http://events.animationblogspot.com AWN's Events Blog: Bringing the World of Animation to the Web Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:13:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The exhibition has closed but the conference continues on this last day, with 3-D screenings (including some new Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs footage) and E-Tech still attracting lots of attention, even spread out in several rooms and isolated on the third floor. The emphasis is on interactive sensory ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/07/desowitz-at-siggraph-2009-day-5/ Press reports have attendance at about 10,000, which is extremely low, of course. But, as I previously noted, it's resulted in a very appropriate quaintness. You can tell that the people who have come here are very passionate. While one exhibitor lamented the lack of scientific research on display and ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/07/desowitz-at-siggraph-2009-day-4/ written by Lance Jones and Jessica Brown of the Animation and Visual Effects Program Louisiana State University Shreveport Evening Theater’s Jury Chair’s Reel included the following shorts. Silhouettes of Jazz Dominik Kaser Martin-Sebastian Senn, Mario Deuss ETH Zurich Switzerland The first video shown was Silhouettes of Jazz. Jazz music plays as the camera takes you though a ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/07/evening-theater%e2%80%99s-jury-chair%e2%80%99s-reel/ written by Lance Jones and Jessica Brown of the Animation and Visual Effects Program Louisiana State University Shreveport Evening Theater’s Festival Chair’s Reel included the following shorts. Pigeon: Impossible Lucas Martell USA Pigeon: Impossible is an antagonistic tale between a pigeon and an undercover agent. The scene opens with an establishing shot of the pigeon ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/07/evening-theater%e2%80%99s-festival-chair%e2%80%99s-reel/ written by Bill Desowitz Naturally Autodesk had some big announcements, including 2010 versions of Maya, MotionBuilder and Mudbox and along with new suites for digital entertainment creation and new education initiatives. Maya 2010 has all the features of Maya Unlimited 2009 and Maya Complete 2009, including the Maya Nucleus Unified Simulation Framework, ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/06/desowitz-at-siggraph-2009-day-3/ written by Joanne Weikel Day 2 of the animation competition kicked off at 9am with a loud drumbeat and Afro Brazilian performers. The sound drew a large crowd in to watch the performances. The animation teams had worked through the night on their films so the very lively dancers lent some ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/05/fjorg-siggraph-2009-competition-%e2%80%93-day-2/ written by John Morgan Brewer and Jessica Brown of the LSU Shreveport Animation and Visual Effects Program Monday nights' Evening Theater began with the introduction of host Miles Perkins, senior staff at Industrial Light and Magic. He kicked off the award ceremony by paving the way for Scott Farrar, visual effects ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/05/evening-theater-awards-ceremony-and-real-time-live-demos/ written by Joanne Weikel SIGGRAPH 2009 Fjorg! competition started at 9am Monday, August 3 in New Orleans. In it’s third year, the event attracted many talented animators both students and professionals. The competition, created by Patricia Beckmann as an Iron Animator event challenges the competitors to create a short film (15-45 seconds) ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/04/fjorg-begins/ written by Bill Desowitz The exhibition opened today and, as expected, the show is small but quaint -- similar to San Antonio a few years back. Nothing wrong with that: it's manageable and in keeping with the New Orleans flavor. While the number of exhibitors is smaller than usual, it's a ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/04/desowitz-at-siggraph-2009-day-2/ written by Bill Desowitz Well, there’s been a lot of anticipation and curiosity about SIGGRAPH returning to New Orleans (or Nola), not only since this marks the first major conference since Katrina but also because of the severity of the downturn. Yes, attendance may be sparse, but, you know what? ... http://events.animationblogspot.com/2009/08/03/desowitz-at-siggraph-2009-day-1/