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Karin Fong
Karin Fong is an American director and graphic designer of videography across multiple mediums who is also a key component of production and design company Imaginary Forces.

Education
Fong attended Yale School of Arts, in New Haven, Connecticut and earned a Bachelor of Art in 1993.

Beginnings
From a young age Karin always enjoyed drawing and books. It wasn't until High School, when Fong really understood her artistic talents and passion for storytelling. In Fong's senior year of High School, she created an animated alphabet for her senior project. The alphabet caught the eyes of the team who worked on Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego? and she began her first job as an animator. One year later, in 1994, Fong was hired by creative director and Title-Design master, Kyle Cooper, who worked for R/GA LA Digital Studios at the time. Imaginary Forces was originally R/GA Digital Studios a west coast division, but the organization found it helpful to switch things up, business wise, every 9 years and R/GA was renamed Imaginary Forces in 1996. Fong and Cooper being the founders of Imaginary Forces after Cooper being successful in designing New Line's Hit "Seven" main titles, which changed the game in the film industry. Karin Fong was able to achieve so much in so little time, while being very delicate with her work, in that she didn't over do-it with any of her projects. If she did happen to go overboard she would be sure to bring herself back and that's how she avoided pitfalls and maintained balance in her Career.

Karin Fong's main focus hadn't always been conceptualization and visuals for title sequences in film, television and environmental settings. Fong's first art form of choice began with animation. As a child she would create animations with paper and a Super 8 camera and move it, film it until she created her final piece. She enjoyed animation so much that she went on to help her mom, a third grade teacher, make animation kits for the children at school. When Fong was able to learn how to edit animations using a software called MacroMind Director it was a big revelation for her when she realized this program could do the work for her. After graduating from Yale, where she studied art and design, one of Fong's professors gave her some places to show her portfolio to, which included R/GA and WGBH. Fong originally thought she would go into publishing or children's books but it was this professor who seen the potential she had for movie titles by the way she made her work transition. It was in this short and revolutionary period of time, revolutionary in the sense of the film-making world, where Karin Fong went from being a college graduate to co-founder of Imaginary Forces.

Fong combines storytelling and image in a profound way. It's in the way her detailed concepts take shape and form onto the big screen is one of the things that makes Fong stand out from the rest. It was the effort she put into projects from childhood through young adulthood, and a trial and error approach she applied when taking courses in college that gave her the set of skills to be a hardworking creative designer. Every great creative has a hero and Fong has a few. Joan Ganz Cooney founded the Children's Workshop in 1968, which resulted in Cooney producing Sesame Street. It was the way Cooney transformed a strong idea into reality that inspired Fong. Shelia de Bretteville, an artist and designer who became a faculty of Yale as a director of graduate studies in graphic design advocated for the student designers who are consumed by their clients. Bretteville's argument of student designers having a transparent point of view and confident attitude is what Fong admired.

Purpose
When Karin Fong is at work she's determined. Paying very close attention to the important details including script, concepts, imagery, etc. Fong wants the audience to experience the emotions of what the content is trying to display using a variety of media. Fong's work is young and smart and it shows.

== Achievements ==

Imaginary Forces

 * STARZ Counterpart Main Title/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2017
 * LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon Commercial/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2017
 * LEXUS Intensity Commercial/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2013
 * HBO Boardwalk Empire Main Title/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2010
 * SONY God of War - From Ashes Trailer Video Game/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2010
 * STARZ Black Sails Main Title/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2014
 * THE HONEST COMPANY "Baby Boom" Commercial/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2016
 * TARGET Christina Aguilera Commercial/Imaginary Forces: Karin Fong/USA, 2016

Feature Film Title Sequences

 * The Truman Show Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 1998
 * Dead Man on Campus Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 1998
 * Ray Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 2009
 * The Pink Panther 2 Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 2009
 * Charlotte's Web Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 2006
 * Terminator Salvation Title Design: Karin Fong/USA, 2009

