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Filmakademie – Second week
We had a lecture by Inga Von Staden. Among other, she is at the head of the Interactive Media program at the Filmakademie.
During three days she presented to us an overall assessment of the cross media through different cases. From games to cinema, this type tend to be more and more present in audiovisual and print fields. Furthermore it is targeted to a vaste and various audience. In order to realize how to manage such ubiquist project, we had to work in teams and made up some projects.
Day 10 and 11
We met Mike Robinson who is currently involved in the Cartoon Forum organisation and is also asked as a consultant about animation production. He explained to us the procedure of the event and which kind of project is it aimed for. It was also a first step toward the development of ideas in Viborg and it’s pitching during the fourth module in Paris. Therefore he gaves us some piece of advice for preparing a convincing presentation. It is important because there are very few slots available in the TV program compare to the amount of projects presented every year.
First Module of ASF : Filmakademie – Ludwigsburg
We all arrived on Sunday by plane or train and has the time to meet each other during a good Mexican diner. It was also the possibility to get to know the limits of our stomach since there was plenty of food
Day 1
We met Tina Ohnmacht, the German coordinator of the Filmakademie. She just had the time to presents the school to us and to show some extracts of the students’ projects. I was very impressed by the fact that the students could ask for fundings. Therefore, they have the possibility to sell the project to professional broadcasters and ask for funding from public institutions. Graduation movie budget can reach between 30 000 to 40 000 € for a 90 min length film. I think it makes a big difference.
The Filmakademie curriculum is divided in two years of imposed exercise, in order to let the students discover the techniques and the tools, and two years of practice on personal projects in real conditions. That means that each student is holding a position as a professional.
The school gathers several study departments : animation, technical directing, directing (fiction/non-fiction), editing, camera, production design (e.g. fiction, series, international, creative, animation/VFX). Nearly every field of a modern production is covered
http://www.filmakademie.de/?L=1
Then we had a lecture of Moritz Mayerhoffer . He was a former student in animation in The Filmakademie and he took part to the second ASF programme. He is now living in Berlin and works as a professional. He shared his experience of promoting a project with us.
The main themes we discuss together were the difficulty to link art and funding. How to be convincing when you pitch a project in front of professional buyers and what are they looking for. Which kind of reaction could pop up and how to be prepared to it.
Among many other piece of advice, he emphasized to don’t make the mistake of underestimate the budget of a project. In fact, it is not ensuring the investors at all. And also be prepared to face what we called the country effect, a share of the production between several studios.
In the afternoon, we were invited to visit Gmbh Unexpected. A studio mainly aimed at advertisement and phone applications. They are today well known for their work on transformers characters.
http://www.unexpected.de/
Day 2 and Day 3
We had a lecture of Kim BjØrnqvist currently working as a Head of Development and acquisitions in Nordisk Film. He presented us a way of finding new ideas based on post its. We were all dispatched in groups and interesting stories came out. We also had a brief on how to pitch. It was an introduction for what will come next.
Day 4 and Day 5
On day 4 we had a lecture of the superviseur of the children TV serie “Jasper” Kay Delventhal. He shared with us his experience of how to produce a serie between several countries and set up a reliable production pipeline.
On day 5 we had an impro lesson with Dörthe Eickelberg. I think we all enjoyed it very much. (Pictures to come
Finally we had a nice week end discovering Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart.
ASF 2011-2012
Here you would find a blog launched two years ago by a former ASF student called Flavio Perez. I think it would be a good thing to bring it back to life so we could have a place to share our impressions and thoughts about the program.
You can post any kind of format : photos, videos, writings, drawings and even sounds if you like. Feel free to express yourself in english or even in your native tongs.
Thanks!
2 years ago…
2 Years ago (day for day) the students of ASF 2 and I started this blog to share what we were living in ASF. So much stuff happened that we usually had no time to update the blog as it should be. Amazing workshop and great souvenirs for everybody.
This week ASF season 4 has started in the Filmakademie ! The new ASF student group asked to join the UNofficial blog and use it. I’m glad to give them the keys and wish them an amazing ASF ! Hey folks, enjoy it as much as possible !
Thanks again to the ASF team ! See you soon !
Cheers !
Flavio
Budapest : day 9 and 10
En / here are the pictures of the days 9 and 10 in Budapest at the MOME.
Day 9 was about visiting Kitchen Budapest, an amazing little place for artists and technicians that ables them to work together. The Afternoon we have met Adam Slomai Fisher, co funder of the Kitchen Budapest, Architect, who was there to present an amazing flash application for keynotes : Prezi. After that we were invited to the opening of the Budapest animation Festival (with a screening of Mary and Max).
Next day allowed us to met the Studio Platige Image (from Poland), presenting they last short movie : the kinematrographer, and the afternoon was dedicated to Tchek animation. After that we have been on our unofficial farewell diner at Fruszi’s place.
Fr / Voici les photos des jours 9 et 10 à Budapest, au MOME.
Le 9e jour nous avons visité Kitchen Budapest, un endroit incroyable pour les artistes et techniciens qui leur permet de travailler ensemble (installations artistiques, création de produits divers et variés). L’après midi nous avons rencontré Adam Slomai Fisher, co fondateur de Kitchen Budapest, architecte, et qui était venu nous présenter une autre de ses superbes créations, l’application de présentations : Prezi. Après ça nous avons été invités à l’ouverture du Festival d’Animation de Budapest (avec une projection du superbe Mary and Max).
