Digitoons Talks and Masterclasses
Posted on 28. Aug, 2008 by admin in blog
The lovely folks at Hi8us are putting on a series of Free Talks & Masterclasses Featuring World Class Animators!
Hi8us, in partnership with the Creative Careers Surgery and Hello Digital, bring you a series of FREE talks across the West Midlands featuring award-winning animators and facilitated by broadcast presenter and producer, Shivani Mair of Creative Careers Surgery. The talks will feature professionals from the animation hall of fame, showing their work, talking about the challenges of animation produciton plus insights into how they made it in the industry. Among others, Oscar winners, Tandem Films, plus Europe’s largest animation company, Cosgrove Hall, will be sharing their knowledge, along with the Brothers McLeod of “Fuggy” and “Skittles” ads fame and Chris Randall, Co-founder of Second Home Productions.
Hi8us, in partnership with Brothers McLeod, will also give six budding animators the opportunity to take part in animation masterclasses, final animations will be premiered at Hello Digital, the UK’s first Digital Film and Media Festival.
DigiToons Talks will take place at the following times and venues:
Tuesday 2 September 2008 – The Theatre at the Custard Factory, Birmingham, B9 4AA.
Tandem and Second Home Productions.
Wednesday 3 September 2008 – The Herbert, Coventry, CV1 5QP.
The Brothers McLeod and Charactershop.
Thursday 4 September – Light House, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT.
Cosgrove Hall and Tandem.
All talks will run 18.30 – 20.00 with drinks from 20.00 – 21.00.
For more details please visit: www.hi8us.co.uk/digitoons
To book a place please email kate@hi8us.co.uk or call 0121 753 7700.
DigiToons Masterclasses are by application (deadline mid September 2008) and applicants must be 16 or over. For an application form and advice please email kate@hi8us.co.uk or call 0121 753 7700.
Companies billed are subject to change. Please check back for latest details.
For further details about this press release, please contact:
Kulwant Dhaliwal
Hi8us Midlands
0121 753 7700
email: kulwant@hi8us.co.uk
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