Jun
28
SIRENS (9 second making of)
Posted in: Animation
See the full music video here – https://vimeo.com/98438308. www.simonroberts.co.uk
Jun
27
Visual Element Design Academy
Posted in: Animation
Visual Element Design Academy ( VEDA ) is a leading animation institute in Pune C/O PAI International Learning Solutions headquartered at Maharashtra Cosmopolitan Education Society’s Azam Campus, Pune (Maharashtra, India). Log on to http://www.veda-edu.com/ for complete info.
VEDA as an animation college in pune have the good fortune of being inspired and guided by prominent academicians and visionaries like Shri P. A. Inamdar who recently got awarded by “Lifetime achievement award” by the University of Pune for “Empowering Education in Pune”.
VEDA animation college offering Degree programs in Animation was established in the year 2010 in Azam Campus Pune by MCE Society with one of India’s most renowned Animation and Web design Guru, a Techno-Management personality Shri Rishi Aacharya.
VEDA is seeking skilled and experienced Graphic design, Web design and VFX Trainer for Pune Location.
Technical Requirement :-
1. Graphic Design Trainer – Illustrator, Photoshop, Coral draw, indesign etc.. with strong sense of creativity and visualization.
Preference will be given to candidate from Fine Arts background.
2. Web Design Trainer – HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash, WordPress, Java Script and PHP.
Preference will be given to candidate with SEO, SMO and Graphic Designing knowledge.
3. VFX Trainer – Fusion, Nuke, Shake, RealFlow and PFTrack etc.. with strong sense of creativity and visualization.
Preference will be given to candidate with 3D software knowledge.
All Interested Candidates can drop their updated resumes on hr@pai-ils.com
Jun
27
International Films Garner Majority of SIGGRAPH 2014 Computer Animation Festival Honors
Posted in: AnimationSIGGRAPH 2014 is pleased to announce the 41st annual Computer Animation Festival award recipients for Best in Show, Jury Award, Best Student Project, Best Animated Short, and Best Visual Effects, among others. More than 100 pieces will be shown during the Computer Animation Festival at the Vancouver Convention Centre, 10-14 August. The 2014 nominees were chosen by an expert panel of jury members from more than 450 submissions.
“Each piece that is in the Festival is truly something special on its own merit,” said Jerome Solomon, SIGGRAPH 2014 Computer Animation Festival Director from Cogswell College. “There’s no other stage in the world comparable to SIGGRAPH’s Computer Animation Festival and this year we have added more categories which only enriches the diversity and richness of the show.”
The Computer Animation Festival is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a “Best Animated Short” Academy Award. This year’s selections will be featured during the Computer Animation Festival through a series of Daytime Selects and the iconic Electronic Theater, allowing attendees to glimpse behind the magic of computer-generated effects, visualizations, and animations.
BEST IN SHOW
Box (United States)
Directed by Tarik Abdel-Gawad, Bot & Dolly
“Box” explores the synthesis of real and digital space through projection mapping on moving surfaces. The short film documents a first-ever live synchronized performance using 3D projection mapping, robots, and actors.
JURY AWARD
Paper World (Hungary)
Directed by Dávid Ringeisen, László Ruska, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
“Paper World” is an image film for the World Wildlife Fund Hungary where the values that WWF stands for become visible metaphorically on the level of a micro-world.
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Home Sweet Home (France)
Directed by Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazenet, Stéphane Paccolat, Supinfocom Arles
A house uproots herself and goes on an adventure.
BEST STUDENT PROJECT
Wrapped (Germany)
Directed by Roman Kälin, Falko Paeper, Florian Wittmann, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
The deterioration of one is the foundation of another one’s life. The world, with its never-ending interplay of eating and being eaten, takes on new dimensions when the unexpected forces of nature clash with the existing structures of our society.
The only constant is change.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Gravity (United Kingdom)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Esperanto Filmoj
VFX work submitted by Framestore, United Kingdom
“Gravity,” this year’s VFX Bafta and Oscar winner, turns filmmaking on its head. Rather than adding visual effects to a live-action plate, the film is around 80% computer generated, with the live-action elements (Sandra Bullock and George Clooney’s faces), integrated seamlessly with their CG spacesuits and surroundings.
BEST VISUALIZATION & SIMULATION
Kinematics (United States)
Directed by Jessica Rosenkrantz, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, Nervous System
This video visualizes Kinematics, a system for designing and simulating flexible structures for 3D printing. Kinematics generates customized designs composed of 10s to thousands of hinged, interlocking modules. The designs are computationally folded using rigid-body physics into a smaller form for fabrication by 3D printing.
BEST GAME
The Crew (France)
Directed by Maxime Luère, Dominique Boidin, Rémi Kozyra, Unit Image
The concept of this full-CGI trailer consists of juxtaposing the two worlds valued highly by car lovers: aesthetically pleasing advertisements and action scenes. The features of the game, such as the novelty of the multiplayer aspect and the feeling of freedom in an open world, are highlighted through this concept.