Le jour suivant nous avons rencontré le réalisateur et le producteur du Studio Platige Image (de Pologne) venu présenter leur dernier court métrage : le Kinématographe, ainsi que quelques uns de leurs futurs projets (qui graphiquement, sont très intéressants). A noter la projection d’un court métrage pour Reporters Sans Frontières, banni juste avant les JO de Pékin et que quasiment personne n’a pu voir malheureusement (pourtant il fait son petit effet). Enfin l’après midi était dédié à l’animation Tcheque. En soirée, nous nous retrouvions tous chez Fruzi pour un diner d’adieux non officiel.
View them on Flickr or in the blog :
Viborg Week 1
I am loving this first week in Vigorg.
This is our 3rd module and The Animation Workshop seems to be the perfect place to study.
We all learned so much with our main teacher, Mike Robinson and the best of all we are having great fun with it.
Animation Workshop is cool in every aspect. Besides normal classes that are part of the coures here, there are open lectures like life drawing and theatre improvisation, as well some yoga and tai chi that unfortunatly for us were not happening this week. We have a kitchen where everyone joins to cook and chat and a disco bar to dance like crazy (if we are up to it).
Personaly I am thinking coming here next year to get in the Professional training in 3D character animation, as they have a great curriculum.
One of the best weeks in ASF is until Vigorg module.
I´m looking forward to see wht is coming up next week.
Cristiano Mourato
Ready for ASF part 3?
Budapest : day 7 and 8
En / On the foggy sunday we have been in Peter’s home, eating and playing music the entire day. It was very cool, thanks to him and his flatemate ! Monday, back to buisiness, with the morning a lecture of Tamás Waliczky who speaks about the technical and theoretical background of the works. And the afternoon we have met Alexei Alexeev speaking about the creative process in his crazy animated serie KJFG N° 5.
Fr / Dimanche était très brumeux et nous sommes allé chez Peter pour manger et jouer de la musique toute la journée. C’était super, très bons souvenirs. Le lundi, retour au travail avec deux conférences. Le matin Tamás Waliczky présentait son travail de pionnier et nous parlait de l’aspect technique et théorique de ses projets. L’après midi nous avions l’occasion de rencontrer Alexei Alexeev, gagnant de nombreux prix, venu nous parler de son process de création, très indépendant, et particulièrement pour sa folle série animée KJFG N° 5.
PS : I’m experimenting a new way to put the pictures to avoid you to visit Flickr. What did you prefere? The old way? or the new one with that little flash player? Answer in the comments, thanks
You just need to click play, it will change the pictures automaticaly. If you don’t move the mouse the menu will disapear.
If the player don’t work, follow that link.
Budapest : day 5 and 6
En / The last lecture day of the first week was about VFX in movies. Then we have moved to down town for a nice evening. Saturday it was completely open, so I have visited the Statue Park, a little museum with old communist statues. After that, a big walk near the River allow me to see some of the Hungarian architecture. Here are some pictures, as usual including some with that strange fog.
Fr / La dernière lecture de la première semaine fût dédiée aux VFX en Hongrie. Puis nous sommes tous partis au centre ville pour une soirée sympathique. Le samedi, rien n’était programmé, chacun était libre de vaquer où il voulait. Après avoir visité Statue Park, un petit musée dédié aux vieilles statues communistes (de l’époque de l’URSS donc), j’ai pu faire une longue promenade près du Danube et profiter de quelques curiosités architecturales. Voici donc quelques photos dont certains avec ce brouillard particulier.
A Collection of Doodles from my Sketchbook – Hungary
doodle collection
Joseph on ASF MOME
Joseph has made a big update of his blog joseph-wallace.blogspot.com about his last lectures, visits and workshops in UK. But he had also made a big post on ASF in Hungary telling quickly the content of the two weeks. It’s a nice summary of what we have done in Budapest.
Enjoy
Budapest : day 3 and 4
En / Here are the pictures of days 3 and 4 at Budapest, and the beginning of the foggy nights we have met during a week ! The day 3 we have visit Cinemon Studio the morning, and we have met Áron Gauder the Afternoon, an inde director at Lichthof Productions. Day 4 was about content developping with Rita Domonyi followed the afternoon by Rastko Ciric about individual style and Serbian animation.
Fr / Voici les images des jours 3 et 4 à Budapest avec les premières nuits de brouillard qui nous ont accompagnées la première semaine. Le jour 3 nous avons visité le studio Cinemon le matin, et nous avons rencontré, l’après midi Áron Gauder, réalisateur indépendant (qui à signé le premier long métrage d’animation 3D Hongrois) au studio Lichthof. Le 4ème jour nous avons eu le premier workshop d’écriture avec Rita Domonyi, suivi l’après midi d’une conférence de Rastko Ciric sur le cinéma d’animation Serbe.
Budapest : day 1 and 2
En / Hello ! First let me wish you all an Happy new year ! I hope you are fine !
So… at last I’m working again on the pictures, and here are the pictures from Budapest day 1 and 2. As usual, it’s on Flickr were you can find the other pictures and you can use the flickr’s diaporama feature to see an album.
Oh, and more soon… yes… soon !
Fr / Bonjour à tous ! Pour commencer je vous souhaite une très bonne année en espérant que vous allez bien !
Pour bien commencer cette année je me suis enfin remis au tri des photos et voici le premier album avec les jours 1 et 2 de Budapest. Comme d’habitude, c’est sur Flickr, où vous pourrez voir les autres albums et profiter de la fonction diaporama.
Le reste va suivre prochainement, je le promets !
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:: On the first day in Bp ::
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Ellenshaw
Look what I found when rooting around on the FMX site: it’s our old pal, special effects genius Harrison Ellenshaw. Enjoy
AWNtv :: Professional Spotlight: fmx/09: Overview of Visual Storytelling – Part 5.
The Members of the ASF Team : )
During the 2 weeks in Budapest my new project was to draw portraits of you…well I could just some of you : ) but I’ll continue in Wiborg.
