Archive for September, 2007
NASSCOM Animation and Gaming summit, Mumbai
NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies) has announced that its annual Animation & Gaming Summit will be held on November 1st and 2nd this year in Mumbai. Speakers, panel members and the venue are still being finalised. The event aims to take the cause of Industry Growth forward in a collaborative manner through knowledge sharing, networking and panel discussions.
Regional Director of NASSCOM, Col. Ramachandran, shared with the press earlier that they
CHITRAKATHA 2007 - Programme Schedule Announced
NID has just announced its programme schedule for the Chitrakatha 2007 International Student Animation Festival.
TIME |
EVENT |
VENUE |
| 25th October 2007 | ||
| 9:00 | Registration | Foyer |
| 11:00 | Manthan - Inauguration of Chitrakatha exhibition of NID students, teachers and alumni work and press meet. Inaugural Speech by Dr. Darlie O Koshy, Director, NID |
Design Gallery |
| 13:30 | LUNCH for delegates | |
| 12:00 | Designers Mind - A Retrospective on Charles & Ray Eames’s animation works by Professor S Balaram, Dean, D J Academy of Design, Coimbatore | Auditorium |
| 16:00 | Lullaby - IP development for Preschoolers presented by Prakash Moorthy, Head, Animation Department Miditech, India | Auditorium |
| 18:00 | 20 years of NID Animation - wide range of students projects from past till today. Presented by Binita Desai, Associate Professor, Animation Designer, DAIICT, Gandhinagar |
Auditorium |
| 19:00 | Competition screening I | Auditorium |
| Dining out with guests | ||
| 26th October 2007 | ||
| 10:00 | Sprouting Parables - work in progress presentation by NID animation students. Moderated by Sekhar Mukherjee | Auditorium |
| 13:00 | LUNCH for delegates | |
| 14:00 | Surprise Surprise !!! - a workshop | Old Canteen |
| 15:00 | Hothouse - panel discussion on animation education and industry trends.
Panel members will mix bag of Industry professionals, producers & educators. Moderated by Anand Gurnani |
Auditorium |
| 17:00 | Spanish Animation Scene - A selection of recent short animation films. Presentation by Isabel Herguera, Director ANIMAC | Auditorium |
| 19:00 | Competition Screening II | Auditorium |
| 20:00 | Animated Feature | Auditorium |
| 27th October 2007 | ||
| 10:00 | Bestiario - Presentation of the imaginary world of Jose Belmonte, Basque Illustration Artist, San Sebastian, Spain. | Auditorium |
| 10:30 | Flipbook workshop for NID community children | Old Canteen |
| 11:00 | An Experimental Path - Selected works of Cal Arts students’ graduation films. Presented by Isabel Herguera | Auditorium |
| 12:00 | Competition Screening III | Auditorium |
| 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Visual Effects Society Presentation | Auditorium |
| 15:00 | Toon Preacher - pitching for animated series - a presentation by Cartoon Network | Auditorium |
| Free Time | ||
| 18:00 | Indian Masala - Screening of short animation films that celebrate Indian art forms presented by Nina Sabnani, Research Scholar, IDC, IIT Mumbai. |
Auditorium |
| 19:00 | Award Ceremony and Valedictory session | Auditorium |
| 19:30 | After mint - Special screening of 3 Indian Animated shorts made by new animators of India. | Auditorium |
| Ethnic Dinner and Music for Delegates | Amphitheatre | |
| Apart from the scheduled programme at main auditorium we are going to broadcast the show in the campus foyer.
Boardroom will be available for guests meeting point and network. At the NID foyer there will be a ‘Chitrakatha’ info booth for queries. Chitrakatha will publish a post festival monograph. Nid student body will do pre-selection of films whereas eminent Chitrakatha’07 manifests the celebration of Indian subcontinent and |
ASIFA India Awards of Excellence on International Animation Day - 28th October 2007
28th October will be celebrated as International Animation Day all across the world, ASIFA India is hosting a week long event spanning the entire country to mark the occasion. Screenings, workshops and special events will be held in different cities in India from 21st to 28th October with the cream of the Indian animation industry participating.
The highlight of this event will be the ASIFA India Awards of Excellence which celebrates great animation. The competition is open for animated films from around the world as well as India. Films must be completed in the time span of October 2006 to September 2007.
Deadline for entries is 30th September 2007 and entry is FREE of cost.
You can download the entry form here or visit the ASIFA India website.
CHITRAKATHA 2007 - NID’s 1st International Student Animation Festival
The National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, is organizing its first ever International Student Animation Festival CHITRAKATHA on the 25th, 26th and 27th of October, 2007.
Established in 1961, NID is a four decade old pioneering institute with a holistic approach to imparting knowledge. The academic community at the institute has
How to choose the right Animation School
You love animation! You are constantly glued to the TV set watching Cartoon Network, Animax and Jetix. You own a DVD collection of animated films. You religiously follow the latest Pixar and Dreamworks movie releases. And you dream about creating your own award-winning animated film.
Before you dive into a career in animation, you need to educate yourself on the subject. Any career begins with training. In the absence of university level animation education in India, the only options that aspiring animators have are the
