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EVENTS TODAY
There are 2 events happening in Mumbai today.
TASI is conducting a very interesting workshop on MUSIC FOR ANIMATION at the IDC Auditorium, IDC, IIT Powai (2 pm onwards). Even if you have not pre-registered, you can come to the venue at 1:30 pm and register yourself. The workshop, conducted by Tapas Relia, is a one-of-its-kind one for animation. Most workshops are focussed on CG and allied topics. Sound and music are extremely crucial to any film, let alone an animated one. It influences the mood of the film. In animation, it even guides the audiences. There is a lot to study and understand about this often ignored aspect of animation. Music composition for animation is an upcoming field and a viable career option for the musically inclined.
DO NOT MISS!!! Just show up at the IDC Auditorium at 1:30 pm today (Saturday, 23rd Feb.) and get yourself registered for a wonderful learning experience!
For info call Ritesh on 9869403527 or Akshata on 9820423908
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The other event is ANI-ART ‘08, the exhibition of animation work by students of MIDDS - Meteor Institute of Digital Design Studies in Andheri, Mumbai.
Date: 23rd Feb.
Time: 11 am onwards
Venue: MIDDS, C-101, Brook Hill Tower,
3rd Cross Lane, Lokhandwala,
Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400053
Telephone: 26315206 /07
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.
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
“At Arm’s Length” : Modelling workshop by Graphiti:
Graphiti School of Animation is organizing yet another free workshop, this time on Modelling. Titled “At Arm’s Length”, details are as follows-
Date: Friday, 4th Jan. 2008
Duration: 3 hrs – 1pm to 4 pm
Venue: Graphiti School of Animation - Class room.
Eligibility: Should be an animation student from institutes or should be working as an animation professional
Prerequisite: Should have knowledge of Basic Modeling in MAYA
Presenters: Savio Fernandes (Modeler – Graphiti studio, Graphiti Alumni - Batch 2006-2007, winner of Sculpting challenge at CG Tantra) & Lidwin Mascarenhas (Senior Faculty - Modeling)
The workshop is free of cost.
The seats are limited to 20 in each batch. If they get more registrations, they will run more batches on a later date.
Registrations: Contact Graphiti at 32448544 / 24440107
This workshop is organized by Graphiti School of Animation in association with CG Tantra.
Graphiti’s Workshop: “Back To Bones - Creating a Production Rig”
Graphiti School of Animation, the education unit of Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd., is organizing a free workshop for animation professionals and students on how to create a Production Rig.
Date: Friday, 21st Dec 2007
Duration: 3 hrs. - 1pm to 4 pm
Venue: Graphiti School of Animation, 404, Udyog Mandir No 2, Mogul Lane, Mahim (West), Mumbai - 400016 Maharashtra, India
Eligibility: Should be an animation student from an institute or should be working as an animation professional.
Prerequisite: Should have knowledge of basic rigging in MAYA
Workshop Details: The Instructor shall use a production rig and demonstrate the making of that rig. Topics like IK/FK switch, deformers, pelvis stretch, utilities etc will be discussed. The aim is to share a lot of conceptual knowledge and display tool-oriented approaches to making a rig.
The workshop is free of cost.
Registration Process: The seats are limited to 20 in each batch. In case of more registrations, two batches shall be run, one after the other.
Registration can be done at the Graphiti School of Animation
Telephone : 91 22 24440107, 32448544
This workshop is being conducted in association with CG Tantra.
20 years of NID : Presentation by Binita Desai at the Chitrakatha 2007 Festival
With just 7 days left now for the launch of the website, we are getting experts on the subject of animation to write for us as well.
On the first day of the Chitrakatha Festival at NID, there was a special presentation by Binita Desai, Associate Professor, Animation Designer, DAIICT, Gandhinagar, to commemorate the completion of 20 years by the animation department at NID. She has generously shared the transcript of the presentation for our readers.
A wonderful selection of films by students through the years was screened after Binita’s compelling talk on the origin of the animation department at NID and all the people that made it possible. Here is a list of the films that were screened followed by the transcript of Binita’s presentation.
Interview with Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Whistling Woods International
Every forum discusses the problems faced by the Indian animation industry in terms of quality human resources. It is openly acknowledged as well that the root of the problem lies in our animation education system. Yet, there is no conclusive action taken and studios and institutes keep pointing fingers at one another.
There is light at the end of the tunnel though. Whistling Woods International Institute for Film, Television and Media Arts seems to have got its fundamentals right with wise planning and a large investment. We caught up with Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Marketing Manager, WWI, and asked him to elaborate on the points that he had brought up during the panel discussion on human resources at the NASSCOM Animation & Gaming Summit.
Chitrakatha Day 2 : Spanish Animation Scene
Spanish Animation Scene - a selection of recent, short animation films.
Presented by Alfred
The aim of this presentation was to showcase simple to complex Spanish films, some made by native Spanish animators living outside Spain and the others by non-Spanish animators living in Spain. Alfred put it succinctly - “We are not Spanish people”, he said. “We are people from the animation world”.
The showcase was also about the way that the films are made. About how people from a small industry and a small world make films. The power of the idea is
