The 7th FMX will be focusing on animation, effects and content. It is now regarded as one of the most important events for digital media production and includes the fmx/conferences, where top speakers from the USA, Japan and Europe talk about their works, current projects and artistic visions. This year's speakers include Olcun Tan from Mill Film in London (Black Hawk Down), Tommaso Vergallo and Thomas Duval from DuboiColor in Boulogne (Am

ANIMA MUNDI 2002, the 10th International Animation Festival of Brazil takes place in the cities of Rio de Janeiro from July 12th to 21st and S

Alias|Wavefront Users Group has been scheduled.
Hope you can join us.

Where: Gnomon School of Visual Effects

1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd.

Hollywood, CA 90038



When: Thursday, April 18, 2002

Meet and greet: 6:30 pm

Presentation: 7:30 pm



What: CFX
Paolo Moscatelli, CG Supervisor, and Dominick Cecere, Lead
Animator will do an in-depth presentation on their use of Maya on "Eight
Legged Freaks" Topics they plan to cover include model, character set up and
animation, animatics, tracking, handling multiple spiders, color, lights,
effects. Should be great!



For more information on Eight Legged Freaks visit:
http://eightleggedfreaks.warnerbros.com/



Who: Hosted by Gnomon, Inc. and HIGHEND3D.com
Sponsored by Alias|Wavefront and RFX



How: MAKE RESERVATIONS at http://www.HIGHEND3D.com/rsvp



ALSO, WE WILL HAVE GIVE-AWAYS! Gnomon Online will award a 3-month
membership and the Gnomon Workshop will raffle three of their training
videos.

DH Institute of Media Arts (dhima) will be hosting a student presentation and party for those students who have completed studies in Web communication design, digital video production, computer animation and visual effects for 2002. The event will be on Friday April 26, 2002 from 7-11pm. There will be student work displayed, a social hour and an open bar with hor's d'oevres. The social hour will allow you to get to know the staff and students of dhima. This will be a great opportunity for recruiters in these fields to view student work from some of the most talented students in the Santa Monica area. To R.S.V.P. for this event, e-mail

The objective is to trace a global perspective of the contemporary features in cinema, television, video and multimedia.

The works admitted for selection are those produced on January 1st, 2001 or after and cannot have been screened in Portugal. Registration is free.
Inscription in the following categories are admitted:

- CINEMA: short and feature fiction and animation films in 16 and 35mm and digital cinematography format.

- VIDEO: videographic production of less than 20 minutes in VHS (multisystems), DV (PAL system) or BETACAM SP (PAL system).

- MULTIMEDIA: web movies in video or infographic format in the following categories: fiction, experimental and animation

- TELEVISION: documentaries of less than 60 minutes already broadcast by a television station.

A four-part seminar examining the art of visual effects will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences beginning April 30, 2002, at 7:00 pm. The series will continue for three additional Tuesday evenings - May 7, 14 and 21 - and will feature participants who have garnered 25 Academy Award nominations among them. Each session of "The State of the Visual Effects Arts" will focus on a specific area of the visual effects field and will be moderated by Jamie Price, who created the visual effects for THE TIME MACHINE and BICENTENNIAL MAN. In addition to viewing film clips and effects reels, the audience will participate in open discussion with guest visual effects supervisors. Registration for the series is $80 for the general public and $60 for Academy members and students with valid identification. Space is limited. Interested parties may register in advance at the Academy during regular business hours or by mail. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For additional information call 310-247-3000, ext. 111.

Following is the schedule of topics and participants (subject to change): April 30: "Traveling Mattes & Matte Paintings," featuring Bill Taylor, whose credits include THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS and THE MASK OF ZORRO, and Henry Bumstead, who has received four Academy Award nominations for art direction and won for TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD and THE STING.

May 7: "Motion Control & Miniatures," featuring Hoyt Yeatman, who has received two Academy Award nominations for visual effects and won for THE ABYSS, and Richard Edlund, who has received two Special Achievement Awards for visual effects, for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. Edlund also has garnered eight Academy Award nominations for visual effects and won for STAR WARS and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.

May 14: "Special Effects and Visual Effects, What's the Difference?" featuring Matt Sweeney, who received an Academy Award nomination for visual effects for APOLLO 13.

May 21: "Computer Generated Imagery & the Future," featuring Ken Ralston, who received a Special Achievement Award for visual effects for RETURN OF THE JEDI and six Academy Award nominations for visual effects, and has won four Oscars, for COCOON, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, DEATH BECOMES HER, and FORREST GUMP; Robert Legato, who received two Academy Award nominations for visual effects and won for TITANIC; Habib Zargarour, who received Academy Award nominations for visual effects for TWISTER and THE PERFECT STORM, and Eric Armstrong, whose credits include CASPER and JURASSIC PARK.

The School of Visual Arts is proud to present the 13th Annual Dusty Film Festival and Awards, a three-day viewing feast of short films, videos, and traditional animations. At the event, graduating film, video and animation students from SVA will be recognized for their outstanding achievements with four days of star treatment. The festival will screen all thesis works beginning at noon on May 13-15, then hold an evening awards ceremony and gala reception on May 16, from 7 to 10 pm at New York's Beekman Theater.

Support from all facets of the industry has combined to create a prestigious event for introducing film and video makers; industry VIPs; and celebrities to a new generation of artists. Awards will be presented in the following categories: Outstanding Achievements in Screenwriting, Cinematography, Video, Editing, Directing, Film, Acting, Traditional Animation and Stop-Motion Animation.

Film screenings are free and open to the public. For tickets to the Awards Ceremony and Gala call 212.592.2195.For press seats, please call Kristin L. Wolfe at 212.592.2010.

After seven successful years, E3 is acknowledged as the must-attend, must-exhibit event for everyone who matters in interactive entertainment. Over 62,000 of the world's most influential retailers, distributors, developers, investors and media gather here for three days of intensive deal-making. There's nothing else like it in the world. The most products, the biggest crowd, the hottest action: E3 brings it all together under one roof.

The Academy of Art College presents its Animation Spring Show 2002.

Festivities begin on May 23, 2002 with an Awards Presentation, Screening, and Gallery Exhibit. The Pre Show runs from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm with the Awards Ceremony starting at 6:30 pm.
The Show will consist of works completed by Academy of Art College students in the fields of 3D Animation, 2D Animation, and Visual Effects.
The Animation Spring Show is open to the public and runs from May 23rd to June 8th.

FREE - OPEN TO ALL!

Thursday, May 30th,
7pm-10:15pm (followed by a PARTY to MIDNIGHT!)

Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, Ballroom South, 4222 Vineland Ave., N. Hollywood

Free Parking at the Hotel. Hotel phone for directions: 818-980-8000



Sit in on the last evening of the one month intensive and see what the graduates have accomplished. Then hang out afterwards for the networking party to midnight!



RSVP via e-mail to FlashForwardInst@aol.com or call 323-850-7392