Interview with Patrick Jordan, our second new committee member and recent Animation Mentor graduate!
Welcome to 2012 fellow animators! We are pumped for an exciting year ahead of animation events, including guest speakers as well as new events. Be sure to subscribe to our facebook page, as well as our mailing list to get full access to what’s happening in 2012.
Keep an eye out for the Animator’s Hour screenings every Thursday night, for more details check out http://www.animatorshour.com
Interview with Patrick Jordan, recent Animation Mentor graduate and new committee member
What started your interest in animation?
Not enough! Between work, kids and precious sleep it’s probably only around 5-10 hours at the moment. I’m hoping to increase that with some work on a short film in the coming months. Goodbye sleep!
Definitely polishing – spending hours tweaking splines and shuffling keys is hard work! And I find keeping a critical eye on the shot particularly tricky when I’m so engrossed in it.
For me, great animation is all about creating convincing characters. Making the viewer believe that a character is thinking and reacting to their world is the Holy Grail – rather than a puppet moved by some unseen force.
A grizzly bear – eating, sleeping and terrorising hikers. What’s not to like?
Adaptation
Big thanks to Patrick Jordan for his time. We look forward to working with him to create some new and exciting events this year!
Interview with Katherine Kerr, Perth graduate of Animation Mentor and a new committee member!
Welcome to 2012 fellow animators! We are pumped for an exciting year ahead of animation events, including guest speakers as well as new events. Be sure to subscribe to our facebook page, as well as our mailing list to get full access to what’s happening in 2012.
The WAnimate committee would love to welcome Katherine Kerr and Patrick Jordan to the group. We look forward to working with you to strengthen the WA animation industry!
Interview with Katherine Kerr, recent Animation Mentor and new committee member
What started your interest in animation?
When the course was in full swing up to 50 hours a week after work and on the weekends, but now it’s down to about 10 hours a week, let’s not overdo ourselves now!
Taking a shot from stepped mode to spline, my heart breaks every time as all my perfect timing goes out the window :’(
Making the viewer get caught up in the characters emotions just through beautiful acting choices
Seagull – get to hang out at the beach all day and eat fish and chips!
Lion King
Look out for next month’s interview with Patrick Jordan!
Just a reminder about our Show Off Your Shorts! event next Thursday 15 September, 7pm at the Velvet Lounge in the Flying Scotsman.
We are so proud of our WAM BAM winners that we are opening this event up so that everyone can view their work! However, only members have the chance to win the door prize of a limited edition DVD of Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing! If you are a member, make sure you check in with us when you arrive, or you can join up on the night to go into the draw.
We have a great line-up so far with speakers Michelle Glaser from ScreenWest and Daniel High from EPRA. In addition to the WAM BAM shorts, we also have the funny and slick Bus Stop from Fungus Studios and reels from local studios like ZAC Toons, Prickly Pixel, and boogie monster.
Light finger food will be served and you can buy drinks at the bar.
We look forward to seeing you at Show Off Your Shorts! next week.
All the best,
WAnimate
YOU ARE INVITED TO SHOW OFF YOUR SHORTS!
When: 7:00pm-9:00pm. Thursday 15th September
Where: The Velvet Lounge (Private Function Room at the Flying Scotsman). 639 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley.
RSVP: Wednesday 14th September to wanimate@gmail.com
This event is now open to the public, but only members can go into the draw to win the door prize of a limited edition DVD of Shaun Tan’s “The Lost Thing”! If you are a member, make sure you check in with us when you arrive, or you can join up on the night to go into the draw.
We will be screening the animations created at WAM BAM 2011, WAnimate’s 48-hour speed-animation competition, and would also like to invite WAnimate members to bring along their animation shorts or showreels to share with the Perth animation community.
We will also have two guest speakers: Michelle Glaser from ScreenWest will be giving an informational talk about animation funding grants and Daniel High from EPRA will chat with us about content for the Perth Cultural Centre LED screens.
Light finger food will be provided and drinks can be purchased at the bar.
If you would like us to submit an animation for screening, please note:
– Files are to be under 5 minutes in length, ideally in Quicktime movie file format, and under 300MB in size.
– If possible, please e-mail wanimate@gmail.com beforehand to organise providing us with your content beforehand.
– If bringing your content with you on the night, please arrive at 6.30pm with your animation on a USB drive.
SHOW OFF YOUR SHORTS
YOU ARE INVITED TO SHOW OFF YOUR SHORTS!
When: 7:00pm-9:00pm. Thursday 15th September
Where: The Velvet Lounge (Private Function Room at the Flying Scotsman). 639 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley.
RSVP: Monday 12th September to wanimate@gmail.com
Please note that this is a members-only event, but you can join up on the night or online at www.wanimate.org.au/membership/
We will be screening the animations created at WAM BAM 2011, WAnimate’s 48-hour speed-animation competition, and would also like to invite WAnimate members to bring along their animation shorts or showreels to share with the Perth animation community.
We will also have two guest speakers: Michelle Glaser from ScreenWest will be giving an informational talk about animation funding grants and Daniel High from EPRA will chat with us about content for the Perth Cultural Centre LED screens.
Light finger food will be provided and drinks can be purchased at the bar.
If you would like us to submit an animation for screening, please note:
– Files are to be under 5 minutes in length, ideally in Quicktime movie file format, and under 300MB in size.
– If possible, please e-mail wanimate@gmail.com beforehand to organise providing us with your content beforehand.
– If bringing your content with you on the night, please arrive at 6.30pm with your animation on a USB drive.
WAM BAM 2011 winners!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF WAM BAM 2011: “THE HANDSOME TRENTS” WITH THEIR INSPIRING SHORT, ORANGE.
Competition at WAM BAM was fierce this year with a lot of talent on display, resulting in highly entertaining animation of incredible quality. The films were screened on Sunday night to an audience of over 70 people, and are available for online viewing on WAnimate’s Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/wanimate
COMPETITION RESULTS
“The Legend of Bob Mason, Pastry Chef”
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WAM BAM 2011 was proudly supported by ScreenWest, LotteryWest, the West Coast Institute of Training, Lastpixel, Wacom Australia, and Empire Toys.
