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8 Nov 2008
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Volume
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Issue no
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Nasscom Animation and Gaming India 2008 held at Hyderabad
International Convention Centre was the venue for rigorous
discussions on critical issues, and exploration of new
possibilities in the Indian animation and gaming industry.
AnimationXpress brings you detailed session-wise coverage
of the two-day summit.
In a new beginning, AnimationXpress.com also published
two special print newsletters: a pre-event issue and
a detailed session wise coverage. For a free copy of
the same, write an email to connect@animationxpress.com
with your name and mailing address.
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| Curtain
Raiser |
A
look at the future
The next
Pixar will come from India. This is what
Biren Ghose, Chairman of Nasscom Animation
and Gaming Forum (Nagfo) and CEO of Kahani
World, upheld at the curtain raiser on day
one of the Nasscom Animation and Gaming
India 2008 summit.Read
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Outsourcing:
Are we catching up?
The
discussion critically examined India's advantages
and pitfalls in the outsourcing market vis-à-vis
other countries, and ended with a pinch of
optimism that the industry will be able to
overcome its hurdles and lead the way in the
in the future.Read |
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| Indian
gaming: A Sleeping Tiger
India
is a sleeping tiger in gaming. It is only
waiting for the time when it will be within
the top five ranks in the world.Read
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| Keynote:
Raman Roy |
| New
portals for gaming in India
"The
hype and costs of game development are rocketing
dramatically. Traditionally publishers have
focused on the in-house 'end to end' delivery
model. Divide-and-conquer as a practice
could provide a better use of resources."Read
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| Destination
VFX: India
The
current trend of outsourcing visual effects
workload to India has more to it than just
cheap workforce.Read
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Storytelling:
the art of involving
The
same story can be told and retold many times.
But it is the way it is told and it's interpretation
that matters," said Aparna Upadhaya,
Creative Head and Producer at Kahani World.Read |
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| Keynote:
Ed Fries |
| India:
Last stop in Interactive Entertainment
"It's
great to be here, standing on the front
lines of a battle that has raged around
the world and has now come to rest on the
opposite side of the planet from where I
was born."Read
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Gaming
space 08: gaining traction
The
panel session 'State of Indian Games Market
2008' discussed the past and current scenarios,
opportunities and key challenges to be faced
by Indian gaming industry in near future.Read |
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Global
Economy: The Obama effect?
Barack
Obama has made history by becoming the first
ever African-American President of the United
States, and this will put India at a great
leap forward in terms of opportunities to
flourish in the information technology,
media, animation and gaming industries.Read
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| e-possibilities
in Education
Manisha
Mohan of Tata Interactive Systems raised
concerns related to infrastructure and added
that with the kind of internet bandwidth
that is available in most Indian places,
online e-learning cannot become a suitable
method of spreading education.Read
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| Global
markets: Quality over cost
The
Indian animation industry needs to position
itself more as a high quality destination
than a low cost destination when looking
at the global market.Read
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| Bringing
animated future together, Globally
The
second day started with a star-studded panel
discussion drawing attention to the various
issues of 'Global Partnership in Animation
and Gaming'.Read
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| BAGS:
New hope for animation & gaming education
An
initiative towards the goal of formalizing
the education for animation and gaming saw
the institutes, studios and the Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting, Government
of India pooling efforts to announce the
Board of Animation and Gaming Standards
at Nasscom AGI 08.Read
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| Kahani
World wins superpitch for Raju the Rickshaw
Presented
by Aparna Upadhya, Raju the Rickshaw,
a 3D animation series for pre-school children
of ages 2-6 years, won the superpitch at
Nasscom Animation and Gaming 2008.Read
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| It's
burning money: Yet great time to invest
The
discussion on 'Financing Content and Studios
in a Global Crisis' saw a plethora of distinguished
speakers that included Jawed Ansari, CEO
of GCube Ventures; Rahul Khanna, CEO of
Clearstone; Biren Ghose, Chairman, Nasscom
Animation and Gaming Forum; and Emily Atken,
Representative of UK Trade and Investment
in India.Read
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| A
youthful insight
Angad
Chowdhry, Senior Manager, Quantum Qualitative
Research gave an in-depth presentation on
changing consumer trends in the session
'What Young Minds Want to See?' Read
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