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Tax concessions on Continent could lure Aardman overseas

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Animation firm Aardman has once again warned that it might be forced to move vital jobs overseas. The award-winning firm employs around 250 staff in Bristol at its Harbourside headquart

China's animation industry growing

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China's animation industry is still in its infancy but it's a very chubby baby, fed by investors pouring in capital and by favorable government policies. It has been productive, too.

Deloitte Predictions 2012

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The Deloitte Technology, Media & Telecommunication Predictions started in 2001 with ten predictions about mobile telephony.

Animator's 12 Commandments

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Pjotr Sapegin’s stop-motion short The Last Norwegian Troll about a confused troll living in modern-day Norway recently won the top animation prize at the Fantastic

Techonomy: DreamWorks Discovers the "Holy Grail" with Real-Time Rendering

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Real-time rendering of animation is now possible, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey
Katzenberg told an audience at the Techonomy conference this morning. In a

Exec addresses alarming state of the visual effects business

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“I think the only possibility of survival for (VFX) facilities is to be a content producer,” asserted VFX industry vet Scott Ross, during his keynote address Tuesday at the Soc

National Arts Council Funding: Call for Bursary Applications by 23 September so hurry!

The National Arts Council invites post graduate students and
registered education and training institutions that are involved in

Q and A with U.S. voice producer (Ned Lott) about his experience on Zambezia

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While you were in SA you did a voice-acting workshop and directed local actors for Zambezia.

The South African Game Development Scene: Past, Present, and Future

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A comprehensive and in-depth article written on the local gaming industry in August 2009 from http://www.gamasutra.com by

William Kentridge: History of the Main Complaint

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Art is often used as an outlet for political or societal expression. William Kentridge’s animated short film and associated series of charcoal drawings, entitled History of the Main Complaint, are precisely that:

Life Changing Blender Training in Nigeria

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Apart from the fact that Blender is extremely good software, I also view it as a very strong enabling technology: Blender is able to provide people – who would normally not be able to afford 3D t

US studio chooses Cape Town for animated TV series

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Triggerfish Animation has completed a 14-minute episode of an exciting new children's series entitled Me and Jessie D for Studio 125, a production company based in Alabama.

Masters & Savant blend 3D and 2D animation for Five Roses

As a brand that every South African knows, Five Roses once again takes the lead in the hot beverage industry, with an animated commercial that demonstrates how it has brought new tea flavours from around the world to its consumers.

Ireland's animation industry

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Ireland has received global recognition for its animation industry, which continues to grow and create new jobs. Laura O’Brien looks at how it got to where it is today.

Canadian VFX and animation boom

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Canada's westernmost province of British Columbia, one of the top regions for filmmaking outside of Hollywood, is rapidly gaining prominence as a world leader in animation and special ef

Sesame Street’s Digital Transition: Apps For The Juicebox Set

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While most children, like their parents, still encounte

Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a painful
condition that limits the use of your hands.  Awkward and repeated hand and wrist movements may place you at risk.  But CTS can be prevented. 

Embracing Arab Animation

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In February this year, Malik Nejer, 25, a Saudi maker of animated video, created a YouTube channel for his work that has since become the No.

Carnegie Mellon, Disney work to improve eye blink animation

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A group of Carnegie Mellon
researchers, in association with Disney Research of Pittsburgh, are bringing
animations closer to reality by modeling accurate eye blinks.

Luma Arcade – The Imminent Rise of Electronic Game Development in the SA Advertising and Marketing Industry 

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Electronic games are one of the most rapidly growing industries in the world today, being pushed along not only by the ferocious appetite of video gaming enthusiasts around the world, but also the

Animated PSA competition

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Siyayinqoba Beat It! Is a youth oriented HIV/AIDS television show looking for innovative animated public service announcements to drive Siyayinqoba's viewers towards testing for HIV, being informed and always using condoms!

Toronto gives Cape Town the nod

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When Toper Taylor, President and COO of Cookie Jar, addressed the Cape Town animation industry a few months ago I couldn't gauge his actual impression of us. He seemed polite yet reserved.

Animation in Kenya comes of age

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Animation is an industry which has been dominated by the West. In Africa, the concept is relatively new, but this year nine animation films from Kenya will be screened at the prestigious Africa in Motion (AiM) festival that will run 23 October - 2 November 2008 in Edinburgh, UK.

Animation SA, 2007: A year of development, growth & progress

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Working Together to Create Our Future Animation has the ability not only to entertain and educate, reaching across cultural and racial boundaries, but also to generate employment, and attract investment.

Creative Vision's animated PSA receives more international acclaim

Our 3D-animated AIDS awareness PSA, "Shower", has been invited to screen at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro in the FIAE 2008 - 3rd International Festival of Erotic Animation, with Sex, Love and Eroticism as the key themes.

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