Invite – Ballyfermot Animation Graduate Showcase

Image © Disney

The film will be screened alongside shorts from other international
animation colleges like Gobelins, Supinfocom, NFTS and CalArts…

See here for more details:
http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/film-selected-ooiff-2013.pdf

And congrats to the Flippin the Bird team…

“The actor in an animation is the character on the screen, but it is the animator who must endow the character with the illusion of life.” – Ed Hooks.

Ed Hooks pioneered acting training specifically for animators and his Acting for Animators master class has been presented to tens of thousands of animators around the world.

From the 19^th to the 22^nd November next, Ed Hooks will visit Ballyfermot College of Further Education to deliver a series of master classes on ‘Acting For Animators’ to college animation staff/students and invited guests.

The Master Classes, which are supported by the Irish Film Board, will be delivered in the Anna Brett Hall, Ballyfermot College Media Building on the following dates and times:

Monday 19^th November from 10-4pm – Acting for Animators Part 1

Tuesday 20th November from 10-1pm – Acting for Animators Part 2

Wednesday 21^st and Thursday 22^ndNovember from 10-1pm – smaller group sessions with BA Animation students.

Ed Hooks

Ed Hooks is a multi-faceted theatrical professional, respected as an actor, author and acting teacher. He has taught professional-level workshops and scene study in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. His stage, film and television credits include more than 100 roles.

Since 1996, Ed created acting training specifically for animators, and his system is used by leading animation schools internationally. He is continually in demand as a guest lecturer and speaker at animation conferences. He has presented his master class at major festivals and major animation studios internationally, like Siggraph, FMX, Dreamworks, EA, Disney and Blue Sky.

Ed has also written a number of books and articles on the subject of acting for animators. And his book Acting for Animators, now in its 3rd edition, is a required text for animators in training everywhere.

For more information on Ed Hooks and his master classes see – http://www.edhooks.com/animators.html

‘Spiders’ won the Best Irish Student/Graduate Short Animation award at the Blackrock Animation Festival (http://iloveblackrock.ie/animation-film-festival).

And ‘Flippin the Bird’ won the Children’s Audience Award at the Kerry Film Festival (http://www.kerryfilmfestival.com).

Congratulations to all involved.

The industry delivered training classes, which are due to start in mid-October, will run for 20 weeks on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The classes will be designed and delivered by industry professionals from studios like Brown Bag Films, Boulder Media and Monster Animation, who have expertise in specialist areas.

Gareth Lee, Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Animation programme at BCFE, said: “These classes, which will be offered to students on the full time animation degree programme, will enhance the students skill set and go some way towards addressing current specialist skills shortages in the animation industry.”

The industry delivered training classes, will focus on specialist areas like 2D Flash Animation, Storyboards/Backgrounds for the Flash Animation Pipeline, Compositing, VFX and modelling, rigging, lighting, texturing and animation with Autodesk Maya.

ETNA is the European Training Network of Animation. This group gathers together the most prestigious schools and universities in Europe delivering diplomas in the multi-faceted trades of animation.

Once a year, CARTOON organises a meeting for ETNA members. The meeting is called Training for Trainers and is implemented thanks to the support of the Media Programme of the European Union and a consortium of 3 ETNA members.

ISA participated in the most recent Training for Trainers event in Pau, France – http://www.cartoon-media.eu/MASTERS/tra_index.php.