ASIFA India's International Animation Day (IAD) 2007Various Locations, IndiaOct. 21-28, 2007Deadline: Sept. 30, 2007
ASIFA India is proud to present yet another year of the International Animation Day -- IAD 2007.
2008 Game Developers ConferenceSan Francisco, California, USAFebruary 18-22, 2008Deadline: Oct. 1, 2007
Game Developers Conference provides educational, networking, and business opportunities for game development professionals driving the $11 billion videogame industry. It is the main global forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas, network and shape the future of the industry.
United Artists is wrapping up talks with Oliver Stone to helm PINKVILLE, a Vietnam War drama chronicling the events of the 1968 My Lai Massacre, according to the trades. Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum have already signed on to star, with Michael Pena in negotiations to join the cast as well.
George Lucas has tapped John Ridley (THREE KINGS, UNDERCOVER BROTHER) to write his pet project RED TAILS, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, reports VARIETY. The script will be based on a story by Lucas, who is funding development via Lucasfilm and exec producing. Industrial Light & Magic will handle the aerial battles.
The story chronicles the young African-American pilots who broke the color barrier to become the first black U.S. fighter pilots. The title of the project refers to the Tuskegee Airmen's planes' tails, which were painted red.
The Chinese government announced today that it would use animated beat cops to patrol 13 of China's top Web portals in an effort to steer users away from illegal content, reports THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Starting Sept. 1, 2007, the cartoon cops will walk, bike and drive across Web surfers' screens every half hour, warning them to stay clear of material "the Communist Party finds politically or morally threatening." By the end of the year, the animated warning will appear on all websites registered with Beijing servers.
Montreal-based Pop6 is producing an animated feature version of Jeff Amano's comic book series GENE-FUSION, reports ICv2.com. The comic was the first title published by Amano's Beckett Ent. The initial issue was launched at MIPCOM 2002. Later, Ivan Brandon penned and Neil Vokes drew a four-issue run. Pop6 hopes to have the film ready for 2008.
GENE-FUSION: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS follows a group of highly trained athletes called Fusers, who compete with genetically altered animals that were created by fusing the DNA of three separate creatures together.
Ascent Media Group (AMG) and HP have announced a strategic alliance to co-develop, market and deliver enterprise-level services and technologies that enable studios, content providers and aggregators to archive, repurpose and distribute media digitally for the multi-channel market.
Sydney-based animation production company Sticky Pictures has announced that Donna Andrews -- a founding partner and producer with the company -- will take over the role of exec producer, effective immediately. Andrews replaces Tim Brooke-Hunt, who is leaving Sticky Pictures to join the Australian Broadcasting Corp. as Executive Head of Children's.
"On behalf of Sticky, I'd like to thank Tim for all his fantastic work and wonderful guidance over the last five years. We will miss him greatly and wish him every success in his new role at the ABC," Andrews said.
Imagi International Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of veteran animator and teacher Frank Gladstone to provide advanced training for Imagi's 400+ artists and animators. Gladstone will teach university-level courses, to be offered on a quarterly basis, in film history, cinematography, storytelling and visual language.
Test your skills and challenge your brain with AWN's Animation Trivia Quiz.
This week in AWN's Forums, members have entered the Bu-ray versus HDDVD debate. A junior member is looking for good script writing resources. There's a hot thread on making Flash look like cel animation. Lots of people are posting the places they go for inspiration. Others are debating the school rankings in 3D WORLD. Others need help with Maya modeling and Cintiq. As well as, tools for teaching animation, the business of animation and, as always, brand new stuff to check out in show and tell!
Warner Home Video's LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION VOLUME FIVE, scheduled to street on Oct. 30, 2007 for $64.92, will feature a treasury of 60 re-mastered, unedited classic cartoons -- including some rarely-seen shorts, plus more than five hours of incredible special features, including CHUCK JONES: EXTREMES AND IN-BETWEENS, A LIFE IN ANIMATION, a documentary focusing on the legendary animator. Bonus features will also include commentaries by filmmakers, writers, animators, historians, alternate audio programs and much more.
PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today unveiled the results of the largest survey of players of "casual" computer/videogames ever conducted. Among the nearly 7,500 adult respondents who took part in the survey, nearly a third (31%) indicated they had children or grandchildren under 18 who played these family-friendly puzzle, word and simple action games in their home. And of these 2,298 "family gamers," 80% said they played casual games with their children or grandchildren.
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This recent video is a natural demo for ANTICIPATION...well not really, but it's a cool trick my son, Matt came up with...
I added some animation and a short video of the individual drawings- just for the heck of it!
Keep in mind, ANTICIPATION accomplishes:
1. An anticipation the audience with you...
2. An anticipation prepares the audience...
3. An anticipation helps build momentum for an action or movement...
Remember: most movements should begin with an anticipation...
For more info go to:
Set in the backdrop of 60th year of India's Independence, Chinh India Kids Fest' 07 and Forum is an initiative to celebrate knowledge, ideas and perspectives on culture, development and education in context of children programming. The objective of the event is to inculcate taste for quality children program and to generate awareness about new genre, innovations and formats linking education with culture and development issues among children. For more information, visit www.chinh.in.
The Emmy-award winning series THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES makes its long-awaited DVD debut on Oct. 23 (VOLUME ONE) from Lucasfilm Ltd., CBS Home Ent. and Paramount Home Ent., with an impressive array of all-new bonus materials, which allow viewers to dig deeper into the real-life events behind young Indy's globe-trotting coming-of-age. THE ADVENTURES OF YOUNG INDIANA JONES was the first TV series to use digital production, pioneering processes that would pave the way for George Lucas' own STAR WARS prequels.
Marianne O'Reilly, an eight-year veteran of Rainmaker Visual Effects, has been elevated from exec producer to president of the burgeoning division. Previously, Warren Franklin served as president of the division, but was elevated to CEO of Rainmaker Ent. (parent company of Rainmaker Animation, Rainmaker Post and Rainmaker Visual Effects) last July when Mainframe was acquired.
ION Media Networks announced that it will undertake innovative advertising and media initiatives for its qubo and ION Life digital networks aimed at improving children's health and reducing the rates of childhood obesity in the U.S.
Aviator and entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Comics will be bringing legendary superhero Dan Dare out of retirement with an all-new comic book series. The monthly series, to be written by legendary comic author Garth Ennis (PREACHER, THE BOYS, HITMAN, JOHN WOO'S SEVEN BROTHERS), will premiere in November 2007.
In honor of the Oct. 2 release of the 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD of THE JUNGLE BOOK, the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood will screen the animated classic during an exclusive engagement Sept. 7-23.
To help customers in the manufacturing, architecture, building and construction markets benefit from the advantages of 3D software, Autodesk Inc. has introduced the Preferred Industry Partner Program. The new program recognizes select third-party software developers for their innovative, industry-focused solutions. Designated Preferred Industry Partners create applications that complement Autodesk 3D products and help customers simulate their ideas early in the design process as well as reduce time and cost in manufacturing or construction.
Dark Horse Indie has tapped Cleve Nettles to pen the script for WAR MONKEYS, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Mike Richardson is exec producing.
Based on a story by producer Chris Patton, the horror comedy finds a janitor locked in an underground military research lab with assassin Rhesus monkeys.
Nettles is the associate producer of Imagi Ent.'s CAT TALE.
Walt Disney Co. is being sued by comedy writer Buddy Sheffield, who alleges he was never paid for coming up with the idea for the teen TV series, HANNAH MONTANA, reports VARIETY. In a suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Aug. 23, 2007, Sheffield is claiming breach of contract, breach of confidence, unfair competition and unjust enrichment.
Keanu Reeves will play the noble alien Klaatu in 20th Century Fox's remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, VARIETY reports. Michael Rennie's distinct performance in the original is so revered that finding the right actor to take the role has been one of the chief reasons the remake has been in development for so long.
In signing their latest deal with Comedy Central, SOUTH PARK creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have secured a precedent making agreement to share online ad revenues 50-50 with the network. The overall deal worth $75 million will see Stone and Parker overseeing the new online incubator SouthParkStudios.com, which will develop new ways to exploit SOUTH PARK characters as well as develop original IPs. Additionally, the deal reups the TV series through 2011. The demented duo will see big salaries increases as well as advances against back-end profits.
