ASIFA-Hollywood is presenting a screening of DePatie Freleng, hosted by Mike Kazaleh. This special presentation will feature the early, first films of DePatie Freleng (1963-67); The studio
The BBC Web Animation competition is part of a talent campaign, organised by British television network BBC. It is open to anyone of any age, whether alone or part of a team (of no more than 5). Any type of animation is eligible but the animators/writers/performers must not have appeared on UK
* Tuesday, May 1 Sunday, July 22, 2001, Online.
Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., a leading developer of 3D rich media content creation, distribution and ad serving technologies for the Internet, announced a cash sale for substantially all of the assets of The Auction Channel subsidiary to MetroChannels, a division of Rainbow Media Holding Inc., a leading cable programming company.
* Friday, June 29 Wednesday, July 4, 2001. Washington, DC, U.S.A.
* Wednesday, July 25 Saturday, July 28, 2001. Baveno, Lake Maggiore, Italy.
* Sunday, January 20 Thursday, January 24, 2002. Paris, France.
* Monday, November 5 Sunday, November 11, 2001, Espinho, Portugal
Entry Deadline: August 1, 2001
* Wednesday, June 6, 2001, Annecy, France
* Monday, June 4 Saturday, June 9, 2001, Annecy, France
* Friday, June 8 Saturday, August 4, 2001, Stanmore, Australia
The Ring of Fire creative team has designed and produced a promo package for FOX Sports Net's "Regional Sports Report" that began airing on March 22, 2001. The package was customized for broadcast in 16 different regions. Targeted promos were created for the four main markets -- Southern California, Seattle, the South and Southwest -- which included footage of various athletes from those important regions. Ring of Fire also created a generic version of the promo, which contained generic footage and graphical elements that could easily be changed to identify specific regional teams.
* Friday, September 14 Monday, September 17, 2001, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
New York visual effects company Quiet Man recently created "Organ Grinder," a 30-second spot featuring a talking monkey. The spot was commissioned by New Yorks Fallon McElliot agency for Conseco Insurance. It first aired April 12, 2001. Quiet Man 3D designer David Shirk got involved in pre-production with a review of camcorder footage of a monkey. Based on footage of the monkeys head and various side views with an emphasis on his jaw and lower face, Shirk constructed a computer model with Realviz Image Modeller and Softimage 3D, later adding fur in Softimage 3D.
* Friday, October 5 Sunday, October 7, 2001, Hope, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Entry Deadline: June 30, 2001
The Walt Disney Company is moving up its large-format release of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST to January 1, 2002, following on the success of last year's January 1 release of FANTASIA/2000: The Imax Experience. Produced by Don Hahn and directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has been digitally remastered and reformatted specifically for release to 15/70 and 8/70 theaters. The new version includes a never-before-seen musical sequence featuring Human Again, a song that had been written and storyboarded for the original release, but never animated.
* Thursday, August 2 Monday, August 6, 2001, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
Extended Entry Deadline: May 30, 2001
In separate deals announced May 16, 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. entered into agreements with RealNetworks and Macromedia to embed both RealPlayer and Flash client technologies into the PlayStation2 game console and software development kit (SDK). RealPlayer integration will enable the 10 million plus PlayStation 2 users to access streaming Internet audio and video content such as news, sports and other entertainment. The SDK will allow game developers, using the latest RealPlayer technology, to incorporate streaming media directly into their PlayStation 2 games.
* Wednesday, May 23 Friday, June 29, 2001, London, U.K.
Entry Deadline: June 29, 2001
On Thursday, May 17, 2001, Discreet announced licensing deals with both Microsoft and Microids to include gmax consumer customization tools in each game developers upcoming game titles. This integration of gmax, a product derived from the same code base as the industry-leading 3ds max, means developers can offer customers a flexible, customizable environment within the game where they can create, modify and trade content with fellow players.
* Wednesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2001, 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Entry Deadline: June 1, 2001
Digimation Inc. announced on May 18, 2001 the immediate availability of Bones Pro 3, the latest version of the popular skeletal deformation tool for character and creature animation inside of 3ds max. The new release lets users build a set of underlying bones to deform a mesh, assign the Bones Pro 3 modifier to the mesh and pick the bones that will drive the animation. The new toolkit includes MetaBones and ParaBones, advanced tools that allow users further control of character deformations through the use of simple primitive objects that act as constraints within the skeleton.
* Thursday, September 27 Sunday, September 30, 2001, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Entry Deadline: July 15, 2001
John Morris reports on MIPTV 2001. What trends did he see from the market floor? Read on...
THQ has announced the signing of an agreement with Disney Interactive to release Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions of DISNEY/PIXAR'S MONSTERS, INC. Set for nationwide release in winter 2001, the games are based on the upcoming computer-animated feature from Disney and Pixar, which will hit theatres on November 2, 2001. DISNEY/PIXAR'S MONSTERS, INC.
