Tom Ellard

2008 Teaching workload.
Full time lecturer, School of Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW

2007 Teaching workload.
Part time lecturer, School of Music and Drama, University of Wollongong.

2006 Teaching workload.
University of Wollongong
Audio/Visual Composition SCMP212 (Seminar lectures).
Video production in theatre SCMP301 & PERF103 (Mentorship training).
University of Technology Sydney
Audio Production 50153 (Seminar lectures).
Creative Audio Techniques 50154 (Seminar lectures).
University of Western Sydney
Digital Musics 1: Musical Contexts 101140.1 (Pro Tools workshops).
Sound House, Powerhouse Museum
Short courses in Audio and Visual Composition for secondary and adult groups inc. Photoshop, After Effects, digital video production, sound design. (Seminar Lectures).

Previous teaching workload.
University of Technology Sydney
Audio Production 50153
Audio Workshop 50213
University of Western Sydney
Electronic Arts tutor, music production, years 2 and 3.
(Course is not currently offered).
Sound House, Powerhouse Museum
Short courses in Audio and Visual Composition (Seminar Lectures).
Metro Screen & Aust. Centre for Photography
Short courses in video production.

2006 Publications.
Illustrated books (approx. 30,000 words) for the general public.
Ultimate Guide to Digital Video
IDG Communications ISBN 0-9775337-3-5
Build Your Own Computer Games
IDG Communications (ISBN pending)

Community activity in 2006.
Participating advisor to Music Board of The Australia Council.

Film and advertising sound.
Incidental music textures for the feature Boxing Day - Horrorshow 2007.
Soundtrack score for the feature The Illustrated Family Doctor – Pod Films 2004.
ARIA Award for Best Soundtrack album 2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor.
AGSC Nomination for Best Soundtrack album 2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor.
Television sound for Kellogg's, Boots (Nurofen), Breville, Sony Music, SBS Television. etc.
Singapore Creative Circle Awards 2005 Silver, Bronze for Tears- Samaritans of Singapore (combined production award).

Selected group exhibitions (most under band name).
Biennale of Sydney 1981 – sound works
Biennale of Sydney 1988 – interactive video installation
Australian Perspecta 1988 – performance
Liverpool Video Festival UK 1991 – interactive video installation
An Eccentric Orbit – Australian Video Works Berlin 1994
ABC Television music video retrospective 1994
Permanent exhibition of video studio in Cyberworlds - Powerhouse Museum 1998
Sydney Film Festival 2002 - A Fun Night Out music video retrospective.
Electrofringe 2004 – live audio/visual work with video sampler.
Liquid Architecture 2005 – live audio/visual work.
Australian Centre For Photography - Syn City 2006
UnSound 06 - live audio/visual work

Commercial installation video.
Powerhouse Museum – Primary Learning Centre video mural. 2005
Powerhouse Museum – 50 Years of Australian Television video mural. 2006
QUT Creative Precinct - Gehennaland (AKA Industrial Hoopla). 2007

Other employment history.
Contributing technical writer - Sydney Morning Herald, Digital, Oyster, Australian Personal Computer Review etc.
Video and audio technician, Halo Promotions 1995-1999 : duties included video production, sound engineering and mastering both live and recorded sound, web site design and maintenance with emphasis on streaming media.
Print and Multimedia designer, Clockwork Advertising 1999 to 2003: duties included studio and technical management, concept and strategic development, print media design – Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop, 3D design for TV and print – 3D Studio Max, Adobe After Effects. Developed database driven layout procedures for catalogues.
Print and Multimedia designer, office technician, Jump Volcano (Advertising) 2003.
2004 to current: consultant to Pod Film to supply soundtrack music for television advertising, print design, and web.

Select recording and research highlights.
Founded music group ‘Severed Heads’ in 1979.
First long form video Kato Gets The Girl in 1984, presented at the ICA, London with live sound.
Many music albums, performances, two international tours and three self authored DVD releases.
1993 Provided very early downloadable music on the Internet using MPEG-1, level 2, sponsored by Next Media.
1993 Created first local music CD-ROM for SONY Music.
1995 Created world first MP2 music album, equal to 12 standard CDs.
2003 Created infinite ambient DVD ‘Carillon’ which interrogates player registers for random performance.

Current research activity.
Define technical document for 'Umami' automated video programming system, including possible relationship with 'The Pool' ABC TV community art project. Keywords - Tagging, MPEG-7, computer based visual signage, VJ culture.
Develop 3D space 'Park' for online sound performance. Keywords - streaming audio, virtual spaces, publishing.
Production thesis @ UTS..

Software Experience Chart.