BEST REAL-TIME GRAPHICS
RYSE: Son of Rome (Germany)
Directed by Chris Evans, Peter Gornstein, Martin L’Heureux, Crytek
With Ryse, Crytek decided to focus on characters and emotion to serve the game and story. Ryse is an eight hour game with an additional 110-minutes of linear storytelling content. The submission shows gameplay and cutscenes, both utilize the same assets and can be rendered in real-time.
BEST COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Three, The Pony (United Kingdom)
Directed by Dougal Wilson, Blink Productions
VFX work submitted by MPC
The pony’s bouncy moves were created using a photo-real CG digital double and extensive R&D to translate human movement to a horse. The film cuts seamlessly between CG and real-life footage. Fur was created using MPC’s Furtility tool, and environments were altered using compositing and matte painting.
Jun
27
World Children Expo 2014 honored excellence in Kids Industry with KIDZOOKA, the Recognition Awards!
Posted in: AnimationHighlights
- Amol Gupte, Indian Screenwriter, Actor, and Director, was given Outstanding Creative Personality Award (Kids Entertainment)
- KidZania bagged two awards for Best Kids Destination and Best New Concept for Kids
- Nickelodeon and Maya Digital Studios bagged awards for the Best Cartoon Characters for Dora The Explorer and Motu Patlu
The 2nd Edition of Kidzooka – India’s first ever recognition awards being given to children centric brands, was organized by Creative Children Media Pvt. Ltd. at The Palm Town and Country Club, Gurgaon on the eve of June 26’ 2014. Here they honored brands from amongst 9 different categories from the world of Entertainment, Toys, Cartoon Characters, etc in kids segment.
The purpose of Kidzooka is to recognize children as serious and dynamic consumers. It celebrates their curiosity, their passion and their love for the best. Kidzooka Awards recognize the work of those companies/individuals who have done immense work in kids industry and have shaped the life of kids in one or the other way.
Rahul Gupta, Founder, Kidzooka Awards and Creative Children Media, shared, “The idea behind Kidzooka awards is the fact that there is stellar work being done by brands in the kids space. The winners this year have proven that innovation and content are at the heart of everything. We are super proud to say that Kidzooka is today one of the major attractions at World Children Expo. I congratulate all the winners. ”
These are recognition Awards given keeping various factors in mind. The recognitions given are based on the Merit, Popularity, Infrastructure, Innovation, Delivery of Products & Services, Investment, Concept, Brand Development and Research done by the company or Brand.
At the ceremony, Dora the explorer (Global) by Nickelodeon and Motu Patlu (Indian) by Nickelodeon and Maya Digital Studios were recognised as Best Cartoon Characters and Amol Gupte, Indian Screenwriter, Actor, and Director, was given Outstanding Creative Personality Award (Kids Entertainment). Scholastic India got recognition in the category of Best Children’s Publisher and Geronimo Stilton for Popular Fictional Character in Children’s Book.
Neeraj Jain, Managing Director, Scholastic India, shared, “Scholastic India is delighted at being awarded the Kidzooka Award for the Best Children’s Publisher and the Best Loved Children’s Character Award for Geronimo Stilton. After 17 years of bringing the best books from around the world to children in India, it makes us happy to have our endeavour validated by such awards. Geronimo’s rising popularity in India and elsewhere in the world has made this series amongst Scholastic’s top-selling books.”
KidZania bagged two awards for Best Kids Destination and Best New Concept for Kids. Viraj Jit Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, KidZania India, said “I am overwhelmed that KidZania Mumbai has been awarded with the Kidzooka award for the BEST DESTINATION & BEST CONCEPT for kids. Thank you World Children Expo and the respected jury for this honour. These accolades reinstates our belief in the globally successful concept of KidZania also being successful in India, committed to empowering, inspiring and educating kids through Entertainment.”
Rest of the categories who were recognised with Kidzooka awards were My City for Kids for Best Online Kids resource, Lego Toys for Best Toy Brand and Cello Pens for Best Stationery Brand.
Jun
27
Toon Boom Launches Harmony 11
Posted in: AnimationMONTREAL: Two-time Emmy® Award recipient, Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced today the launch of Harmony 11, delivering new leading-edge capabilities related to bitmap drawing and advanced warped drawings, as well as significant timeline, workflow and user interface enhancements.
Available as a stand-alone and network version, Harmony is the ideal solution for creating films, TV series, games, webisodes, explainer videos, medical or legal animations, or any other type of animated content. Harmony is delivered with a series of new videos tips and video tutorials.
New Feature Highlights
- Bitmap and Vector Drawing
Draw entirely in bitmap, entirely in vector or mix the two.
- Timeline Enhancements
Add scene markers, drawing markers and annotate your timeline.
- Mesh Warp
Create up to a 10 x 10 grid of points and animate them over time.
- User Interface Improvements
Work in a totally redesigned, modern new look—now with dark and light themes.
- Simplified Workflow
Harmony is now divided into modules to support a paperless workflow.
- Harmony Cloud*
Access your database server via the cloud for easy access for freelancers.
- Additional Improvements
Benefit from the many workflow improvements.
* Available for Harmony Network only.
