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Come
September 10 and India's first 2D animated feature,
Pentamedia's Buddha releases on the silver
screen.
The producers anticipate a return of $10-12 million
within the next 3 years from the film which cost
$6.3 million.
The Indian animation industry awaits the outcome
of the movie with bated breath, as a positive response
will provide a fresh dose of motivation to all producers
considering animated features.
Here's
excerpts from a chat which Animation
'xpress had with the makers. |
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Radaan
developing 3D content for TV
Radaan Mediaworks, one of South India's leading
production houses and a frontrunner in content export,
is currently developing Ek Dost Ajab Sa a 3D based
live action thriller for television aimed at pre teens
and kids... Click
here to read |
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 Flirting
Vision's Deewana makes waves at the festival circuit
Deewana, the animated music video which won
India its first annecy earlier this year, has become the
hot thing at the International festival circuit.
Created by Ad makers Flirting Vision,the highly acclaimed
Deewana is in for yet another round of applause, with
many more bouquets to follow. ... Click
here to read |
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Reputation,
'Full service approach' help Crest, Rich Crest clinch
American Greetings contract
"While the pre-production and post-production
services would be provided from RichCrest Animation, the
production services would be undertaken by Crest out of
its studio in Mumbai, India. The full-service approach
provided by RichCrest Animation and Crest Communication
offers a great opportunity for our potential clients to
enter the industry." : Crest CEO Madhavan... Click
here to read |
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Rajkot
boy Bhavin Trivedi's animation film makes it to Melbourne!
A 10 minute animated
film on
Gandhiji by Rajkot Boy Bhavin Trivedi has made it to
The Melbourne International Animation Festival. Speaking
to Animation 'xpress, Bhavin who is currently
studying at SAE Technology college at Bangalore stated,
"I have invested around 4 months for the film &
have made 7200 frames (drawings). Visibly motivated
by the encouraging response to his effort the enthusiastic
younger ambitiously proclaimed,"I am planning
a
3 hour animation movie now!"
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Real
Image launching Softimage|XSI v.4.0 across India
Real Image is launching Softimage|XSI version
4.0 across cities in India. The tour which began on 31
August, includes 5 cities across India and will conclude
on Sep 6 at Delhi... Click
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Madhusudanan,
Bowie enlighten youngsters at SAE forum
Addressing an eager audience at the SAE International
educational forum, ace visual effects producer Madhusudnan
proclaimed to the audience that Indian graphics would
touch new heights provided the habit of compromising was
done away with... Click
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Toonz
Webel organising seminar in Mumbai tomorrow
Toonz Webel is organising a seminar , "ANIMATING
INDIA" in Mumbai at the British council premises
tomorrow between 2:00 - 5:00 pm... Click
here to read |
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Industry
Issues
Special Series |
'The
IMPORTANCE of Industry based Training in Animation'By
Ranjit Singh
Read part 5 entitled 'Emerging Trends'
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here
Read previous chapters
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2nd Annual INDIA INTERNATIONAL FILM CONVENTION
2004 (6-8 Sep'04) , to have sessions on animation.
Kireet
Khurana, Munjal Shroff , Raj Tilak are to
speak and discuss Technology in Animation.
Tata Elxsi’s Visual Computing
Labs breaks barriers with Dhoom
so says a press release sent by the VCL guys. It
further states that, "VCL has delivered a total
of over 535 shots and more than 25 minutes of gripping
effects in a short span of less than 8 weeks."
2ThumbZ Entertainment &
Paradox Studios release BMX mobile game venture
A company release quotes Anurag Khurana, CEO of
Paradox Studios, saying "We are thrilled to announce
the launch of BMX Extreme along with 2ThumbZ Entertainment.
The BMX stunt teams are very popular abroad and a mobile
game based on them is definitely going to have a mass
appeal. As an organization we are committed to offering
world class and exciting gaming content to Indian as
well as international customers."
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| News
from Indiantelevision.com |
Disney
hires MTV hand as director finance
MUMBAI: The mouse house is gradually putting together
its team in India. With Rajat Jain taking over as vice-president
and managing director, Hema Govindan moving to India as
marketing and communications director, Walt Disney Company
(India) yesterday announced the appointment of Sunil Shahani
as finance director for television operations in India...More |
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Indian gamers to head for World Cyber Games Final in San
Francisco
Deepak
Mallic, Lalit Nangia, Jenil Patel, Dhruv Parpia and Rahul
Rohira from the team ‘Acid’ won in a game called
Half Life- Counter Strike, while Nikunj Bansal (WarCraft),
Ashwin Warrier (Unreal tournament), Shushmit Reddy (NFS
underground) and Vishal Seth (FIFA 2004) were the individual
winners. All the gaming wizards are just between 14 to
23 years of age...More |
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Toon
Games captivate Mumbai Cartoon Network lovers
MUMBAI:
The Cartoon Network on 29 August, held Toon Games 2004
for toon lovers in Mumbai. The Toon Games 2004 kicked
off in Bangalore on 1 August followed by Hyderabad on
22 August and ended the event in Mumbai...More
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Nick
takes over Mumbai kid's home
MUMBAI: Ten year Rohan from Bombay International School
has been voted winner of the Asian Paints Nick Takes Over
Your Home contest. Nickelodeon has selected Rohan Arora
from Mumbai amongst many other kids who auditioned at
special Asian Paints Nick Corner at Life Style store.
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'When
you stand at the line and decide to run, is when the
race begins for you. Which is where Nick is today'