Events: New Media

Bringing Virtual Figures to Life and Creating Convincing Animated Characters for Film and Television. An interactive intensive 2 day advanced character development workshop that dynamically introduces participants to the pre-production and production techniques that have been utilized in the most internationally successful animated U.S. films of the past 5 years.Topics:

- Character setup, profiling, development, interaction, motivation intensity, internal life & physical expression, non-verbal communication, animals & aliens.

The Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation present An Afternoon Of Remembrance, a non-denominational celebration of departed friends from our animation community.

The January 14 Web meeting will focus on the implementation of Flash in 2d and 3d applications for the web and wireless devices. Studies conducted by Macromedia and other sources state that the Flash plugin is used by 90% of all webusers. Flash is currently used for website creation, adding 3d capabilities (via plugins), entertainment (both tv and movies), wireless devices for the web and more. We will also present alternate technologies, including those that are working toward Flash compatibility for the future.

Friday, December 20, 2002from 11:30am

The International Paris/Berlin festival is a transdisciplinary action, favoring contemporary creation in different fields: film, video, visual arts and multimedia, to create a meeting space for exchanges between various forms of artistic language and their audiences. By bringing together the diverse mediums of creation and their respective audiences and allowing them to communicate, the Rencontres becomes an open event in which the specificities and links between languages and gazes can emerge within evolving contemporary production.

eigoMANGA is kicking off another ALL-ANIME party!

Kick it at our party with other eigoMANGA anime and comic fans.

We are featuring a 1ST EVER ANIME FASHION SHOW. These clothing designs are from anime inspired designers Kayo Anime Clothing!

There's music, anime, and fun; BUT IT WON'T BE A PARTY WITHOUT YOU!!!!

Here's another chance for you to DRESS UP again into your favorite anime character and BREAK IT DOWN on the dance floor!

Show up in the best anime costume and you'll appear on our NEW ANIME TV SHOW! The best costumes will win cool prizes!!!

THE BLIND TIGER,

The Communicator Awards is an international competition for Video/Film & Multi-media founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communications field. Entries will be judged against a high standard of excellence rather than each other. Excellence, Distinction and Honorable Mention winners receive a foiled and printed certificate. Excellence and Distinction winners are eligible to order the Prestigious crystal jade glass award. The Communicator Awards has over 200 categories. Entry fees are $40 per entry.

DICON 2002 & BCWW 2002 is the prestigious annual B2B marketplace for broadcasting & digital contents, created by Ministry of Culture & Tourism to boost digital and media contents trade in Asia, which is the fastest growing market in the world.

The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books is a one-day event on creating, promoting and distributing independent film, music and books. The event features panels, workshops and exhibits on various aspects of bringing your creative vision to a larger audience. The New York City event is the Saturday programming at the CMJ Music Marathon, now in its 22nd year, and features the DIY Book Festival Awards, honoring the top independent authors and publishers in various categories, including comics.

ISEA2002, the first ISEA in Asia, expects approximately 1500 participants including artists, scholars, researchers engineers and students. It will feature over 200 presentations of research and artworks from more than 30 countries and regions around the world. All official exhibitions, symposium, social events and related programs will be open to the public during the symposium.

Theme: Orai 'Orai' is a Japanese word, meaning comings and goings, communication, and contact, as well as streets and traffic. Around 200 years ago, a

AusFest 2002 is the inaugural Australian Digital & Video Film Festival. Films will be selected for screening that successfully tell an entertaining, thought-provoking or moving story, and the audience will be asked to award their favourites.

Categories include:

Features, Shorts, Music Videos, Documentaries, Extreme Sport, Animation and High School.

All submissions are free, and films must have been shot on a digital or video medium.

Dynamic and inspired. Challenging and visionary. Provocative and groundbreaking. All these terms describe the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media (FCMM). This unique event is dedicated to showcasing and nurturing cin