Television Shows

 * Tell me a Story: Title Design/TV Series/10 episodes, 2019-2020
 * See: Title Design/TV Series/8 episodes, 2019
 * Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Title Design/TV Series/8 episodes, 2019
 * Looking for Alaska: Title Design/TV Series/2 episodes, 2019
 * Four Weddings and a funeral: Title Design/TV Series/2 episodes, 2019
 * Big Hero 6: The Series: Title Design/TV Series/4 episodes, 2017-2018
 * Lost in Space: Title Design/TV Series/10 episodes, 2018
 * Runaways: Title Design/TV Series/10 episodes, 2017-2018
 * The story of us with Morgan Freeman: Title Design/TV Series/2 episodes, 2017
 * The Mist: Title Design/TV Series/10 episodes, 2017
 * I'm dying up here: Title Design/TV Series/8 episodes, 2017
 * Parched: Title Design/TV Series/4 episodes, 2017
 * Graves: Title Design/TV Series/10 episodes, 2016
 * The Mystery of Laura: Title Design/TV Series/7 episodes, 2014-2015
 * Chuck: Title Design/TV Series/35 episodes, 2007-2009
 * Human Target: Title Design/TV Series/12 episodes, 2010



Personal Life
In August 2004, Karin Fong met Ansel Schutte, and they were married in November, 2009 in California.They currently live in Chicago, IL.

Recent Work
Karin Fong participated along with other artists to raise money for people seeking asylum amid the Mexican border crisis. Fong is also in a graphic design competition of who can re-imagine the La Brea Tar Pits.

Awards

 * AIGA Medalist 2018
 * EMMY AWARD WINNER - Seven time Emmy Nominated and Two time Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Main Title Design: Exxon Mobile Masterpiece Theater's American Collection/PBS, Karin Fong/USA 2001 and Outstanding Main Title Design: Counterpart/STARZ, Karin Fong/USA 2018
 * SXSW Film Design Award - Excellence in Title Design for STARZ Counterpart/SXSW Film Festival, Karin Fong/USA 2018

Annotated Bibliography: Karin Fong

 * 1) https://www.designindaba.com/profiles/karin-fong Cross Reference source. General information.
 * 2) https://www.art.yale.edu/karin-fong On this page, from a scholarly source, I'm able to confirm where Karin Fong attended college and some of her achievements. I will cite Fong's educational background from here.
 * 3) https://www.aiga.org/medalist-karin-fong A very layered page of a range of information on Karin Fong. I will pull a lot of information from this source
 * 4) https://www.watchthetitles.com/designer/karin-fong/ Cross reference to general information.
 * 5) https://www.artofthetitle.com/studio/r-greenberg-associates-r-ga/ How Fong became a part of Imaginary Forces
 * 6) https://creativefuture.org/television-title-designer-conversation-karin-fong/ In depth interview with Karin Fong and her journey.
 * 7) https://www.aiga.org/design-journeys-karin-fong

AIGA is the professional association for design and has a Biography of Karin Fong. The biography includes some of her achievements and her design journey from a young age, throughout college and where it has led her in the present. Will cross reference Fong's educational journey at Yale.

8. http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2011_11/arts_karinfong.html

Karin Fong speaks on her aesthetics and hybrid imagery.

9. https://www.imaginaryforces.com/directors/karin-fong

Official page of Imaginary Forces, the company that Karin Fong is a founder of. On this page you can find Fong's works.

10. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/fashion/weddings/30vows.html

In this article from the New York times is an article on how Karin Fong got together with her husband Ansel Schutte.

11. https://www.newsweek.com/coloring-without-borders-more-80-artists-come-together-raise-funds-separated-1263783

Karin Fong participated along with other artists to raise money for people seeking asylum amid the mexican border crisis.

