 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
28
March 2008
|
Volume
- 2
|
Issue
- 59
|
|
| |
|
FICCI FRAMES: COMPLETE SESSION
COVERAGE
COVERAGE
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working
across the globe on the co production
chain
"The
animation industry worldwide has
crossed all boundaries and has
become a work flow that is not
limited by geography. Today teams
positioned in diverse global locations
collaborate real time and work
on common projects seamlessly."
said Tapaas Chakravarti of DQ
Entertainment at the commencement
of the "Business of Animation:
A Global Team effort" session
on the last day of 9th FICCI Frames
2008..Read
|
|
|
IP
creation, Protection and Life
Cycle
It
is not enough to create an Intellectual
Property and exploit it; managing
and protection of IP is equally
important. Moderating the session
on IP creation, protection and
life cycle at FRAMES 2008 was
BIG Animation's Ashish Kulkarni
and panelists included Kahani
World's Biren Ghose, Shemaroo's
Smita Maroo, Virgin Animation's
Suresh Seetharaman, Spark's Sunil
Thankamushy, Geodesic Chairman
Pankaj Kumar, Nishit Desai &
Co's Gowree Gokhale and Dr Ajay
Batra.Read |
| |
|
|
| |
Compelling
Content, strategic partnerships
and clear focus; key to L&M
revenue generation
Cohesive
and focused, the session on revenue
streams in Animation at FICCI
FRAMES 2008 was first rate. The
panel gave feedback that the objective
and primary focus of L&M is
to enhance consumer interaction
with the brand.Read |
| |
Business
opportunities emerging in mobile
entertainment
The
emerging trend in business opportunities
tackled at the session on 'New
opportunities in emerging business
models in Mobile Entertainment'
were advertising (in content advertising,
advertising on WAP sites etc),
mobilization of a variety of content,
monetization are the few areas
which are emerging.Read |
| |
Palaflicks
joins hands with Frameboxx and
Saroj Khan for 'Earthlings'
Goa
based Palaflicks has joined hands
with Frameboxx for an incubation
centre and with Bollywood choreographer
Saroj Khan to choreograph its
Animation cum live action TV Series
'Earthlings'.Read |
| |
Of
Projects, Pipeline Proficiency
& Personalities
It
is not technology alone but how
it is strung together to service
the project and the artists working
on it that makes a pipeline. And
while each pipeline may vary,
the end objective is stability,
efficiency, scalability and most
importantly, quality.Read |
| |
Huge
potential for gaming in India
The
Gaming panel comprising of experts
discussed about the Indian gaming
market and the emerging trends
in India. It also debated if the
market would ever reach mass market
proportions.Read |
| |
FICCI
FRAMES begins on a promising note
The
9th FICCI FRAMES commenced at
Hotel Renaissance, Powai at 09:30AM
on March 25, 2008. Following the
lamp lighting ceremony, flute
maestro Pt. Rakesh Chaurasia,
disciple of Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia
alongwith Pt. Bhavani Shankar
on pakhavaj and Satyajit Talwalkar
on tabla.Read |
| |
Success
at the box office- a science or
an art?
The
big question in front of the film
makers today is "Will the
audience turn up on the first
day of the release?" The
session 'Opening Weekend: How
to get the audience in' was dedicated
to this question.Read |
| |
Multiple
movies, entertainment and revenue
the Multiplex way
Multiplexes:
Multi revenue streams' was a
short and crisp session moderated
by Panay Sinha of Select Citywalk
on the third day of FICCI Frames
2008. The speakers were Kamal
Karamchandani, MD, Dimple Cine
Advertising, P. S. Saminathan,
MD, Pyramid Saimira, Alok Tondon,
COO, INOX Leisure Ltd., Soumo
Ganguly, CEO, Chivach Media
and Ajay Mehra, CEO, Fun Multiplex.
