Themed Attraction Student Showcase Q&A

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Themed Attraction Student Showcase Q&A from Friday 4/01/21

Introduction: Nathan Naversen

How to upload your content: Nathan Naversen. For assistance uploading your project, please contact us and we will help you display your project properly. 3:50

Introduction of Judges Nathan Naversen 10:45

1. Theron Skees – Designers Creative Studio
2. Mel McGowan – Chief Creative officer Storyland Studios
3. Jason Surrell – Executive Creative director – Storyland Studios – Hear Jason Surrell’s story on the Themed Attraction podcast
4. M.K. Haley – Lecturer University of Texas Austin
5. Tom Morris – Walt Disney Imagineering (retired)
6. Peter Cliff – Creative Director – Holovis
7. Anahita Dalmia – Alterea
8. Louis Alfieri – Chief Creative Officer – Raven Sun Creative
9. Thomas Kelly – Scruffy Dog Creative Group

Scoring Rubric – Jesse Kamm 28:52

General Student Questions on submissions – various: 33:45

Breakout Session for Q&A with the judges – Morgane Keesling, Theron Skees, Jason Surrell, Tom Morris, MK Haley: 45:30

Q&A with retired Disney Imagineer Tom Morris

Sadly, we were only able to capture some of our conversation with Tom Morris. However, we hope to bring Tom in again soon for another mixer. You can also listen to Tom Morris’ story on the themed attraction podcast.

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