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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.

Animated comedy series to tackle HIV

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A new South African animated series will use offbeat comedy to encourage viewers to analyse their behaviour and take steps in reducing their risk of HIV infection.

Animated commercials expected to do well at 2008 Loeries

With the final entry date fast approaching, those in the advertising and marketing industry are preparing for yet another Loerie festival in Margate, however the past year has seen a dramatic increase

Horton animator in SA

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Dan Barker has come home to Msanzi from New York to promote the animated cartoon "Horton Hears A Who", which starts on the movie circuit on Friday.

Creative Vision?s 3-D Commercial wins CC Ad of the Month

Animation Director Brenton Green masterfully brings to life the vision of the Draftfcb creative team, Rob McLennan, Mike Wilson and Byron Liatos for their client Mag-Lite.

Backyard Shorts

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Anamazing workshop's Backyard Shorts, a collection of 13 locally animated short films produced by their in-house Animation Production Training Initiative (APTI), will start showing on SABC 2 from the

Masters & Savant motion capture ''tells it like it is'' for Tube

Motion capture technology recently pioneered in South Africa by leading commercials animation studio, Masters & Savant, has started to change the face of the South African animation landscape.

Masters & Savant brings fun to fish through creation of Sea Harvey animated hero

source: www.filmmaker.co.za

Creative Vision?s Animated 3D Creature Clutches Another Gold

The Mamtsotsi Bird, which boasts no less than 25 visual effects and a terrifying CG creature, has won its fourth Gold. This time for Best Short Film at the International SA Horrorfest.

Milestone in South African Animation

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CAPE TOWN : Triggerfish, a Cape Town animation studio, has just finished production on the longest internationally commissioned CG animation made in South Africa.

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.

Sunrise Productions Uses Qube! For Render Pipeline

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Sunrise Productions, makers of Africa's first feature length animated film The Legend of the Sky Kingdom and the award-winning Jungle Beat series, is using PipelineFX's Qube!

The animated escape for a tight-squeeze economy

The animated escape for a tight-squeeze economy South Africa's economy is facing a tightening of the belts, and with it budgets in the marketing and advertising industry. Roger Smythe, JHB MD for Masters & Savant Worldwide states that advertising agencies and marketers may have huge budget walls to climb when faced with the production of television commercials; especially when television time slot prices across most of the broadcasters continue to climb to record highs.

The Book of Magic by Arik Reiss

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This dark Arabian fairytale of the Afterlife examines the existential questions at the core of being human.

Cape Film Commission Launches Skills Development Resource Centre

The Minister of Environment, Planning and Economic Development with the Cape Film Commission officially launched the Runway Film Resource Centre a strategic Skills Training and Development interventio

Animation industry prepares for take off

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The animation industry in South Africa may be a fledgling one but if the quality of work that's coming out of the Mother City is anything to go by, then its an industry that is about to take off - in a big way.

Local animator awarded artist residencies

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After graduating from the Royal College of Art with the prestigious Man Group Drawing Prize, South African artist/animator Jane Cheadle has been awarded positions in two sought after Artist-in-Residen

Bite Animation produces commercial for iPod Nano

source: www.filmmaker.co.za

New animation and design projects from Depth

Depth's production department recently completed three very exciting projects.

Award-winning trio get down with Nintendo

Wicked Pixels has just finished another well-crafted animated spot for The Jupiter Drawing Room CT, for Musica's launch of the gaming console that is taking the world by storm - Nintendo's Wii.
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William Kentridge: History of the Main Complaint10/11/2008 - 19:08
Animation in Kenya comes of age07/10/2008 - 23:00
Life Changing Blender Training in Nigeria28/08/2008 - 12:05
Animation SA, 2007: A year of development, growth & progress09/06/2008 - 17:29
US studio chooses Cape Town for animated TV series09/06/2008 - 17:24
Creative Vision's animated PSA receives more international acclaim09/06/2008 - 17:21
Masters & Savant blend 3D and 2D animation for Five Roses09/06/2008 - 17:20
Sunrise Productions Uses Qube! For Render Pipeline09/06/2008 - 17:19
Animated comedy series to tackle HIV 09/06/2008 - 17:09
The animated escape for a tight-squeeze economy09/06/2008 - 17:07
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