Thanks to Mrs Walton for bringing this deal to my attention for anyone who is going to London over Easter and may want to see “Billy Elliot”.
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Friday 08th January, 2010
The keynote speaker for Animex 2010 has been announced as Max Howard, an animation industry consultant who has worked on films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? And The Lion King.
The Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games takes place every year at Teesside University, Middlesbrough in the North East of England and this year will run from 8 -12 February.
Max Howard, President of Exodus Film Group, was formerly Senior Vice-President of Disney Feature Animation and President of Warner Bros Feature Animation.
During his 12 years at Disney he worked on film successes such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King.
While at Warner Bros he oversaw the award-winning animated feature The Iron Giant and international hit Space Jam. More recently he produced Igor for the Exodus Film Group.
Max is sought after as a consultant and lecturer for the animation industry, working with companies and organisations from all over the world. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (the Oscars).
Other highlights of the festival include Animex Business, a one-day event that invites speakers from the world of animation and computer games to share their stories of working in the industry.
There is also an interesting line-up of workshops at Animex which include:
- Alan Gilbey’s Animated Writing Workout
- Creative visualisation with Ken Wong
- Skeletal Design for Character Designers and Riggers with Stuart Sumida
To find out more about the events available at Animex 2010 and to book tickets, please click here.
The details of the following new sessions appreared in the Northern Echo this week.
I received this information about this event which may be of interest to many of our students. The timing of the record attempt is late - early hours of the morning - but it is on a Saturday night so no school the next day. It is part of a whole series of groups around the world dancing to Thriller at the same time with a three pronged purpose - to break a Guinness World record, to pay a tribute to Michael Jackson`s music and to raise funds for Cancer Research (which is a charity close to our own hearts this year with our Christmas Concert planned for December). The details are below
We hope you, your friends, colleagues and classmates can participate and thank you in advance for your participation and supporting Cancer Research UK and breaking world records.
Thrill The World: an annual worldwide simultaneous dance of Michael Jacksons “Thriller” for world records and charity. A Tribute to Michael Jackson.
Go to www.myspace.com/ttw09darlington for full details and to learn the dance. For further information go to ww.thrilltheworld.com
An Adult Registration Form is below, please complete and return to us as soon as possible (every person must complete a form). Fill out and hand in to the Dolphin Centre Reception staff. You cannot participate if you have not completed and signed this document. If you are under 18, please request a junior form to complete by ringing one of the phone numbers on the poster, sending an e mail or asking at the Dolphin Centre.
On receipt of your completed registration form, I will send you a
sponsorship form. If possible collect all your sponsors before the night and bring in an envelope with your sponsorship form to the event and post in one of the collection boxes.
People can just turn up and complete on the evening but we would prefer everyone to have registered prior to the event. Our team will be extremely busy on the night and do not wish to be sat doing admin that could have been done prior to Thriller time. To cover the various costs involved in this charity event we will ask for a pledge of £3-4 on the evening for your participation to ensure Cancer Research get every penny of your sponsor money.
We have entertainment, a DJ, disco, make up, buffet and much more on the evening as well as TV, Radio and press present so be prepared and start making your zombie costume now.
Workshops are being scheduled for groups, individuals, basically anyone to come along and learn the dance. Its extremely easy to learn using simple basic instructions. We will email you with workshop dates once they are confirmed. However you can learn the dance by watching the online learning videos on the official thrill the world website
www.thrilltheworld.com/learn/videos
As well as the official website, Darlington also has its own
www.myspace.com/ttw09darlington it is updated daily with information, updates, pictures and videos. Make sure you check it regularly!
In addition please join our Facebook group & follow our twitter for regular updates. Either search for it ‘thrill the world Darlington UK’ or just go to www.myspace.com/ttw09darlington and click on the appropriate link. Again information is updated regularly and you can ask us questions on these sites.
Workshops are being held at the dolphin centre to learn the dance.
The dates are as follows;
Sunday 18th October
Workshop 1 1300 - 15.00
Workshop 2 1600 - 1800
Workshop 3 1900 - 2100
Wednesday 21st October
Workshop 4 1600 - 1800
Friday 23rd October
Workshop 5 1600 - 1800
Workshop 6 1900 - 2100
Saturday 25th October (Day of event)
Workshop 7 1000 -1200
Workshop 8 1400 - 1600 (may run later if necessary)
In addition you will be able to learn/practice on the night before the event.
Please get sponsor & registration forms from the dolphin centre, flyers are also available!
GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN!! Join our facebook group for updates and check out the website www.myspace.com/ttw09darlington If you have any
problems please contact us either by email or visit the sites detailed above.
THIS REGISTRATION FORM BELOW IS FOR UNDER 18`S
