CEE Animation Experience @AnimatekaPRO: Mariusz Wilczynski, Making of the Kill It and Leave This Town
Synopsis:
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive. Over the years, a city grows in his imagination. One day, literary heroes and childhood cartoon idols, who in the consciousness of the successive generations are forever young and wearing short pants, come to live there, uninvited. When our hero discovers they have all grown old and that eternal youth does not exist, he decides to return to real life, and the amazing characters living in his imagination lead him back to the real world.
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The keynote will present the complete process of creating visual effects that include animated CG elements, from pre-production to finalizing the shot, with a focus on practical workflows and collaboration between different departments. We will go through the roles of the VFX supervisor and producer, working on the breakdown, storyboard, and previs, and how to make the right decisions between physical and digital elements already in the pre-production stage. In post-production, we will examine postvis, the key role of the VFX editor, and especially the integration of animation into visual effects: the workflow connection to layout, assets, rigging, animation, FX, lighting, and final compositing. The lecture will conclude with an overview of project management, approval processes, and finally the current possibilities and limitations of using AI in VFX.
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A short animation inspired by Nastya Fateeva choreography and "Dostochka" by DakhaBrakha, with step by step process.
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An interview with artist-in-residence Gianluigi Toccafondo, who we were extremely happy to host in Ljubljana for the 20th edition of Animateka, since he was the winner of the 1st Grand Prix of Animateka back in 2004.
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Itzel, a young girl of Mayan descent, goes on a camping trip with her father deep in the jungle. As they stargaze together, Itzel’s curiosity leads her to wander off and explore. While wandering, she discovers a jaguar in captivity and, without hesitation, frees the majestic animal. However, their escape is short-lived. While trying to escape, she stumbles upon a mysterious lost Mayan city and experiences a vision of the city’s glory days, guided by a magical jaguar, called Balam.
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- Coming-of-Age
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Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, Manga, film, and brand-new artworks that were created on the streets. The exhibition was a smash-hit five-star success and brought a younger and more diverse audience to the museum. The film uses the exhibition as a launchpad to travel to Tokyo itself, and explore the art and artists of the city more fully.
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Pixar has been at the forefront of 3D animation innovations for nearly 30 years, developing new methods and technologies with nearly every new project. With their newest feature film “Elemental” hitting theaters, we take a look back at the ways Disney/Pixar has evolved over time. The studio has made advancements in how characters move, going from robotic motion in 1995’s “Toy Story” to characters who can intricately play music in “Coco” and “Soul.” In the early Pixar days, human characters were hidden in the shadows, but breakthroughs in movies like “The Incredibles” and “Brave” paved the way for more believable human characters. And clothes, which were once stiff, took center stage in “Onward” thanks to innovations from movies like “Monsters Inc.”
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Our first part of the lecture will focus on pioneers and experiments. We will also find out how Ukrainian animators in the 1920s made advertisements, propaganda, and children’s stories, sometimes even combining all of them in a single artwork. We will also discuss the problems that Ukrainian animation faced and how it bothered and threatened the Soviet government. In the second part of the lecture, we will talk about how and where the animated film heritage is preserved today. What is the size and significance of the animation collection kept at the Dovzhenko Centre.
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Pixar provides their LIVE review of Pixar’s first teaser trailer for “Inside Out 2” on November 9, 2023.
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Actionlessness, wordlessness, slowness, alienation, transcendental cinema in the short animation format? Faiyaz Jafri talks about the importance of procrastination in the creative process and the deconstruction of linearity. Art is suffering, and that’s okay. This is a cinematic masterclass on making boring long films in short film format.
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MASTERCLASS – THE PLEASURE OF MOVEMENT. Wrangling an Infant Technology by JOSÉ-MANUEL XAVIER (PT), with the kind translation of SANDRA RAMOS. “The pleasure of movement is what I feel when I bring strokes, lines, and dots to life. My work method is identical to my way of walking through nature. I advance, step by step, through unexpected paths to discover the unimaginable.”
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MASTERCLASS – ARCHITECTURAL FRACTALS by JULIUS HORSTHUIS (NL). “I’ll take the audience through some of the fractal landscapes. We will look at some of the characteristic features of those fractals, almost like we’re watching architectural facets. What creates those features? What is it about fractal math that makes it so engaging? What else is there to explore?” – Julius Horsthuis
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A woman is forced to leave Venezuela where she has lived for 28 years. She wonders what to put in her suitcase.
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