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Newsletter: October 2005

NEWS:

1. Call for Entries: Black Maria Film-Video Festival 
2. Call for Entries Science Fiction Short Film Festival
3. Call for Entries: Cooltoons Lab Contest

EVENTS:

4. Animation Exhibit at OMSI [Portland, OR]
5. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [Everywhere]
6. Borrowing Time [Seattle, WA]
7. AIS' Animation Video Fest [Seattle, WA]
8. World Animation Day [Seattle, WA and Portland, OR]

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS:

9. Saturday Morning Cartoon Club [Bainbridge Island, WA]
10. Animation for Young People [Portland, OR]
11. Animated Reproduction [Portland, OR]
12. After Effects I and II [Seattle, WA]
13. Creating Movement on the Oxberry Filmaker Stand [Seattle, WA]


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News
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1. Call for Entries: Black Maria Film-Video Festival
Deadline: November 20, 2005
Passionate visionary independent film and video since 1981
c/o Media Arts Department New Jersey City University, 2039 Kennedy Blvd.,
Jersey City, N.J. 07305
Phone: 201-200-2043 Fax: 3490
blackmariafest@aol.com
www.blackmariafilmfestival.org

2. Call for Entries Science Fiction Short Film Festival
Deadline: November 1, 2005
The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) in partnership with the
Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF), today announced the launch
of the first-annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival, to promote and
encourage awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science
fiction cinema. Submissions can be up to 12 minutes in length, and must have
been produced after 2001 for entry into the competition. The chosen entries
will be screened in competition during the festival, which takes place
February 3-4, 2006, in Seattle at the Cinerama Theatre and JBL Theatre at
Experience Music Project. The winning filmmaker will receive a pitch meeting
with Sci Fi Channel executives. In theory, this could lead to them writing
and/or directing a two-hour film for the network. Additional prizes, to be
announced, will be listed at www.sfhomeworld.org or www.seattlefilm.org. The
grand prizewinner will be announced in early January.
Entry form and FAQ:
www.sfhomeworld.org
www.seattlefilm.org

3. Call for Entries: Cooltoons Lab Contest
Deadline: November 30, 2004
Klasky Csupo is conducting its Cooltoons Lab, looking for scripts and/or
storyboards with dialogue to animate a seven-minute pilot episode of an
original show. Should your project be chosen, the studio will produce and
record it. You will be credited as a creator, with the possibility of being
engaged on a potential series based on the pilot.
Information, entry form, animation storyboard:
www.cooltoons.com/lab


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Events
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4. Animation Exhibit at OMSI [Portland, OR]
October 5-February 2006
Animation Member Night October 7 - 6-9pm
Be among the first to experience Animation (featuring
Cartoon Network), check out exciting science demonstrations by OMSI
educators, enjoy a special discounted dinner in the OMSI Cafe from 6-8pm,
and get a 20 percent discount in the Science Store (optics not included, no
other discounts apply).
We encounter some form of animation every time we turn on the television, go
to a movie, or surf the Internet, but how many of us understand how
animation really works?  Get ready to explore the science behind the art
when you visit the Animation exhibit! In the exhibit, visitors explore
animation from concept to finished product - from storyboarding, character
design, and drawing techniques, to movement, timing, filming, and sound.
Larger-than-life graphics of popular Cartoon Network characters provide a
colorful backdrop to the exhibit, which also explores the history of
animation and features a screening room and a cartoon museum. Math and
science are fundamental to animation. Before producing an animated sequence,
an animator plots out a character's "path of action" on a grid. An animator
creates characters in scale with their environments through the use of basic
geometry and spatial sense. To illustrate convincing movement, animators
apply knowledge of the physics of motion, and the science of human
perception. 
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR
www.omsi.org
www.omsi.org/visit/featured/animationsite

5. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit [Everywhere]
Opens October 7, 2005
Wallace and Gromit are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit,
"Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable
Competition, business is booming, but Wallace and Gromit are finding out that
running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West
Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits. Suddenly, a
huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred
vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington,
commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however,
is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine, who'd rather shoot
the beast and secure the position of local hero - not to mention Lady
Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the
balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down
the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real
intent could have dire consequences for her...and Wallace and Gromit.
MPAA Rating: G Distributor: DreamWorks Animation SKG

6. Borrowing Time [Seattle, WA]
October 11 - 7pm
Webster Crowell's feature film "Borrowing Time" - the new and condensed edit
- is re-premiering at the NW Film forum Local sightings series. And it's
FREE! says director Webster Crowell, "Thanks to our minty friends at
Altoids. After a fun first run and a few confused looks, editor Joe Shapiro
has been hard at work on the brutal job of slicing out many of the wandering
episodes which the director finds so charming, but apparently audiences
find...well, wandering. The new edit of the film is 30 minutes slimmer and
faster, with all your favorite animation, adventures and action intact!"
Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle, WA
Movie Line: 206-267-5380; Office: 206-329-2629 
www.panicbuttonpictures.com
nwfilmforum.org/localsight/#borrowing
www.wigglyworld.org

7. AIS' Animation Video Fest [Seattle, WA]
October 21 - 8pm 
The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle
$10 at Ticketmaster
206-628-0888

8. World Animation Day [Seattle, WA and Portland, OR]
October 28th - 7:30pm
Animators of the world unite once a year on World Animation Day, a holiday
established by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) to
commemorate the first public performance of Emile Reynaud's Optical theatre
at the Grevin Museum in Paris in 1892. With animation festivities scheduled
to take place all over the globe, our local chapter, ASIFA-Northwest USA
will hold "Animators' Socials"  in Seattle and Portland simultaneously.
These casual events are part Open Screening, part Anijam and all fun for
everyone. These events are open to anyone, and are a chance for people to
bring and show their animation on the spot. This is always a wonderful time
with new animators coming along every year! If you consider yourself a part
of the animation scene in the Northwest, you owe it to yourself to celebrate
with your peers!
Location: We are still confirming locations in both Portland and Seattle for
these events. So save the date and make sure your membership is up-to date!
All current ASIFA members will receive mailed invitations to the event in
their area.
Membership and renewal applications are available online.


