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Here's An Acting Class For Animators.
Ed Hooks taught a one-day acting for animators class in San Francisco
on September 25, from 10 am-5 pm. The class included thinking-emotion
connections, thinking-physical action connections, character analysis,
basic acting principles (the scene as a negotiation) and improvisations.
Also, there was discussion of shadow movement, psychological gesture,
the "look" of memory, eye contact between characters,
the importance of empathy and how to achieve it. Clips from Charlie
Chaplin movies were screened to make object lessons. Ed Hooks, who
has taught acting to animators at PDI, OddWorld Inhabitants, Mondo
Media, Filmakademie Baden-Worttenberg, among other places, also
teaches professional-level acting classes to actors and is the author
of two books on acting. Heinemann will publish his new book, Acting
For Animators, next year. Tuition is $125. For more information
contact Hooks at edhooks@best.com. Class enrollment is limited to
fifteen.
USC Joins The Army. The United States Army will give the
University of Southern California $45 million over the next five
years to establish a research center to develop advanced military
simulations. The center will use film students and video game designers
to create realistic training simulations using virtual reality technology
and artificial intelligence. This effort is part of the Army's plan
to create higher quality training using more realistic war-type
exercises.
Don't Miss This Animation Workshop. Denmark-based The Animation
Workshop is running a short intensive week of lectures concentrating
on storyboarding November 8-12, 1999, with John Ramirez and Dan
Jippes. Prices and details will be available upon request beginning
October 1. For more information Tel. (45) 86672007; Fax (45) 86675007;
or e-mail colin@animawork.dk. Also visit www.animwork.dk.
Learn To Write For TV Animation. Craig
Miller and Marv Wolfman, who created and produced Pocket
Dragon Adventures, are offering Thinking Visually: How To
Write For TV Animation, a single session class at The Learning
Annex in Los Angeles. Topics to be covered include what's required
to break in; what extra things you need to think of when writing
animation; writing the premise, outline, and script; writing with
your intended viewers in mind; working with story editors; and humor
and action, how far can you go. Handouts will include a sample story
premise, outline, and script. The class takes place on Thursday,
October 7 from 6:30 - 9:30. The fee is $39, plus a $2 materials
fee. For more information contact The Learning Annex at Tel. (310)
478-6677. Also visit www.learningannex.com.
Animators Offer A Seminar For Animators. On October 29 and
30 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Wayne Gilbert, Kyle Clark, and Mike
Ford, who work as animators for feature film projects at Industrial
Light + Magic, will be giving seminars on classical and computer
animation principles. The three animators have started their own
corporation as consultants providing seminars for corporate and
academic clients. This event is coordinated by The Florida Center
for Electronic Communication, The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art,
and The Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. For more information visit
www.animasters.com/seminar; or Tel. the Center for Electronic Communication
at (954) 762-5618.