24 Hours has Begun...

Moments ago, from California State University_Long Beach, Aubry Mintz announced the theme of the 2014 24 Hour Animation Contest will be:
From Animal Farm...
"All Animals are Created Equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

The list of participating schools this year has grown and are CSUF (Fullerton, CA), CSULB (Long Beach, CA), CSUN (Northridge, CA), Kendall College of A/d (Michigan), MTSU (Tennessee), Seneca College (Canada), Sheridan College (Canada), SJSU (San Jose, CA), Queensland (Australia), Westwood (Anaheim, CA) and Woodbury University (Burbank, CA).

Within minutes, the students assembled into smaller groups to attempt to figure how to come up with a short, simple and effective idea. As the teams began to brainstorm to form a solid storyboard, the Faculty must sit on their hands and not help out in any way. They are only there to make sure the equipment is running correctly and that the students are working away.


Last year, I basically worked on my own stuff and occasionally overheard the students discussions and watched their progress. After the 24 Hours were over, 2 projects came out of Woodbury and one of them won first place. It was a real boost to the Seniors who had worked together and were able to make an animated short which tested all the learning from the past four years.

Last year's theme: What if you had 24 hours to live?  Ryan Tengel and her Woodbury University animation team answered the question with this winning short.

From Woodbury University located in Burbank, CA. 4 teams working away on a Friday night.

The next day, the teams are tried, but continue to work until the final deadline at 5pm.

The Freshmen team are hanging in there too...

 

 If you have any comments for the animators, please let us know...  And now, here are their films.

 The Pink Ladies, our Freshmen entry... Curious Rendezvous

Team Evil entry...  Angus and Arthur

Team Magma entry... Just Another Day

 

The Coffee Owls with: Painful Equality

Now that the results are in, take a moment and vote on your favorite. Any comments are welcomed and will be posted for the students to learn and improve from. 

48 Hours and counting...

Check back on Friday after 5pm pst to learn more about...

Big Animation Events coming in September!

If you want to learn more about the history of animation and live in the Los Angeles area, there are a lot of Animation events happening in September.


On September 13th!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting 3 animation events starting at 5pm:

GERTIE THE DINOSAUR AND THE BIRTH OF PERSONALITY ANIMATION!

John Canemaker will present a lecture about Winsor McCay, creator of Gertie the Dinosaur and the making of his 1914 classic, Gertie the Dinosaur.

 

 McCay drew 10,000 drawings to create Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914 which were all drawn on one level, no cels were used.

Then at 7:30pm

You will learn about THE LOST NOTEBOOK: HERMAN SCHULTHEIS AND THE SECRETS OF WALT DISNEY'S MOVIE MAGIC

And Finally at 8:45pm
A Screening of Walt Disney's Fantasia!
For tickets and info, click the link below...

Animation Masters: John Canemaker Celebrates Winsor McCay and Walt Disney | Events Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Sept 21: Chuck Jones 102gether! held at the Alex Theater in Glendale at 3pm.
Then on September 13th!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting 3 animation events starting at 5pm:

And if you are an animation student wishing you could be apart of an animation production, here's a  the 24 HOUR Animation Contest. There may be time to enter your school, so check it out!


 

Aubry Mintz has been running a 24 hour animation contest for the past 7 years and has had excellent results and responses from our industry sponsors, including CTNX, Disney, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, ToonBoom, DigiCel and more!

Last year with 50 teams (250 students) from 11 schools participating it was the largest one yet! This contest teaches students about working together, meeting deadlines and making creative decisions under pressure. Although it is quite a bit to do in such a short time, every year we always have completed, colored films!!! AND they all have a lot of fun and return for more each year!

Please send these attached fliers out to your student/clubs and please let me know if we can expect participation from your school and I will add your schools name to our list and email group. 

Follow the contest on FB https://www.facebook.com/groups/379701672098072/

This year the contest will take place on Friday September 26^th at 5pm PST to Saturday September 27^th at 5pm. At Friday at 5pm, the theme of the contest is announced and each group takes some time to come up with an short animated idea based on the theme. 

I will be there from the beginning and attempt to document some of the productions which will be coming out of Woodbury University's Animation Teams. Check back to see what happens and view the final student films!

If you know of any future animation events, please let me know.