12. https://archpaper.com/2019/06/diller-scofidio-renfro-dorte-mandrup-weiss-manfredi-shortlisted-la-brea-tar-pits-master-plan/

Article to cross reference a competition of who can re-imagine the La Brea Tar Pits.

13. https://www.emmys.com/bios/karin-fong

This source is directly confirming of Fong's nominations and awards for an Emmy. This information will be used to cite her Emmy achievements.

14. https://www.fastcompany.com/person/karin-fong

Notating her creations of title sequences, brief overview.

15. https://creativefuture.org/television-title-designer-conversation-karin-fong/

Here we have an interview with Karin Fong, where I will gain confirming evidence of information on Fong.

16. https://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/grendel_8619.html

Karin Fong was the projection art director for LA Opera "Grendel"

17. https://www.artofthetitle.com/title/counterpart/

Overview of Emmy - award winning title sequence for Starz show called "Counterpart

18. https://twitter.com/Karin_Fong?lang=en

A recent post from September 2019, shows a video clip of La Brea Tar Pits: Reimagined. A trailer created by imaginary forces.

19. https://laist.com/2019/08/27/the_la_brea_tar_pits_are_being_reimagined_and_you_can_vote_on_its_future.php

A news article on Fong's collaboration with an architectural company from New York. Manfredi/Weiss

Work Plan
For my work plan, I plan to develop a concise and clear Wikipedia article for graphic designer and director Karin Fong. I will focus on the structure first and foremost. Section headings of Fong’s education, works, career trajectory, awards, personal life etc. I would like for my Wikipedia article of Karin Fong to display the time I spent, dedicated to the research I will conduct on her. I will gather information from various sources including but not limited to peer reviewed journals, books, articles, etc. Ideally, I want to gather enough information to write a well thought out and punctual Wikipedia article that exhibits all of Karin Fong’s talents and achievements.

Balance is important to me while working on Fong’s article. Supplying enough content on all aspects of Karin Fong’s life is truly important to me as I feel that I’m working on something gratifying but at the same time exemplifying Karin Fong’s hard work. I will start with a brief overview of Karin Fong. A small section of her educational background. Stating that from a child, Karin Fong has always been artistic and when asked to do a project for school, she created a stop-motion film instead. She went the extra mile as a teenager by doing that. Fong took initiative at a young age that led her to so many achievements, notable achievements at that. I want to focus in on Karin Fong’s life work. The trajectory from the point of college to where she is right now. A detailed timeline of how she became an AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) medalist over the course of a short 22-year span. Including all the major projects she’s worked on in film and television that led her to attain the AIGA award. I want to set a tone of excellence for my article on Karin Fong as this will be a new addition to Wikipedia. It’s important that I articulate my thoughts in an interesting way so that when someone conducts a Wikipedia search on imaginary forces, graphic design, or Carmen San Diego for example, that Karin Fong’s name will be associated to those terms in one way or another. Following the important guidelines while editing on Wikipedia I will follow a neutral standpoint. I want to point out the facts, not dim Karin Fong’s light nor do I want to glorify her like an obsessed fan.

Regarding all the facts of Karin Fong that I will help start creating and contribute to her Wikipedia page, it’s important that I insert strong citations from reliable sources. That I’m gathering correct information that is current and up to date. External links can be useful, but I would like to only use a few of those and gather the rest of my citations from other sources. Clarity, organization and being grammatically correct is key. I want the reader to understand, enjoy and get excited on what they’re reading of Karin Fong. Ideally, I would like my contributions to Fong’s page, to not have any distractions that will take them away from the knowledge they’re gaining by reading her Wiki page.

Following the talk page will be interesting for me as I get to see who will and will not like my contributions. Lastly, I will be including a photo of Karin Fong, strong caption to the photo and verifying that I’m not breaking any copywriting regulations.


 * This is a substantial workplan. Please do the same with the annotated link list! Please see this fellow student's work for a good example. --Theredproject (talk) 03:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)