ANIMATION TODAY with Andreas Hykade and friends
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ANIMATION TODAY
with Andreas Hykade and friends
9 – 15 September 2013
Ludwigsburg/Germany
The EFA Master Class 2013 ANIMATION TODAY is
dedicated to modern animation. During the week, the
participants will form a team and create an animation
film from the original idea to the completed film.
The multi-disciplinary workshop in co-operation
with the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and
Digital Postproduction is equally addressed to
experienced animation creators from the classic
animation industry, with a background in games, or the
independent scene – all are welcome.
The workshop will be offered in a short term
training format of seven days including the arrival
and departure day. In a mixture of group sessions,
screenings, case studies and lectures, but with a
focus on hands-on exercises, the workshop will allow
the participants to gain a profound knowledge of the
creation of an animation film covering all stadiums
of a classic animation production: idea, story, design,
project bible, storyboard, animatic, layout, animation,
scoring and exploitation.
Held by author, designer and director Andreas
Hykade (www.hykade.de) The workshop will be
accompanied by different renowned animation
filmmakers who will share their individual approach to
the respective “topic of the day”.
Andreas Hykade has been creating animation
films since the mid-90s. Among his films are WE
LIVED IN GRASS (1996, German Short Film Award),
RING OF FIRE (2000), THE RUNT (2007, German Short
Film Award, FIPRESCI Award Annecy), TOM & THE
SLICE OF BREAD WITH STRAWBERRY JAM & HONEY
(2009, Grimme Online Award) and LOVE & THEFT
(2010, German Short Film Award, Sacem Award for
original music, Annecy 2011). He has also worked
with the German band DIE TOTEN HOSEN for which
he created the video clips 10 KLEINE JÄGERMEISTER
(1995, Echo Award for best German music video) and
WALKAMPF (2004, Grand Prize for Commissioned
Animation, Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2005), has
repeatedly collaborated with British animation artist
Ged Hanley (video clips and commercials) and has
created ZUKUNFTSVISIONEN, the film installations
for the German pavilion at the world exhibition EXPO
2000. Andreas is also a professor for animation film
at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital
Postproduction (www.animationsinstitut.de).
Supported by the MEDIA programme of the EU
and the MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, the
EFA Master Class will take place in Ludwigsburg in
the South of Germany at the Filmakademie Baden-
Wuerttemberg’s Institute of Animation, Visual Effects,
and Digital Postproduction. The Animation Institute
offers a modern technical infrastructure. Every single
student is assigned a workstation (Windows, OSX, and
Linux) that features the most commonly used tools, as
well as special project-based solutions. The standard
formats are Full HD, Digital Cinema, and 3D Stereo.
Students have an Optitrec Motion Capture System and a
3D printer at their disposal; moreover, they have access
to the Filmakademie’s entire film and sound studio
infrastructure.
Applicant Profile
The EFA Master Class 2013 is designed as a
multi-disciplinary workshop for 16 creative European
film professionals who work on animation film –
screenwriters, directors, animation artists, designers,
technical directors and producers. All participants
must be professionals in their respective departments
and should have a relevant track record.
Working language is English.
Participation fee: EUR 500 covering participation and meals. Transport and accommodation are not included.
A limited amount of scholarships is available.
The application form is available at
www.europeanfilmacademy.org
Application deadline: 26 July 2013