Ani-Jam '08 Is coming!

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The film team is excited to announce the first (and hopefully annual) deviantART Ani-Jam! This is the first official event for animators, so we hope there is a good turn out of people participating. I realize this is lengthy and wordy, but it's worth it! Trust me


What is an Ani-Jam?

When you hear "jam" used in a creative environment, most people think of a music 'Jam Session'. Its a similar concept with Ani-Jam; The difference is, instead of Music its Animation. A group of artists come together and create one film, by piecing their animation sequences together. There is usually a set of guidelines to follow, and in some cases one person will animate a sequence, and then pass it along to the next animator and they will start their animation, where the other animator left off. That method can be a long process, so we devised a more time friendly method of doing our animation Jam.


The process

I will provide the beginning and ending sequence for the final film; submitted work will be combined together in the middle. For the first Ani-Jam I want to keep the concept simple; In this case, I think something with mental images, I haven't actually animated it yet .

To participate in the Ani-Jam, you as an animator would have to create a sequence of animation that is visually relevant to the theme, but independent of the animation. For this first Jam, I am keeping it simple – dream/hallucination – something that can completely cut away from my "bookend" animations. This will allow the animations to seamlessly "hook up" to each other and also connect to the ending and opening sequence (if your sequence is placed first or last). This allows for maximum flexibility in the final assembly of this film. This also allows all the animators to work at the same time, without needing to see how one ends, and another begins. They will all end and begin the same. This format can be a big challenge to some, but can also be integrated into the creative process.

When the animation samples are complete and submitted to me, all qualifying entries will get an invite to film (if they don't already have one), and will have the opportunity to have their sequence in the film and submitted to festivals!


Promote & Discover

Naturally, I want to be able to make sure you have everything you need, and we get as much participation as possible. Please vote in these polls, and please promote as much as you can with the little stamps made by ^misskittyoooo and $FallenRox



Please help us by promoting. the more people involved, the better this will be! tell everyone about it! Bring your animator friends into DA just for this project! what better excuse could you have?

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Thank you for taking the time, and please if you want more information, have any questions, or would like to donate a stamp or something to this project please contact ^guruubii via note, or email at guruubii@deviantart.com.

Lets talk! in this forum

Definitely devwatch ^deviantartfilm all information for this project will be posted on that account! Keep active, keep informed!

Please keep in mind, this is not an OFFICIAL launch of the project, MORE information that you need will be coming!


WHEN DAMMIT?

Devwatch ^deviantartfilm and the launch will be a DEVIATION on FEB 29th 2008!!
Thats tons of time to come and ask questions, lend some suggestions, and promote! Lets DO IT!