Read
|
|
|
|
|
|
A
glimpse into the world of VFX
at FICCI FRAMES
The
special session on the concluding
day of FICCI FRAMES '08 titled
'VFX: Making possible, the Impossible'
gave an insight on the Hollywood
style of VFX, What goes into a
great quality effects, How smaller
studios can bag parts of projects,
Indian studios and the appreciation
that VFX laden movies get.Read
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Media
careers need to be established
as mainline options
"Talent
Crunch in Media and Entertainment
Industry" paneled by K Pandyan
of Graphiti, Meghna Ghai Puri
Of Whistling Woods International,
Prof. Lachlan MacKinnon fro Scotland,
Crest's Raj Shekhar and Prof Amit
Sharma of JNU went to establish
that the crunch of manpower is
not because of lack of talent
but because structure to recognize,
nurture and groom the talent is
missing. We are still in the process
of understanding the manpower
deficit problem and the solutions
can be found and implemented only
after we have the idea of where
we are lacking.Read |
| |
Film
marketing and distribution: new
ways of revenue generation
The
panelists in the session 'Rethinking
Film Marketing and Distribution:
Beyond the box office' discussed
the areas of revenue generation
from a film. The discussion's
focus area was internet, home
video, mobile content and new
distribution strategies amongst
several other key highlights.Read |
| |
"Let's
look beyond our shore for content
and if necessary borrow it,"
Ram Mohan
"Indian
filmmakers need to look at fresh,
unique and original themes as
far as animation filmmaking is
concerned," this was the
common consensus of all the panelists
at the "Developing Animation
Content: Lessons learnt from around
the world" session of the
9th FICCI Frames 2008.Read |
| |
Oscar
goes to healthy culture, well
set pipelines & collaborative
working at R&H
In
the session on 'R&H: Oscar
success story', Prashant Buyyala
of Rhythm & Hues India, dealt
with every aspect of the Oscar
winning Visual Effects in The
Golden Compass including the creative,
technical and business aspects.
Prashant ensured that the presentation
was interesting and useful to
one and all present by asking
the audience themselves to suggest
the aspect on which they would
like to hear from him.Read |
| |
'Digital
Cinema is a cocktail term' - Tan
Rajesh
Mishra, CEO, UFO Moviez, moderated
the session 'Importance of Digital
Cinema in India' on the second
day at FICCI Frames 2008. The
speakers discussed the scope of
digital cinema in the Indian market,
current status, pros and cons
and major challenges waiting to
be tackled. Mishra claimed that
the innovation of digital cinema
is likely to revamp the way content
is produced and distributed in
India.Read
|
|
|
|
| |
| Daily
Mail Recruitment Classifieds Plus! |
 India's
Best and India's Oldest Game Developer
is Hiring!
Dhruva has pioneered game development
in India since 1997. In the last
11 years, Dhruva has been involved
in the creation of over 20 blockbuster
international game titles for
the PC/X360/PS3/Xbox/PS2. We are
inviting exceptional 3D Artists
to join our Game Studio. Click
Here for more details. |
| |
| Upcoming,
edgy TV production house
is looking for Story-board
artists, Look Development Artists,
Cartoonists, Illustrators
to work full time / freelance
for bringing TV concepts to life.
Send your resumes with work samples
to televisiont@yahoo.com |
| |
 DQE-
Our work
over the years has spoken for
itself. The passion and persistence
of DQites for quality
and timely deliveries
has opened up more avenues for
DQE in the International
Animation Space.To cater to
our bandwidth of increasing operations,
we are looking clickhere to
Read |
| |
|
 ANTS
STUDIO PVT LTD.,
Leading Animation Training Institute
in India, having centers across
the country is seeking for Trainers
Technical
Executive - 2D (Classical
Animation & Preferably from
Fine Arts Background)
Technical
Executive - 3D (Well versed
in Maya and 3DSMAX)
Technical
Executive - WEB (Knowledge
in FLASH, Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
Image Ready, Swish MAX &
other related tools)
Contact
us with CV at hr@antsindia.com
|
| |
 GEL
is an fully-integrated Digital
Animation Studio producing digital
animated content for Films and
Television for global audience.
We are looking for talented artists
and technical experts to work
on international animation projects
at our fast growing studio in
Mumbai. Clickhere
for more details |
| |
 we
need people who can join us in
developing short animation films
for festivals, create and develop
own concepts and ideas and lead
young talented youth to creative
heights and dream to do what they
want to do, in 2d, 3d, vfx or
experimental including clay. Contact
Us: 0120-4231 611,22,33, 09999031104.
