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Are young people looking
at animation as a career?
Yes, the animation industry is huge and there are
loads of exciting career options within it.
The games industry now rivals Hollywood in size,
there are more TV channels needing content than ever before and
web design features more and more animation.
It's everywhere you look if you think about it:
films, adverts, TV series, games, web, pop promos, not to mention
reconstructions in documentaries, special effects and visitor attractions.
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For example, graduates of the animation course
at Norwich School of Art & Design are working in careers as diverse
as SFX on Lord Of The Rings to 3D character design for Sony Playstation
and model animated kids' TV like Fireman Sam and Bob the Builder.
Lots of them now work in the games industry doing
anything from motion capture, to sound engineering to backgrounds.
Then there are interactive multimedia, animatronics, TV adverts
and pop promos... the list is endless.
What do films like Finding Nemo do to people's
awareness of animation? Do they help, or do they close people's
minds to the different types of animation available?
In the last century the dominant form of animation
was the cartoon and I think many people do think of animation as
either Disney or something for kids.
The orthodox style created by Disney did ghettoise
the art form for a long time. I think that is changing now, due
to advances in technology, new styles and techniques, imaginative
programming from broadcasters like Channel 4, 大象传媒 Three and an increasing
trend in animation made for adults, such as 2D TV, Monkey Dust,
Southpark.
There have also been some surprise hits at the
box office like the beautiful and hilarious Belle Ville Rendezvous,
recently screened at Cinema City in Norwich.
They are now showing the Japanese animation Spirited
Away by Hayao Miyazaki which just broke all box office records in
Japan.
60 second love story by Brian Demoskoff (detail)
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Festivals help to
open people up to all the other amazing stuff which we have no other
opportunity to see.
Festival Seminars
Careers in Animation
Norwich School of Art & Design, 2.30pm
24th October
Animation is a highly visible career option, which
now reaches into the games, TV and film special effects worlds too.
But what kind of jobs are out there?
How do you get started? Can you make it as a freelancer?
How is the industry changing with the influx of new technology,
specifically in 3D animation? Can you make a living without up rooting
and moving to London?
Chaired by Saint John Walker. Speakers to include
Chris Shepherd of Slinky Pictures, Keith Tutt & Hannah Giffard of
Red Fox Productions, Ruth Fielding of Lupus Films, and a spokesperson
from Electronic Arts.
Animation & Interactivity
Norwich School of Art & Design, 2.30pm
25th October
Interactivity gives a new
dimension to animation, but who's pushing the boundaries artistically
and commercially? With the advent of the Internet, DVD and Broadband,
opportunities for new animated works that interactively engage with
the potential audience or customer abound. But what does an interactive
dimension really add to the animated form, or vice versa?
Is interactive work just re-purposed linear pieces
with the user-centred choice bolted on as an afterthought, or are
real interactive skills needed by today's young animators?
Chaired by Saint John Walker. Speakers to include
Lars Christiansen of tv-animation, Denmark, Tim Child of Televirtual,
Norwich and Mario Cavalli (TBC)
Animation & Sound
Cinema City, 2pm
26th October
Often barely recognised by the audience and yet
often crucial to the impact of the finished piece, sound represents
a hidden weapon in the animator's armoury. But sound doesn't always
play second fiddle to the animation?
Sound designers, musicians and animators have often
collaborated in new and surprising ways, often changing the rules
of engagement and production between sound and image.
Can we redress the balance of a visually dominated
culture within audio-visual pieces? How do you start creating sound
for animation, and is it different from producing sound for film
or video?
Chaired by Saint John Walker. Speakers to include
Clive Walley, Tom Simmons, Suzie Hanna and others TBC.
For full details about the festival seminars, workshops
and screenings visit the official festival website at
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Animation Festival 2003 禄
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