This Thursday May 16th, Cinefamily will feature work by current students from the Experimental and Character Animation programs at CalArts! It’s going to be an exciting evening of films!
The event begins at 11:59PM on Thursday May 16th, at 611 North Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Click here to buy tickets!!
On Wednesday May 8th 2013, we held our annual Producers’ Show at the Television Academy’s Leonard H. Goldenson Theater in North Hollywood. This year’s show featured guest of honor (and alum) Brad Bird, who gave out the Walter & Gracie Lantz Animation Prize to Jacob Streilein for his film “Punctuwool” and the Peers’ Pick to John Kim for “The Sugar Bugs.”
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Photographs by Scott Groller, unless otherwise indicated. © CalArts 2013
CalArts held an interdisciplinary Digital Arts Expo yesterday, featuring innovative work from across the institute. The event was helmed by Ajay Kapur, Director of Music Technology and Associate Dean for Research and Development in Digital Arts.
Many dedicated students put long hours into creating, arranging, performing, leading and curating for the expo, including Hil Jaeger, Andrew Flores, Colin Honigman, Youngmin Joo, David Howe, Jason Jahnke, and Elijah Kleeman (to name just a few). Please enjoy this photo album by Andrew Flores showcasing artwork, musical robotics, and performances by members of the CalArts community.
Several films by Character Animation students were featured last night in the Roy O. Disney Concert Hall as well:
Our students each make one film per year (and sometimes more!), working extremely hard from initial concept to final render. They create their films individually, often sitting side by side in our computer labs and cubes, supporting each other and giving feedback. Their films are diverse in storytelling and design, and unified by a bold exploration of creativity and imagination.
Starting soon, we’ll feature one film per day, spotlighting each student filmmaker. Meantime, please enjoy all the films:
2013 CalArts Character Animation Student Films - Vimeo Channel
2013 CalArts Character Animation Student Films - YouTube Playlist
CalArts student David Braun and Arts Center student Micah Cordy are collaborating on a multimedia interactive project called “The Claytheist” — they’ve got a Kickstarter going on now, with four days left. Check it out!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1761596428/the-claytheist//
Mark Andrews, alum of our program, and director of Pixar’s “Brave,” kicked off the school year with a talk, a screening of the film, and a Q&A session. It was as lively and spirited as ever — lots of great discussion about his work and the film! Thanks to Mark for visiting, and we hope to see him back again soon. Thanks as well to Jennifer Dunlap from Pixar.
Full photo set on our Facebook page
(Photographs by Katelyn Gannon)
Ryan Shaw’s BFA4 film “D is for Danger” was selected for our 2010 Producers’ Show — it’s a great short film!
Congratulations to CalArts Experimental MFA student Emily Brundige—creator of “Pubertina,” an upcoming web series! Read all about it in the Los Angeles Times article “New Animated Series to Debut on Online Channel Shut Up! Cartoons.”
Rika Endo’s BFA1 film “Free Me Monopoly” (2010), and her blog!
Catching up on our “a film a day” series — next up is Patrick Harpin’s film “Turtle Pancakes” (2010)! Patrick is a gifted storyteller and excellent artist — you’ll really enjoy his film.
Many thanks to John Andrews, co-founder and co-director of the Los Angeles Animation Festival, for the screening of CalArts animated films on Sunday. Check out this nice review from Screen Invasion. And — shout-out to alum Shion Takeuchi, whose film “When the Time is Ripe” is highlighted in the article!
Alum Alex Hirsch’s show “Gravity Falls” (Disney TV) will air starting this June 2012. Read about it in the Los Angeles Times article “It’s a New Scene at Disney Channel.” Check out “Off the Wall,” one of his CalArts films — great fun.
Many of you know Nelson Boles’ recent film, “Little Boat” (2011). However, have you also seen Nelson’s “orfeu” (2010)? Check it out!
Next up in our “a film a day” series: Misty Marsden’s BFA4 “Stringbean” (2010). Her BFA3 film “On My Way…” was in our 2009 Producers’ Show. Misty has some beautiful work in her online portfolio, too: http://mistyportfolio.blogspot.com/.
Didn’t finish the bg but I liked the girl haha
Only a couple more weeks in Paris….quick sunday sketchin’
It’s all fun and games till she steals the book from the library.
Paper texture credit: http://lostandtaken.com/
listening to Anamanaguchi’s new album Endless Fantasy obsessively (LOOK AT WHAT THESE GUYS DO ITS AWESOME)
this is inspired by “Total Tea Time”...
Something I did (along with my Thesis installation) during my last semester at CalArts. Inspired by my dog, Render.
2012-2013. What a year it has been. After many drawings, struggles, and one film later, my first year at CalArts is soon coming to...
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gypsy cat fight