Email: rajendra@ilaanimation.com,
info@aag.co.in
URL: www.aag.co.in |
| |
|
 Animatzione,a
leading animation studio of
Eastern India and a division
of Raa Projects Limited is recruiting
1)
Storyboard artists for its digital
department
2) 3D Artists for International
TV Series
3) Business Development Head
for TV licensing
Click
here for more details.
|
| |
|
 Maya
Academy of Advanced Cinematics
is looking for Experienced Instructors.
Click
here for more details.
|
| |
|
 ELECOM
TOON, ANIMATION DIVISON
OF ELECOM SOFTWARE PVT. LTD.
(A PART OF USD 72 MILLION ELECOM
GROUP) REQUIRES FOR ITS INTERNATIONAL
CLASSICAL ANIMATION SERIES,
2D
Classical Animator with ToonBoom(2.0)
experience
He/she has to know and accomplish
the animation fully digitally
in
ToonBoom.
THE
CANDIDATES FOR THE ABOVE CATEGORIES
HAVING WORKED FOR INTERNATIONAL
PROJECTS WOULD BE FIRST PREFERRED
AND MAY SEND THE UPDATED
CV TO sheetal.kapur@elecomsoftware.com,
kaushik@elecomtoon.com
|
| |
 Apart
from creating the finest Indian
feature and animation effects
house we are building a creative
powerhouse. A Company on par with
a handful of Companies in Hollywood
and elsewhere. We are aiming at
the most creative and inventive
work available, on the biggest
films out there. We are achieving
this by creating India`s first
company that`s built from the
ground-up for film effects, world-class
training by experienced supervisors,
sourced globally, and the backing
of Eros International, the world`s
largest distributor of Indian
films. Click
here for more details.
Contact on 022-26732543 email:
h.kumar@eyeqube.com |
| |
 Pixion
a 100% susbsidiary of Century
Communication Ltd, one of the
fastest growing entertainment
services companies in India established
in 1995, rapidly grown to a company
strength of more than 300 highly
trained and motivated individuals
with offices in Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai
and now in London. Click
here for more details. |
| |
|
 Imageworks
India, a unit of Academy
Award winning visual effects
and animation facility Sony
Pictures Imageworks, is seeking
talented artists for high-profile
Hollywood visual effects projects.
Seasoned artists in following
areas with 2-6yrs of experience
are invited:
- MatchMove
Artist - Boujou, Maya
-
Rotoscopy - Silhouette
- Compositor
- Shake, Combustions, Bonsai
- Animator
- Maya, Proprietary tools
- Lighting
- Katana, Mental Ray, Renderman
- Paint
- Photoshop & silhouette
Interested
send profiles to jobs.india@imageworks.com
All positions are in Chennai.
For further details visit us
at www.imageworksindia.com
*Production
Support Technician*
0-1yr experience
Graduate/Diploma in IT
Knowledge in scripting
|
| |
 Visitor
/ Consulting Faculty (Part time)
India's largest Digital Media
training college ICAT invites
outstanding professionals from
Animation, Visual Effects, Game
Design and Game Programming studios,
working in various specialties
to visit our campuses (Chennai,
Hyderabad, and Bangalore) to share
their knowledge with aspiring
students on limited, part time
basis. The engagement can be,
even on holidays and weekends
and extend from 1 day to 1 week.
All visitors will be paid an appearance
fees and in exceptional cases
return travel and hospitality
cost may also be covered.
We
also have opening for full time
position as Faculty / Lecturer/Senior
Lecturer /Professors for
Animation, Visual Effects, Game
Design and Game Programming
For
further details please visit
www.icat.ac.in/jobs.asp
or mail hr@icat.ac.in
|
| |
 SA
Limited, creators of India’s
first-ever full-length Block Buster
and award winning animation film,
Hanuman, invites you to work on
some of its most exciting &
challenging projects in the field
of animation and gaming including
Full-length 2D/3D Animation feature
films, Serials and commercials.
Click
here for more details. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
|
|
