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The 11th of December sees the Carnival O Fun move festively into a brand spanking new venue and a merge of two of Brighton’s best groups – Flash Brighton & BANG!
We are leaving the red hot shores of Carnival Island (The Cricketers) and heading via sled dogs to the snowy peaked mountain range of Christmas Province…or in other words Lighthouse’s Digital Lounge complete with bar – so you can fill up on Mulled Wine…or beer!
Come and feast your eyes on a selection of funny festive themed films, YouTube clips and animations specially selected by Flash Brighton’s Carnival King, Richard Mitchelson!
We even have an extra treat in store for you – with a special guest appearance from Cyriak! He is coming along to show us a fine array of his favorite animations and talk about his quirky work.
So make sure you bring your Santa hats and a belly full of cheer for this big bad kick ass end to the Flash Brighton/BANG year. And, if you are lucky I’m sure Santa Seb from Flash Brighton will make an appearance with Adobe based gifts and prizes and a YO-HO-HO for all.
Tuesday 11th December, 6:30pm (screening starting just after 7pm) at the Lighthouse Digital Lounge, 1, Zone B, 28 Kensington Street, BN1 4AJ
Be there or be Jack Frost (…left out in the cold)!
We have very kindly been sponsored by Unwrong and Littleloud – if it wasn’t for these guys, the evening wouldn’t be possible.
SPACES ARE LIMITED so please register at our page on upcoming to ensure your place.
This year’s Brighton Digital Festival went off with a bang this year - quite literally!
Starting off with an amazing interactive Flash generated fireworks display by Seb Lee-Delisle from Plug-in Media on the front of the Unitarian church in Brighton.
Pictures from the night are here
It then continued the next week to include the Portfolio Clinic - where I was priviledged to share a table with local animator RichMitch and look over work produced by local students and freelancers and offer advice on how to improve their portfolios and where to take their career next.
Photos from the night are here
The following night I was asked to be part of the Animation Night. Together with the Hastings Animation Networking Group’s founder, Angus Giorgi - we compiled a 30 minute showreel of animation work produced by BANG and HANG members - which included a very varied selection of films - from commerical work produced by AnimNation and John Davison, to personal projects created by the incedibly talented Cyriak, Tim Frost, to name but a few.
On the night this was shown to the audience along with a selection of animations from some of Ireland’s most talented film makers and animators. A panel discussion was then put together - consisting of the Dark Light Festival organiser Nicky Gogan; Matthew Talbot-Kelly who created the haunting Blind Man’s Eye; Eoghan Kidney who created Stars; English animator/film maker and director at Slinky Pictures, Chris Shepherd; Angus Giorgi founder of HANG and myself.We all discussed how we all have sought funding for short films and how the process varies from country to country - with an English, Irish and Canadian perspective on things. We also chatted about how politics can influence animation.
The Brighton Digital Festival is coming up fast!
Flash on the Beach - 4th - 7th November
We’re only a week and half away until the start of the Flash On The Beach conference - which will be hosting talks and workshops by some of the world’s best Flash experts. I was very lucky enough to win my ticket to the conference this year by creating a Flash banner to advertise the conference. The entries to the competition were judged by the Flash Coders New York group and I was privileged to win 1st place!
Y-Design Awards - Peoples’ Choice Award - 5th November Brighton Pier
Brighton Pier has been opened up to digital artists to celebrate the Peoples’ Choice Award as part of the Y-Design Awards. The organisers of this event have very kindly opened up their invitations to the Brighton Animators Networking Group.
Portfolio Clinic - 13th November
I will be putting in an appearance at the DScape Portfolio Clinic as an industry representative. The evening is designed for students and freelancers to have a one-to-one meeting with the best local digital companies to show their portfolio in the hope of getting some expert advice and possibly some work!
Animation Night - 14th November
This is evening is being held to showcase English and Irish animation work with a political theme. Wired Sussex have very kindly offered a 20 minute slot that evening to show off the work produced by the Brighton Animators Networking Group (BANG) and the newly formed Hastings Animators Networking Group (HANG).
Wednesday 5th September from 6pm - 8pm (but you are more than welcome to stay on after).
Where?
The Greene Room (upstairs in the Cricketers Pub), Black Lion Street, Brighton
Who is it for?
Animators, students & anyone interested in animation.
What’s happening?
This months guest speak is Anil Mistry. He is coming to share his views! He will be discussing his role as creative director at Jetix, his views on what animators should be doing to get their work seen, his opinion on the animation industry as a whole, how to get out of your comfort zone & learn something new. After the event, Anil has said he’d be happy to receive your showreels & give a personal critique of it.
Who is Anil?
Anil Mistry is the creative director of Jetix, a global kids TV network owned by Disney. Anil has won numerous awards and was the youngest TV channel creative director in the UK (28). This earned him the title “hotshot” from Broadcast magazine. He has also had clothing design work exhibited in the V&A’s Streetstyles exhibition.
How do I attend?
Registration is here - http://www.wiredsussex.com/Events/0709/animationseptemberregister.asp
I have just been approached by the main organisers of Sunday’s Paper BANG event to be the Q&A interviewer. So with a bunch of questions to hand - I will be asking film director Ben
Hibon and composer & sound designer Joris de Man, how they went about creating the award winning MTV Asia short animated film “Codehunters”.
I sent in this press release to the Wired Sussex team about the Paper BANG event coming up -
Paper BANG - Showcase for Animators
29th July 2007 from 7pm at Mint bar and restaurant
Another eclectic evening of short film and music from Paper Bag in the ever welcoming ‘Mint Bar and Restaurant’ in Brighton’s South Laines. This quarter the session ‘Paper BANG’ is held in collaboration with Brighton Animators Networking Group and a selection of shorts from BANG will showcase locally produced animation.
Paper Bag are also delighted to present a special screening of the award winning animated film ‘Codehunters’ and an exclusive Q&A with the film’s director Ben Hibon and composer & sound designer Joris de Man.
BANG members can upload their favorite animation work in Quicktime format 720 x 576 (widescreen format is acceptable) to –
www.openbookftp.com/paperbag
username: paperbag@openbookuk.com
password: 3v3ntful
(Please use an FTP client rather than using a web browser to upload your files).
Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 25th July.
This is a perfect opportunity to show off your animation work to the local community.
More information about the event can be found on the Paper bag website
I have just set up a BANG (Brighton Animators’ Networking Group) Facebook group.
Sign up is here - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=3466045493
Sunday 29th July - This is set to be an exciting collaborative evening between the Paper Bag film night crew & BANG members. Paper Bang will be an excellent way for the members of BANG to showcase their animation at a special screening night, as well as listen to interviews from the makers of the animated short film Codehunters (possibly interviewed by yours truely!) and find out more about the production of the film.
More details to follow!
My first night organising BANG went without a hitch last night! Special thanks to John Davison from Blunt74 - who gave an engaging talk about his work as an animator and the industry and building a portfolio of specialised work. There was a brilliant turn out & quite a few new faces to BANG (we even enticed a couple of the Hastings animation/music crew along! So a big thank you to them for travelling all that way to see us).
The next meeting is on Wednesday September 5th - more details to follow!
I have just become the organiser of the Brighton Animators Networking Group & helping Wired Sussex with the running of the group.
Next meeting -
Wednesday 4th July - 6pm - 8pm - The Greene Room (above The Cricketers), Black Lion Street, Brighton
I have invited Blunt74’s John Davison to talk about his work as an animator.
I hope to see you there!
