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Animation Headline News

UK’s BFX Fest Announces Student Competition

The BFX Festival, a brand-new festival designed to celebrate the UK’s visual effects and animation industry, announces a student competition designed to give participants direct exposure to cutting-edge practices while showcasing their skills.

Awards Headline News

3D Artist CG Student Awards Issues 2013 Call for Entries

The deadline for submissions to the 2013 3D Artist CG Student Awards, an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics from students and recent graduates, is May 13, 2013.

Blogs

The Promised Land: Part 4

Israel's demand for its neighbors’ recognition of its right to existence as an independent state is essential. Which country would not seek it or fight for it, if need to? But there is another facet to this, one which came to my focus while there, Israel's right to existence as the Jewish state. This is an all together other, vastly more complex an issue.

Headline News

INDAC to Host Max Howard Masterclass

Germany’s INDAC hosts a Masterclass, “Producing Independent Animated Film,” with animation producer Max Howard February 14 & 15 at the Games Academy in Berlin.

Screenwriting Blogs

10 MAXIMS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR SCREENPLAY

If you’re a writer who wants to improve the quality of your story, or a producer who wants your film to have the best possible chance at the box office, I've got 10 writing maxims for you that will maximize your chances of success...

Game Headline News

Jerome Solomon Joins Cogswell College

17-Year Hollywood Veteran and ACM SIGGRAPH National Committee member joins Cogswell College’s Digital Arts & Animation department as an Assistant Professor in Game & Entertainment Design.

Animation Headline News

Jack Enyart to Lead Writing for Animation Course

Vancouver Animation School names Jack Enyart instructor for new Writing for Animation course; new online class emphasizes writing because all animation truly starts with a story.

Headline News

Warner Bros. Announces 2013 Hanna-Barbera Honorship

Awarded annually to a graduating high school senior enrolling in a college, university, or trade school to study animation, the deadline for applications to the Warner Bros. Animation/Hanna-Barbera Honorship is Monday, March 4, 2013.

Animation Blogs

Mel Blanc and How Animation Students Learn Character Development

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 11:34am

Strong character development is the foundation of any animation, of course, but contemporary animators might run into copyright infringement issues when they borrow heavily from existing characters in other creative properties.

Screenwriting Blogs

A Writer’s #1 Most Important Creative Tool is...

So what is a writer’s #1 creative tool? Experience? Education? Vocabulary? Scriptwriting software? Jack Daniels? It’s none of these. The #1 creative tool of every writer is...

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