Harmony in the Classroom
Studios around the world are looking for quality animators familiar with the advanced animation techniques in the Toon Boom pipeline. As Harmony offers the most efficient, integrated pipeline for creating traditional and digital animation or a combination of techniques, students proficient in Harmony secure the competitive edge they need when embarking on their career in the animation industry. The Toon Boom Certification program provides a reliable validation of their skills and knowledge.
Jun
27
Information Architects on 26 June announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the accession of Legacy Animation Group LLC.
This acquisition will include all hard assets as well as trademarks and copyrights for all IP’s. Legacy’s includes properties like animated feature films, children television programming, combination live/animation productions, books, songs, characters, toys, video games, board games and children’s clothing lines.
Legacy Animation is vigorously engaged in development and production of animated feature films. The company is in final production stages of a feature film formerly titled, ‘Michael Jackson presents: The way of the Unicorn, the endangered ones.’ The company had been in discussions with the artist regarding this project just before his untimely death, and his contributions to the project can be seen as a key foundation to its quality. Accompanying the film property are five songs, a video game, a board game, plush toys and a clothing line for children.
“This acquisition brings Information Architects one step closer to completing the corporate infrastructure to move forward with the development and building of world class theme parks and entertainment resorts. Negotiations are underway for further additions to the management team and we are enthusiastic about the way the company is shaping up and the developments that are to come,” said the president of mergers and acquisitions, Steve Adelstein in the statement.
In addition to the feature films Legacy Animation is currently in development of mainstream television programming for kids with the first project being a children’s animated television series with a focus on education. Book sales and character licensing will be an adjunct subsidy to the show.
Jun
27
Genius Brands International has strategically partnered with Comcast for the distribution of Baby Genius content. The deal will have Comcast making all episodes of Baby Genius Nursery Rhymes and Baby Genius Baby Animals series available to Xfinity TV customers to stream online or download through the Xfinity TV Go app and website. The content will also be available for free on Xfinity TV.
Prior to the new agreement, which transitions the partnership from marketing-based to commercial based, Baby Genius content was available through Xfinity’s Baby Boost Channel, where it was the number one On-Demand property. Over the past seven years, Baby Genius content has amassed over 50 million downloads and over 500,000 VOD users per month across Xfinity TV platforms.
Jun
27
Coolabi Group has begun production on a brand new stop-motion animated series called Scream Street. The company is producing 52 (11-minute) episodes as a co-production with the animation studio Factory TM.
CBBC is on board to air the series in UK, the fast-paced comedy-horror is targeted for children between ages 8-10 years.
Coolabi has got ZDF Enterprises as the global TV distributor for the series (excluding UK, US and Australia). ZDF Enterprises has also taken German licensing rights to the property.
Scream Street is being produced by Manchester-based Factory TM, which draws on a wealth of experience in stop-motion animation. Renowned puppet and model-making company Mackinnon & Saunders (Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frankenweenie) is creating the cast ensemble.
CBBC will start airing the series in 2016, while select footage will be available for the first time at MipCom this year.
Written by Tommy Donbavand and published by Walker Books, Scream Street follows the story of Luke Watson: a regular teen apart from the werewolf gene! When the Government Housing of Unusual Lifeforms (G.H.O.U.L.) gets wind of Luke’s hairy habit, they transfer him and his parents to Scream Street – where surfer-dude zombies, sarcastic vampires, glamorous witches and just plain-bad monsters put a whole new spin on community spirit.
Jun
27
Post a three year hiatus with ‘Persona 4: The Animation’, Yu Narukami is back to the Tube with his Persona powers.
At first glance, ‘Persona 4 the Golden Animation’ looks like an anime version of ‘Persona 4: The Golden for PS Vita’, the handheld game which was an expanded version of the original PlayStation 2 version of Persona 4. But, the trailer for the Golden Animation tells a different tale; it actually acts as a sequel to the story, taking place three years after and introducing the PS Vita add-on character, Marie.
The cast will star Daisuke Namikawa as Yū Narukami, Showtaro Morikubo as Yōsuke Hanamura, Yui Horie as Chie Satonaka, Ami Koshimizu as Yukiko Amagi, Kappei Yamaguchi as Kuma (Teddie), and Kana Hanazawa as Marie.
‘Persona 4 the Golden Animation’ will start streaming on 10 July for Hulu, Crunchyroll, Aniplex and Daisuki. No specific time has been set just yet.
Before directing this new anime series, Tomohisa Taguchi worked on the opening and the important parts of specific episodes in the first Persona 4 The Animation series. The first anime’s Seiji Kishi will serve as chief director of the new anime.
Jun
27
Sarah Hyland more popularly known for playing Haley Dunphy in the hit series Modern Family will now be featuring as part of the voice cast in Netflix’s animated show Turbo FAST.
In the show she will be playing a gossip-y snail. The show revolves around two robber snails who are about to rob a camp but then they get distracted by “Gossip Snail” which seems to be a snail version of ‘Gossip Girl’ and Sarah Hyland will be lending her voice for the character.
Her role in DreamWorks’ Turbo FAST will not be heard until 2015. Hyland will next be seen on movie screens in the comedy/drama See You in Valhalla later this year.
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