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Lots of news… tie-ups, launches and recruitments!
The last couple of days have seen a lot of activity in the Indian animation industry. Here is a quick summary of all the news in February so far…
Panel Comix launches Happy Days and Little Pandavas Comic.
Hyderabad, 12th Feb. 2008
Panel Animation Studios Pvt. Ltd. launches its comics division Panel Comix, with “Happy Days”, India’s first film based comic and “Little Pandavas - The Beginning”, based on the 90 minutes fully-animated feature film, as its first offerings to the public.
IG Fun & INDIAGAMES to bring the award winning ‘BioShock’ to mobile.
Barcelona, Spain, Mobile World Congress, 12th Feb. 2008
IG Fun LLC, the international publishing arm of Indiagames Ltd, India’s benchmark online and mobile games company; today announced it will bring BioShock, one of the most awarded PC & Console games in the history of gaming, on the mobile platform. IG Fun secured the global rights to develop and publish BioShock for the mobile platform from 2K Games.
DQ Entertainment Limited & Percept Picture Company enter a three animation film co-production MoU.
Chennai, 11th Feb. 2008
Recognizing the potential and acute need for high end animated Indian films in Indian animation industry, DQ Entertainment (DQE) and Percept Picture Company (PPC) proudly announced their 3 animation co-production memorandum of understanding signed recently. The films are slated for 2009-2010 release and will be in the genres - Mythology, Super Hero, Bollywoodish and Animal Kingdom.
Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. Launches Recruitment Drive.
Mumbai, 8th Feb. 2008
Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. is an original animation content creator. With a vision of becoming a global leader in content creation. Graphiti is expanding it people base in all technical and creative departments. Graphiti is looking for professionals who have the passion to create original ideas and develop them into final animation properties.
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) and Prime Focus form Strategic Alliance.
Mumbai, 5th Feb. 2008
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging and Prime Focus have entered into a strategic alliance that will allow both companies to expand their abilities to offer their state of the art digital post production capabilities to filmmakers on a global scale. The agreement will provide filmmakers around the world with access to the expert talents and services both companies have been providing through their state of the art facilities. It also allows both companies to manage their workflows more efficiently between Warner Bros. MPI in Burbank, and Prime Focus’s facilities throughout multiple locations in India and London as well as in New York, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Los Angeles.
Mahabharata goes Manga!
After the Ramayana, now it is the turn of the other Indian epic - the Mahabharata to be reborn as Japanese Manga. Hyderabad based Panel Studios is coming out with a 90 minute long feature film called Little Pandavas and they seem to have effectively used the Manga illustrative style for the characters. The film has been directed by Rudra Matsa, the Founder of Panel Studios, who has also written the story for the film. The Animation director is Charan Reddy Desai. Character designs have been created by Rudra Matsa and Charan Reddy Desai and the backgrounds by N. Pawan Chandra. The film is being produced by Nitin Sidamsetty and Rudra Matsa.
You can see the character designs, download wallpapers and view a lot of the pre-production material on the Little Pandavas website.
Panel Studios also launched Panel Comix recently and will be publishing comics based on the Little Pandavas series. Check out the pictures and click them to view a bigger image. Read the complete article here.
Graphiti Launches Recruitment Drive
Mumbai-based Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. has just announced that they will be recruiting more than 300 people in the next 12 to 18 months, expanding their current team strength to over five hundred. At MIPCOM 2007, Graphiti had announced 6 new animation properties, and will need to recruit professionals in the technical as well as creative departments.
The recruitment drive is going to be held on a national level. The first stop will be Hyderabad from 22nd to 24th Feb 2008. Graphiti is also looking out for professionals from Chennai and Bangalore.
British Animation Awards 2008 - the complete nominee list
The ‘BAA’ or British Animation Awards to be held this year on 13th March, brings together the industry’s most talented and celebrated figures.
The awards, held once every two years, cover all aspects of the UK animation scene, right from student work to commercials, children’s entertainment, short and experimental art films, music videos, new technologies.
The ceremony will be hosted by veteran voice actor Joe Pasquale, who can be heard in 20th Century Fox Animation’s CG adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who!, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.
FREE Toon Boom Storyboard Seminar on 9th Feb.’08
Toonboom and CGTantra in partnership with Rahul Commerce and Whistling Woods International are organizing a free Toon Boom Storyboard Seminar for animation, live action and VFX professionals and students.
Date: 9th February 2008
Time: 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue: Whistling Woods International Institute of Film, Televisio, Animation and Media Arts.
Film City Complex, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400065
Tel: +91-22-2841-6000
Click here to pre-register.For more information, visit the CGTantra website.
Click the poster below to view a larger version.
Free Lighting and Compositing Workshop at Graphiti School of Animation
Graphiti School of Animation is organizing a FREE workshop on Lighting, Rendering in passes & Compositing a scene on the 1st of Feb. 2008.
Venue:
Graphiti School of Animation
A unit of Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
404, Udyog Mandir No 2, Mogul Lane,
Mahim West
Mumbai - 400016
Maharashtra, India
Phone : 91 22 24440107, 32448544
Date: Friday, 1st Feb 2008
Duration: 3 hrs - 1pm to 4 pm
TASI event : Animation for those who can’t draw!!
The Animation Society of India is kicking of its 2008 series of workshops with an exciting, 5 hour interactive session with Sanjiv Waeerkar, Creative Director, UTV.
“Animation for those who cannot draw”
To be held on Saturday, the 19th of January, it is open to anyone who loves animation but lacks the skills!
Understand the beauty of animation; learn performance and observation skills. Participate in interactive group exercises, where you and the team will create animation.
Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity!
Limited seats.
Entry on first come basis
Members of TASI may contact Ravish on 9833105305 for pre-registration
Non-members, please contact Ritesh on 9869403527 for details
Visit www.tasionline.org for more details
Date: Jan 19, 2008
Time: 2:30 pm onwards
Venue: MET - Mumbai Education Trust, Bandra Reclamation, Bandra West, Mumbai
Photos and the making of TZP Clay Animation
Hear it from the maker himself…
Dhimant Vyas talks exclusively to All About Animation
and shares photos from Taare Zameen Par’s clay animation sequences.
