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Watch: AnimationMentor.com’s Shawn Kelly’s Webinar
Available only till 29th April, this is a must watch video- learn the tips and tricks of animation from Shawn Kelly of AnimationMentor.com If you liked the free downloadable e-book I had written about in one of my earlier posts, this is something you shouldn’t miss!
Discovery of the week: “Forget the films, watch the trailers!”
Submarinechannel.com is a very interesting website that I happened to stumble upon…
“Forget the films, Watch the titles”
This site showcases some very well crafted title sequences for films and TV shows. Classified into 4 categories - Animation, Motion Graphics, Mixed Media and 3D, it has some popular film titles (Pink Panther, Juno) as well as some which we haven’t seen before in India. The site was set up in 1997 as an online collection of some of the most brilliant and eye-catching title sequences made for mainstream as well as independent films. On the FAQs on their website, they tell us WHY they are doing this…
“Because we love a good title sequence, because we’re into innovative motion graphics, because we can… Femke Wolting, founder of Submarine Channel, curated a program for the International Film Festival Rotterdam several years ago where she showed a selection of the best title sequence designs. That program was called ‘Forget the Film, Watch the Titles’. SubmarineChannel editor Remco Vlaanderen has been collecting and researching title sequences for several years. We’re quite passionate about the subject! “
Worth viewing for sure! Check it out…
Website launches tomorrow!
The All About Animation website launches tomorrow!!!
Some sections of the current site and/or blog might be inaccessible while we upload the new web site so please bear with us.
NASSCOM A&G Summit, Inaugural Address by Nelson Recinos
Two time Emmy award winning producer and director, Nelson Recinos, has 10 years of experience in the TV industry and more than 20 years of experience in the animation industry. He has worked with most big names in animation. Beginning as an animator at the age of 20 with Hanna Barbera’s Scooby Doo, he followed it up with He-man at Filmation. Then he directed ‘Baby Looney Tunes’, ‘Animaniacs’ and ‘Pinky and the Brain’ for Warner Brothers. He has also directed the Charlie Brown movie and was at the helm of two very popular Nickelodeon shows - ‘Catdog’ and ‘Oswald the Octopus’. Sharing his experience of working on Catdog and Oswald he said, “Catdog is extremely fast-paced while Oswald, keeping in mind the target audience- preschoolers, is very slow. You need to have very different mindsets for each of the shows. It was a challenge to work on both simultaneously.”
Nelson has recently become an independent producer because he felt the time had come for him to start working on his own ideas.
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
