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From one Animation Dreamer
to another...
Be it an animator who actually does the
wonderful animation or the aspiring story
writer who is aching to tell his stories;
be it the technical director who gets ideas
even as he fixes the CG pipeline or a journalist
who researches and writes on animation, be
it the CEO or the studio manager or the student
who has just joined 3D animation class in
the nearby shopping centre... all of us in
the Animation ecosystem have one GREAT DREAM
in common.Read |
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FICCI Seminar at Thiruvananthapuram
Special Coverage
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Industry says Talent,
Infra key factors for ideal location
The FICCI Animation, VFX and Gaming
seminar at Thiruvananthapuram drew a
full house with more than 200 delegates
attending. Industry experts cited Talent
availability and infrastucture as key
factors for an ideal location.Read |
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Original Animation IP
discussed at length at FICCI seminar
The topic of original IP in animation was
a key area of focus at the FICCI seminar.
Out of the eight sessions conducted,
more than three of them were devoted
in one way or the other to this extremely
important topic and emerging trend.Read |
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Audience overawed by the
VFX wizards at FICCI seminar
VFX is a fine art and the representatives
as well as VFX producers from some of
India's finest VFX studios were present
in the panel on VFX. As the nature of
the subject demanded, more than discussions,
the panel comprised more of presentations
and thrilling 'making of' sequences.Read |
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Mobile, Online the game
dev opportunities in India
The subject discussed was Opportunities
in Gaming and the entire panel unanimously
voted the mobile, followed by online
as the game development opportunities
in the country..Read |
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Pooja Lulla's 'Angel and a Half' launched
As is evident from her words, accomplished
TV Scriptwriter and now debutante Author Pooja Lulla
sure does enjoy writing for kids.Read |
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TASI session
: Attendees re-live Joel's journey in animation
For those that attended the animation feasts,
the hangover's not yet subsided. And for all those
that didn't make it, the only consolation is that
there's more coming from TASI.Read |
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ASUS Plans to Expand Operations
in India
ASUS has been in the Indian market since
over 10 years now. It has been predominantly known
in the Motherboard category. Lately it has also
started being aggressive in end user products like
notebooks and LCD monitors.Read |
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BKN brings three hit animated
properties to NATPE 2007
BKN International AG, a global animation
company engaged in the distribution and marketing
of animated children's television programmes and
related consumer products.Read |
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MORE NEWS
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Nick unveils two animated shows 'Go Diego,
Go!' & 'Perman'
In line with its plans to ramp up the programming
Nick has launched two shows - Go Diego, Go! and
Perman in India. While Go, Diego, Go! is an international
show from the Nickelodeon library, Perman is a Japanese
acquisition.Read |
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Pogo Amazing Kids Awards crowns little
achievers; to air on Pogo & Cartoon Network
on 17 Dec
The third edition Pogo Amazing Kids Awards
2006 (PAKA) kicked off in Mumbai on 10 December
crowning the winners with a trophy, citation and
a child benefit policy worth Rs 5, 00, 000.Read |
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Cartoon Network's premiere of original
film 'Re-Animated' makes network history
Cartoon Network premiered its first-ever
original live-action and animation movie, Re-Animated
recently scoring double-digit delivery and ratings
gains across key demos in the US and setting a new
performance record for the network's top original
movie ever with its target kids 6-11.Read |
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Nickelodeon to launch series 'Mighty B';
'SpongeBob' to return
Nickelodeon US has signed on a new animated
series titled Mighty B, for which Saturday Night
Live's Amy Poehler will lend her voice and be involved
in its production.Read |
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Disney unveils 'Hannah Montana' merchandise
in US
Disney Consumer Products has unveiled a new
line of products inspired by Hannah Montana in an
assortment of apparel, home décor, stationery, games,
electronics, and personal care items.Read |
