Animation Forum give notice of Looking Forward, a half day event this Wednesday for the audio-visual industry. This is an excellent opportunity for Animation Forum members to voice their opinions on the skills needs of the regions’ animation sector, as well as discover the business support available. The Animation Group at this event will be … [Read more…]
Over on Leon Trimble’s Chromatouch blog (which I didn’t know he was running until now – bad Leon) he’s posted a couple of videos related to the Written on the Body work he and Lisa Wetton did for the Thinktank’s Planetarium last year. First up is a documentary made by Julia Griffin: There’s also a … [Read more…]
The Outcrowd Collective’s Intervalometer: “This is a freestyle animation we made for fun, using a digital camera, some time lapse animation software, paint, pens, paper cut outs and our imagination” They’ve been posting a lot of stuff from their archives on the Outcrowd blog these last few days. Go check it out.
More listings joy, this time from 7inch Cinema for all your moving image and tangentially related needs in the Birmingham conurbation.
Ooh, I wish Vivid had some way to link to specific things on their site. Something like, I dunno, a blog. Hint hint. Here’s a couple of interesting things currently on their front page. The first is a European Media Artists in Residence Exchange. The newly established European Media Art Network will give 16 production … [Read more…]
I’s slightly torn on how to report the news that The BBC Big Screen in Victoria Square has been turned off “due to technicalities in the planning process” with a review to take place in the new year. On the one hand the screen does show a fair amount of local film and animation work … [Read more…]
A film by WebsterGotts as part of the current show at Crowd 6 in, yes, Bearwood. It runs until December 9th. via JRD168
The next 7 Inch Cinema night is this Sunday November 25th at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. Amongst the usual oddities is work from local animators The Brothers Mcleod, a DIY flip-book challenge and work from the back catalogue of American animator Don Hertzfeldt. Here’s one of his shorts to whet the appetite. Starts … [Read more…]