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Classes/Workshops
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9. Saturday Morning Cartoon Club [Bainbridge Island, WA]
October 15-November 17, 2005, Saturdays - 10am-1pm - Ages 9 and up
Instructor: Wendy Jackson Hall
Why spend your Saturday mornings watching cartoons when you can create your
own? The Animated Adventures Saturday Morning Cartoon Club is a guided
independent studio where you can craft your own short movies using clay,
cut-outs, drawings, or other animation techniques. We'll supply the
equipment and materials; you bring the imagination. The Saturday Morning
Cartoon Club meets for three hours a week over five consecutive weeks. All
animators will receive a DVD of films created in the workshop. Tuition: $195
+ $25 materials fee.
Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge Island
8521 Madison Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA
Info: www.animatedadventures.com
Register: www.biparks.org
 
10. Animation for Young People [Portland, OR]
October 16-November 20, 2005, Sundays - 9am-1pm
Grades 4-6. Enrollment limit: 10.
Instructor: LEE KRIST
Make your own animated short! Learning primary techniques and concepts you
will create a short animated video story using drawings, cutouts and
flipbooks. No previous experience necessary. Families and friends are
invited to a screening of completed work after the class. Everyone will
receive a copy on DVD.
6 SESSIONS. TUITION: $230. EQUIPMENT/LAB FEE: $25 
Northwest FilmCenter, 1139 SW 11th Ave. Portland, OR
Info: 503-221-1156
www.nwfilm.org

11. Animated Reproduction [Portland, OR]
October 29, 2005 - 1-5pm
Instructor: LEE KRIST offers "ANIMATED REPRODUCTION: AN OVERVIEW OF THE
LUNCHBOX SYNC" No film, no software, no computer.  All you need to record,
store and instantly play back your animated sequences is a video camera and
monitor, and the nationally award-winning Animation Toolworks' LunchBox Sync
system.  Bring your drawings, flipbooks or 3-D figures to life, combine live
action with animation, record time lapse video, and rotoscope, which
involves making a blueprint for tracing your animated drawings. 1 SESSION -
Tuition: $45 
Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle, WA
503-221-1156
www.nwfilm.org

12. After Effects I and II [Seattle, WA]
After Effects I
October 4, 11, 18, 2005 - 6-9:30pm 
instructor - Brian Racherbaeumer
member cost - $ 240
non member cost - $ 265 Receive a 10% discount on both classes if you sign
up for After Effects I & II. 
Course fee includes a total of 6 hours of independent lab time. The format
of this class combines lecture with hands-on. Students will need to share
use of computers. Prerequisites: basic computer skills and video editing
experience. We will cover basic manipulation and animation of transform
controls, masks, basic filter effects, and fully explore spatial and
temporal keyframe control over these animating properties (including speed
and acceleration, bezier curves, keyframe velocity and influence, and
keyframe assistants). Other topics include: media import and render output
methods and options, media editing, interface switches and controls,
efficient working strategies, layer mattes and layer modes, and key
commands. Class limit: 6. 
911 Media Arts, 402 9th Ave N., Seattle, WA (Harrison and 9th)
www.911media.org
After Effects II
November 2, 9, 16, 2005 - 6-9:30pm 
instructor - James Culbertson
member cost - $ 240
non member cost - $ 265 
In this class we will build upon the basics learned in the first After
Effects class, as well as, explore After Effects 3D capabilities, expanded
filter usage, expressions (FX scripting), motion effects, motion
tracking/stabilization, parent-child interactions, and time remapping. After
Effects 1 or permission of instructor required. Class limit: 6.
911 Media Arts, 402 9th Ave N., Seattle, WA (Harrison and 9th)
www.911media.org

13. Creating Movement on the Oxberry Filmaker Stand  [Seattle, WA]
November 13, 12 - 4pm
Tuition: $40 WigglyWorld Members - $45 General Public 
Instructor: Katherine Enos 
Bring a piece of art work and an idea to this workshop class and learn how
to create basic camera movements on the Studio Mecanique animation stand.
This class will introduce the moveable compound that is the foundation of
any professional animation stand and show you different methods of
registering and layering your art work on the stand. You'll find out how to
use the moveable compound and a field guide to plan a camera movement, and
then how to plot the movement by using an exposure (dope) sheet in
combination with simple math skills. Samples of camera movements will be
shown. Time permitting, you'll learn how you can use the pantograph to
create movements without math. This is not a camera certification class. To
be certified to work on the Filmaker stand without an animation assistant to
help you, take the Oxberry Animation Camera and Controls class. Includes two
hours of supervised time after the class to shoot the move you create.
Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., Seattle, WA
Movie Line: 206-267-5380; Office: 206-329-2629 
www.wigglyworld.org

Newsletter © 2005, Wendy Jackson Hall