The 2nd year students are the ones who create the Annecy openers.
This week we have lectures by Alexandre Heboyan whose student films were: Le gouter (2nd yr) and La migration Bigoudenn. Alex went on to be recruited by Dreamworks Animation and to work on Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs Aliens. He is now back in Paris co-directing a French feature animation that is currently in pre-production.
Alex' s lecture yesterday touched on his advice on creating a demo reel (keep it short and just put in your best work), animation processes and discussions on timing, spacing, silence and comedy. He sited Jim Henson's "Manumanup" sketch as his favourite animation that displays comedic timing.
The photo below is of Max Maleo (student film: Burning Safari) in an afternoon workshop discussing holding on to your vision of an idea as you get lost in the detail of animation. The animators listening in are from California, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Australia and Malaysia.
Hi Frank,
ReplyDelete"Manumanup", circa mine and your childhood has stood the test of time! I still catch Sesame St whenever I can, because of the animation of course! (They still run the stop-mo orange singing "Lamour" etc).Wow only 2 months to plan those beautiful Gobelin's student films. Is that seven months altogether or five months only altogether. How do they designate tasks within the group and is that the only year that they produce a film in a group?
Hi, I was looking for information about Gobelins Summer School and found your blog. I'd really like to know what were your impressions on the classes and everything. I'm just starting in animation, and have some experience in motion graphics design so I'm not so sure if I'm gonna be able to make the best of the course. I'd really appreciate if you gave me your opinion! My email is: gabrielamudado@gmail.com, in case you feel like sharing (and I really hope you do!).
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