This was the first-of-its-kind trip that students of Arena Animation Park Street were undertaking – the trip to Anifest 2008. This was one of our steps towards exposing our students to the realities in the world of animation…realities they were still unaware of.
Anifest 2008 turned out to be much more than just an eye-opener. It turned out to be a teacher, a thought-provoker, a constant nagging voice inside our hearts telling us to raise the bar of our expectations from ourselves.. The festival ‘by the animators, for the animators’, introduced us to a new perspective – a whole new way of looking at animation.
I had always known that animation is not just about anything and everything that moves. Mr. Prakash Moorthy, added much more to that by his statement - "Animation is the art of movements that are drawn; not drawings that move." From this point onwards, our way of following the sessions of the fest definitely changed course. I won’t try to put three days of Anifest 08 at a single bit of space (they say half knowledge is dangerous.) Rather, I’ll just put up one-liners by people whom we animation lovers look up to… people who’ve been there and done that… the esteemed speakers at Anifest 08.
· It is not enough to tell a story. It is IMPORTANT to tell the story with artistic visualization.
· Even when you sit to write a story for animation, you need to know animation inside out.
· One just can’t go to the computer and start designing when one is not clear about it in the mind. It’s like going somewhere and not knowing the way!
· It’s important to learn to see things differently. To see differently – learn to see what others ignore.
· Software is like pen and paper. Anything you write doesn’t automatically become good. To be able to communicate well, you must have something to say in the first place.
· To reach the specific shot that you want from a general aspect of something , you need a unique idea. There might be a single story and there may well be a thousand ways of telling it. That’s the fundamental difference between story and story-telling.
· Take care about the APPEAL of the shot. It is very important to hit the emotional core of the shot.
· Analyze your strength and work with it. Don’t try to do everything at the same time.
· Whatever is your software or technology (2D/ 3D/ Motion Capture/Motion Control etc) used for your animation, PRE-PRODUCTION and PRE-PLANNING is very important to maintain the correct FEEL of every shot taken.
· The best way to design an original character is to go a little CRAZY while visualizing it!
· Patience till one “HITS THE RHYTHM” is the key to any good animation.
· Love what you are doing – love the process – but never fall in love with your creation… it arrests your improvement.
· Have FUN – it shows in your work!
If I’d have to make an attempt to put my experience of the festival in one line I’d say that – it all begins with the idea, which is very personal and if you are really passionate about it, the ways to execute your idea are endless.
If you know your “why”, you will find the “how”.
- Atreyee Kar
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3 comments:
Excellent sum up of the essence of the fest, which reconfirms the requirement of holistic approach in learning animation.
Toolers beware of future shock!
Isn't this what we are trying to say through our HAT Methodology? If you can read the essence of this methodology, this is what it is all about.
I would like to encourage all the budding animators to attend such festivals in the future.
We get the morale ,that is we have not done any mistake to adopt the concept of methodology, but we can do the mistake, if we don't implement HAT regularly to make a habit.The "change" has ultimately shows that we are very far(in all respect) from them.
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