAFI) and it was screened on April 11th in the “Future Filmmakers” block. Both festivals also had a Q&A with the directors and were a great experience.
Personal Works
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