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Showing posts with label talk. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Introduction Talk - Business Leadership in Animation


BUSINESS LEADERSHIP IN ANIMATION

We are planning to hold the talk to gauge the interest level. 

Its this Sat 13th Apr. 2pm. At e2i

For those who are interested, please register yourself with admin@cgprotege.com and under subject put "BUSINESS LEADERSHIP IN ANIMATION" Leave down your name, contact number, qualification and experience. So that we will send you the details of the talk later.

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We are exploring to launch a program to help individual start their animation company. The program has an in depth strategic plan to help grow our industry.

As this is a pilot program. We plan to select ONLY the best 5 candidates from a pool of applicants for the program.

The nature of the program is like a Master Chef Program. Each of the 5 candidates will register a company. Then an experience mentor who has experience in running an MNC and a Local Company here will attach to these 5 candidates for a year. During the year, each will be given a budget to hire a team of artists to work with them to develop a IP and a teaser (Hence creating jobs for the rest as well). And eventually we hope to take them to Cannes MIPCOM for exposures to meet global players. They will pitch to govt, investors, broadcasters and distributors. Hopefully at the end of the program, they will secure a distribution deal, co production deal or investment deal after a year.

During the year, each candidate will gain experience in

1) Budgeting
2) Hiring and managing production
3) Financial, Business and strategic planning
4) What to look out for in contracts
5) Understanding of the animation film and TV market
6) Pitching process
7) Distribution, Licensing and merchandising market
8) How to protect your IP etc and many more.

The program is not an academic program. It is more practical base. With the objective to help creative people gain business leadership skill for the animation industry which is very much lacking here. The candidates will be exposed to real contacts in the global industry. And they should make use of the year to build relations. We will share trade survival skills. And during the year. We will invite entrepreneurs in this field to share their experience in starting up their own company and investment gate keepers to explain what they are looking for.

We hope through this program. We can help to create more entrepreneurs in the animation industry like in Korea, HK and Taiwan. Only you can control your own destiny.

Those who wants to venture into this. Must be prepared to fail and take risk.

The program is opened to PR and Singaporeans only. Applicants must have strong creative and story development skills. As our focus is preparing you in business skills. Not art skill.

At the end of the course, you will have your own company, an IP / Teaser. And a comprehensive set of business skills to get yourself started. By the end of the program, you are ready to continue your journey or work for others as an assistant executive producer.

Monday, 8 April 2013

CG Protege presents Animation Talk with Jacques Muller



CG Protege presents Jacques Muller's Animation Talk "FROM PENCIL TO MOUSE... RIDING THE ANIMATION BEAST" A 90-min journey spanning 30 years in Europe, Asia and North America. RSVP now to know more about the feature animation industry EMAIL us at  admin@cgprotege.com or RING US at +65 64737502.

Visual Effects Talk with Kenneth A. Huff, Technical Trainer Lucasfilm Singapore








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Gobelins Animation Master Lecture at CG Protege


Last Sunday (24th June 2012), we had a Gobelins Animation Master Lecture at CG Protege. We are happy to receive 120 artists at the event!

The three lecturers who conducted the class were Magali Rigaudias, Myrna Gawryn, Yoshimichi Tamura. They were really fun and have shared a lot of their production experiences with us. We were truly honoured to have them.

Yoshimichi Tamura has also just won the Best in Show Award for the upcoming SIGGRAPH 2012. A round of applause and our heartiest congratulations to Yoshimichi! Check out his very beautiful short film entitled "Reflexion". 

Here is the picture taken on that day.

Thanks to Eric for bringing in the lecturers, we have certainly learnt a lot.


 Yoshimichi Tamura sharing about his work on Reflexion

A crowd of 120 animators!

Questions time! Thanks Magali for the talk!

 We sure have loads of fun with Myrna Gawryn :)



Yoshimichi Tamura, David Kwok (CG Protege), Magali Rigaudias, Myrna Gawryn and Eric Reviewer (Gobelins)

Lets look forward to more fun-filled events in future.

For more pictures, visit our Facebook page.




Sunday, 7 April 2013

VFX Talk by Alvin Yap from Framestore CFC, London

Alvin is a close friend of ours. Currently he is working as VFX Artist at Framestore CFC, London. He specialises in using Houdini for VFX production. He was previously teaching at CG Protege before leaving for his overseas ventures. We thank him for taking the afternoon off to share with us his experience working in the industry.

This is his website. From his progressive projects and works we can see and learn from how he has prepared himself to attain his dream job in the USA and now, the UK.









Some of his movie credits includes:

2007 | National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets
Volumetric FX Artist, Asylum FX

2008 | Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
VFX Animator, Rising Sun Pictures

2009 | Terminator : Salvation
VFX Technical Director, Rising Sun Pictures

2009/10 | Nanny McPhee 2
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Clash Of The Titans (only 1 shot, probably uncredited)
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

2010 | Potter 8
Effects Technical Director, Framestore CFC

more pictures and his VFX test at our facebook. Click here!