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Pana thitaram
Themed Entertainment Design
My work with WDI
The Majority of my work with Walt Disney Imagineering was internal. I am bound by NDA and it cannot be shown on my website. Below is a list of just the major projects that have done work on.
Disney Wish
Served as Visual Effects Designer on the New Disney Cruise Lines ship "Wish" for onboard media and effects.
Grand Avenue at Disney's Hollywood Studios
Wrote Show Information Guide, an internal use only guide to the entire land including nomenclature, story, theming, and vernacular. Recorded and edited documentation interviews with key members of the design and development team. the land and its inspiration was extensively researched for this internal use project that serves as a transition into and out of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.
Copper Creek expansion at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
Created training materials for cast members in the form of video presentation and various assets to support main lodge story. This also came in the form of "historic documents" that were fabricated to support the lodge storyline, design, and construction
Pandora the World of Avatar
Created training materials for cast members in the form of a new leader orientation program. This also involved audio and video recordings of various personnel for the sake of documentation and curation
Disney Springs
Created training materials for cast members in the form of a new leader orientation program. This also involved the documentation of various renovation projects on property in the form of fully produced documentation interviews with key members of the development team. Included with this is also the photo documentation of Morimoto, the Coca Cola Store, and World of Disney
Toy Story Land
Created training materials for cast members in the form of cast level orientation program. This came in the form of fully produced documentation interviews with key members of the development team. This included the design team, sound designers, project management teams, and Disney / Pixar liaisons.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Assisted in the the production of documentation interviews with key members of the design team as well as the management teams as well as filming of animation reference material pre-production of the Redd figure
Additional items:
Aside from these projects. There are many internal only training projects to be used exclusively for other Imagineers. I have created presentations and training materials for all 4 major parks and a majority of the resorts. This includes the documentation of theming and back story for each of these.
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