bleupencil
09-08-2006, 11:41 PM
I'm trying to help promote some upcoming local animation events, though I don't know if there are many Aussies on this forum, let alone any besides me who live in QLD. But in any case, if there happen to be any locals snooping around, maybe they might like to know about this:
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On March 25, 2002, more than 200 Disney artists working at the studio's legendary feature animation department in Burbank, California were told that their services were no longer needed by the company. It took one uncomfortable gathering with the president of Feature Animation, now dubbed 'The Tom Meeting', to kill 75 years of a beloved animated tradition. The company, best known for its handcrafted animated features, no longer wanted artists to draw for them.
Dream On Silly Dreamer is the new animated documentary, from director Dan Lund and producer Tony West, that tells this tale. It features interviews recorded only seconds after the now infamous 'Tom Meeting'. In this documentary, you will meet a handful of these artists, hear their side of the story and share in their recollections of 'the good old days'.
Told as a modern day fairy tale, Dream On Silly Dreamer pays homage to the classic Winnie The Pooh shorts. An artist's sketch book becomes the viewer's window into this documentary realm with original, animated vignettes helping to tell a side of the story that the world has never heard. This film will touch anyone who has ever dreamed, believed in fairy tales, wished upon a star or shared in a special Disney moment.
The timing of this screening of Dream On Silly Dreamer is significant to the Australian animation industry, as the Walt Disney Toon Studio in Sydney is in the final legs of completing its final production, due to close around the time of the screening. Queensland Animators Group will pay tribute to the legacy of the Walt Disney Company, in particular the Toon Studio in Sydney, and reminisce the great times shared between artists of the studio and the great works they produced.
When
Saturday 23 September, 2pm
Where
The Studio, ground floor of Metro Arts
109 Edwards Street
Brisbane
Price
$2 Qld. Animators Group members
$4 concession
$5 general public
From the QLD Animators Group (http://www.qa.org.au) website.
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Also, QA also hosts some great life drawing sessions every fortnight, and we all know how important they are :D
There's one on this coming Monday night. Further info is on the website in the "events" section.
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And finally, a quick message to the forum admin: I have suggested to the QA webmaster that a link to AF here should be put on their resources page. If they do, hopefully this will open up the forum to a few more contributing members at some stage.
*fingers crossed*
Cheers.
PS: I hope I put this in the right section. Mods, feel free to move it if you must.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l287/bleupencil/misc/DOSDposter_lowres.jpg
On March 25, 2002, more than 200 Disney artists working at the studio's legendary feature animation department in Burbank, California were told that their services were no longer needed by the company. It took one uncomfortable gathering with the president of Feature Animation, now dubbed 'The Tom Meeting', to kill 75 years of a beloved animated tradition. The company, best known for its handcrafted animated features, no longer wanted artists to draw for them.
Dream On Silly Dreamer is the new animated documentary, from director Dan Lund and producer Tony West, that tells this tale. It features interviews recorded only seconds after the now infamous 'Tom Meeting'. In this documentary, you will meet a handful of these artists, hear their side of the story and share in their recollections of 'the good old days'.
Told as a modern day fairy tale, Dream On Silly Dreamer pays homage to the classic Winnie The Pooh shorts. An artist's sketch book becomes the viewer's window into this documentary realm with original, animated vignettes helping to tell a side of the story that the world has never heard. This film will touch anyone who has ever dreamed, believed in fairy tales, wished upon a star or shared in a special Disney moment.
The timing of this screening of Dream On Silly Dreamer is significant to the Australian animation industry, as the Walt Disney Toon Studio in Sydney is in the final legs of completing its final production, due to close around the time of the screening. Queensland Animators Group will pay tribute to the legacy of the Walt Disney Company, in particular the Toon Studio in Sydney, and reminisce the great times shared between artists of the studio and the great works they produced.
When
Saturday 23 September, 2pm
Where
The Studio, ground floor of Metro Arts
109 Edwards Street
Brisbane
Price
$2 Qld. Animators Group members
$4 concession
$5 general public
From the QLD Animators Group (http://www.qa.org.au) website.
---
Also, QA also hosts some great life drawing sessions every fortnight, and we all know how important they are :D
There's one on this coming Monday night. Further info is on the website in the "events" section.
---
And finally, a quick message to the forum admin: I have suggested to the QA webmaster that a link to AF here should be put on their resources page. If they do, hopefully this will open up the forum to a few more contributing members at some stage.
*fingers crossed*
Cheers.
PS: I hope I put this in the right section. Mods, feel free to move it if you must.