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Games & Learning:
X Media Lab focuses on fundamentals
One of the most innovative formats for
knowledge and experience sharing
amongst entrepreneurs and mentors,
the Singapore leg of X Media Lab
2006 was held from 6-8 December.Read |
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| The BIG Interview! |
Flickerpix CEO and Animation
Film Maker Joel Simon
"One thing I really like about Indian animators
is that they are very determined
& have very strong work
ethics."Read
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Animation Dimensions acquires Katha
Animation
Indo - US animation company Animation Dimensions
has acquired Mumbai based Katha
Animation last week. With the
acquisition of Katha, the total
team strength of the studio is
now 300 artists across four facilities
in India (One in Mumbai, Two in
Chennai and One in Thiruvananthapuram)Read |
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| Toonz opens Licensing & Merchandising
division in Mumbai
As Indian animation studios get into the
original content space, the introduction
of the Licensing & Merchandising
Business into the Indian animation
ecosystem is but natural.Read
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Toonz Animation India signs MoU
with KINFRA
Toonz Animation India signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with KINFRA on12th
December to acquire 6 acres of
land. The MoU was signed between,
P. Jayakumar, CEO of Toonz Animation
and A.S. Suresh Babu, Managing
Director, KINFRA at a function
organized at Hotel Taj Green Cove
Resort, Kovalam.Read |
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Recruitment Classifieds
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 Rhythm & Hues India announces
new artist Apprentice Programs.
Freshers & Junior candidates
interested in gaining valuable
training & production experience
should apply. For Compositing
/ Animation application deadline
December 15th. For details visit
http://www.rhythm.in. Also
check : http://www.rhythm.com/india/career.html |
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 Visual Computing Labs
is recruiting talented digital
artists for various Animation
and Visual effects projects. Layout
Artists; Storyboard Artists; Color
Panelists; 2D Animators; Character
/Sets /Prop Modelers; Riggers;
3D Animators; Programmers with
Maya API experience; 3D and Vfx
Compositors - To build your career
with us, please apply to vclcareers@tataelxsi.co.in |
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 Toonz Webel Academy is looking for experienced 3D Faculty,
preferably with industry background
interested to share his/her expertise
in Photoshop, Max, Maya and Combustion
to the enthusiastic students within
its present curriculum. Please
apply to webel@vsnl.com |
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 FrameFLow. Challenging Hollywood
work awaits talented & aspiring
digital artists. Compositors,
Roto artists, Paint & touchup
artists and 3D Animators. challenge.me@frameflow.com
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 NVIDIA is hiring! Application Engineer
- Digital Film, India. To be based
in Mumbai.
Production Designer to be based
in Pune.
To know details about the openings
click here.
To know more about NVIDIA India
click here. |
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 Animation Xpress.com is
looking for Web Designers, Journalists
and Marketing Professionals. To
know more click here |
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 ANIRIGHTS INFOMEDIA PVT. LTD. An
award winning animated content
creation Company is seeking various
2D + 3D talents for IMMEDIATE
onsite projects with skills in
Layout Art, Storyboard Art, 2D
Flash Animation, BG + Matte Painting,
3D Modeling, Rigging, Animation,
Texturing, SFX, Cloth + Hair Simulation
and Compositing. We offer a great
deal of creative opportunity for
those wanting to be part of an
original content creation team.
Send your resume today - hr@anirights.com.
come join our winning team. |
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 Elecom toon , animation divison of elecom
software pvt. Ltd. ( a part of
usd 72 million elecom group )
requires for its international
classical animation series, animation
feature film and flash animation
series -
1. 2d manual animator: 2 years experince
in cell animation as an manual
animator
2. Ib/cu artist: 1 year experince
in classical animation project
as a ib/cu artist
3. Flash animator: having experience
of 1 year as a character animator
and having good expertise in
flash and photoshop.
The candidates for the above
categories having worked for
international projects would
be first preferred and may send
the updated cv to jobs@elecomsoftware.com
or contact mr. Abhijit chakraborty
at 033 2492 1095 / 7772.
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