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A F I S H O W C A S E | P E R S P E C T I V E 2 3 The AFI Conservatory's Production Design Showcase is an end-of-year annual event celebrating the design work of the second-year graduating class and the first-year designers moving into their second year. This night is open to faculty, current fellows and alumni, families and invited agents, and members of the Art Directors Guild (Local 800). It is a night for design fellows to pitch their classroom design projects and the design work they did on their thesis and cycle productions. The AFI soundstage is converted into a gallery space every year through the hard work of the Production Design fellows and faculty. It is our hope that this event will continue to attract working Art Department professionals to the AFI campus to spend some time with this next generation of visual storytellers who are ready to start their careers and enter the professional workforce. It is always a fun and social event for all who come. Thanks to all of you who attended the 2019 Showcase and to those in the professional design community, including Nathan Crowley, Rick Carter, Felicity Abbott, Carlos Barbosa, James Chinlund and Michael Corenblith, who generously shared their wisdom and experience with our fellows as guest speakers and critics during the year. And as always, the event will be here again next year, when we hope to see a large turnout from the ADG community. The Production Design fellows and their work are the show, they make the faculty proud every year. ADG D. PRODUCTION DESIGN DISCIPLINE HEAD JOSEPH GARRITY (CENTER RIGHT) WITH GRADUATING FELLOW MAURICIO ABUD, (LEFT) AND AFI ALUMNI KATIA NAJERA (CENTER LEFT) AND KRISTEN BUDKE (RIGHT). E. WHITE MODEL OF THE CREEPY OLD HOUSE FROM BIG FISH. F. RENDERED ELEVATION FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE CREEPY OLD HOUSE FROM BIG FISH. SCANNED HAND- DRAFTED ELEVATIONS COLORED IN PHOTOSHOP. Xi Chen Chou F I R S T- Y E A R F E L L O W XI CHOU STUDIED SCENIC DESIGN FOR FIVE YEARS AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CHINESE THEATER ARTS IN BEIJING, CHINA. HER EDUCATION MADE HER A STRONG VISUAL STORYTELLER, PROFICIENT IN CHINESE CULTURE AND FINE ARTS. FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SHE COMPLETED HER MFA IN SCENIC DESIGN AND INTEGRATED MEDIA AT THE CALARTS SCHOOL OF THEATER. AFTER JOINING THE ART TEAM FOR THE SHORT FILM LUNA WITH WB, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH FILM. HER DREAM IS TO CREATE THE BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR FILMS IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN CHINA. F E D