We’re pleased to announce the details of our SAN Event at the Glasgow Short Film Festival this year.
Saturday, 11th February 2012
CCA, Glasgow
Panel Discussion: 1:00 – 2:30pm
Funding your film, getting that job – The future of Scottish Animation
The Scottish Animation Network is dedicated to promoting and celebrating the Scottish animation industry. We aim to raise the profile of all animation produced in Scotland from freelance animators to studio productions. Join us in celebrating the animation industry at it’s best. We will look at the different challenges in producing independent short film and commercial content and what the future holds for both in the current economic climate.
Tickets cost £4 and are available at the GSFF website.
We look forward to seeing you there!
BAA are screening their lastest selection of films at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh this coming month.
Programme 1: Monday 23rd January 18.30pm
Programme 2: Monday 30th January, 18.30pm
Programme 3: Monday 6th February, 18.30pm
Tickets are available online at the Filmhouse website.
Tue 13 Sep 18.15 Edinburgh Filmhouse
Roll Out, Cowboy is a documentary following a 39-year-old country/hip-hop musician as he tours the American West during the 2008 Presidential election, directed by Elizabeth Lawrence.
Presented with this screening are exlusive extracts from Edinburgh based Matt Hulse’s Dummy Jim.
A decade in the making, Dummy Jim weaves documentary, animation, fiction and recently-discovered 16mm archive footage shot by profoundly deaf cyclist James Duthie who cycled solo from Scotland to the Arctic Circle in 1951.
After the screenings, the films’ directors Matt Hulse and Elizabeth Lawrence will take part in a ‘mutual’ Q&A.
Matt Groening has rocked the world of animation once with The Simpsons, twice with Futurama, and now thrice as judge of Shooting People’s Film of the Month competition in September 2011!
For Shooting People’s Animation Takeover month, the inimitable Mr Groening will be on hand to watch and comment on your work. All you have to do is upload your most impressive animation to Film of the Month in September, then get fellow members to watch, love and vote for you.
Shooting People want the best, most imaginative and downright mind-blowing animators around the world to showcase themselves during our Animation Takeover, and have a crack at this unique chance to get feedback from an undisputed animation idol. Of course, you can upload short films of any kind, but we think animators will be particularly excited to about the competition.
Upload your film from 1st September. The top three films at the end of the month will be sent to the desk of Mr G himself for approval and winning decisions. You must be a Shooting People member to enter.
Add your animation to September’s hottest competition from 1st of the month: http://shootingpeople.org/watchfilm/home
Animate Projects, with support from the Jerwood Charitable Foundation, seeks proposals for animated works that – in a broad sense – explore, question, subvert or confound our expectations of art and the ‘digital’.
We are looking to commission four works, at a budget of £2000 each, including artist’s fee. The commissions are available to UK-based artists, animators and filmmakers who can craft an inventive and engagingly provocative work.
The Digitalis Commissions are a part of Digitalis, a strand of activities for 2011 that focus on the potential of the digital space as a site for artistic production.
Deadline for submissions: 4pm, 24 August.
Dead by Dawn is currently seeking submissions for their 2012 International Film Festival. Dead by Dawn’s submissions form is available to download from their website.
Deadline: 1st March 2012
Vacancy: Studio Production Assistant
Employer: RedKite Animations Ltd.
Location: Edinburgh
Duration: Permanent, with an initial 3 month probationary period
Start Date: 15thAugust 2011
Salary: Entry level salary
AIM:
To offer general support to the production team and to manage the daily administrative tasks of the studio.
DUTIES:
- Opening up the studio at 9:00am
- Greeting any guests or clients, making sure that the studio is well presented and that any requirements for the various meetings are met.
- Handling of daily correspondence; managing all queries, whether by telephone, email, or post, and referring them as appropriate.
- Preparing and distributing meeting minutes.
- Undertaking arrangements for any necessary travel and accommodation.
- Managing the tape archive, keeping a record of the various requests for copies of tapes and the locations they are sent to.
- Managing as required the ftp site data.
- Keeping track of both the petty cash expenses and the studio supply orders, providing records of these for the studio book-keeper.
- Organising the diary and various appointments of the Executive team, particularly for the film markets they attends throughout the year.
- Contributing and assisting to various projects and tasks wherever needed.
REQUIRES SOMEONE WITH:
- A friendly and outgoing manner, good communications skills, and a pleasant and helpful phone manner.
- Good organisation and presentation skills.
- General computer skills, with a good understanding of MS Office (particularly Word, Excel, and Outlook).
DEADLINE: Friday 22nd July 2011, 6pm.
Send a CV and a cover letter to:
FAO: Ruth McKie
info@redkite-animation.com
http://www.redkite-animation.com
Just one week to go until the deadline of the new Screen NETS scheme!
Screen NETS is an advanced training programme to enhance and boost the skills, knowledge and contacts of new and recently entered practitioners in the Film and TV Drama Industry.
There is an animation placement available. Applicants should be based in Scotland and have between 3 and 5 industry credits at trainee or assistant level (one credit required for Animation). Applicants must also meet additional general and specific criteria for the role they are applying to. Applicants should be able to identify specific skills gaps that they would like to address to increase employability. A training allowance is paid along with contribution to other expenses.
For further information and an application pack please call: 0131 455 2818 from 10.00 – 16.30 Mon – Fri.
Screen NETS 2011
New Entrants Training Scotland
Application deadline: NOON, Wed 20th July
www.screenacademyscotland.ac.uk/screennets
New Entrants Training Scotland
Application deadline: NOON, Wed 20th July
www.screenacademyscotland.ac.u
Please forward to others who may be of interest.
Good Luck!
NUDGEnudge is a new, free incentive that aims to bring together experienced CGI animators and developers to create slick mobile applications for the new generation of glasses-free 3D phones.
Starting at 18:30 on Thursday 21 July at Imperial College (London), the first of four master classes, given by a “first time” combination team of developer and animator, will take you step-by-step through the process of an application’s development.
For free!
To further entice you, there will be bountiful beverages and plentiful edibles.
For free!
C’mon, you know you want to…
if you have over 5 years of CGI experience or are an App Developer then register at
http://nudgenudge.eventbri te.com/
For free!
For food, drink, to talk shop and meet other people passionate about animation. Everyone is welcome, whether you are a studio lead or just starting out.
David Bailey from R*North has organised the event and has already upgraded to a larger venue due to the enthusiastic response of the animation community.
Hope to see a large number of SAN members there!
Joseph Pearce – 3pm
30th July 2011
23 Elm Row, Edinburgh
