Arena Newsletter January 2019 by Creosouls

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Posted on February 21, 2019 - 11:43 am



Arena Newsletter January 2019

Industry Insights
91st Oscars: The Animated Feature Nominees
Leading up to the Oscar Sunday on February 24th, catch up on the nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards.
This year’s nominees for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, culled from a field of 25 contenders, represent some of the biggest creative efforts of an industry that is constantly evolving, pushing boundaries with new techniques and technologies that refine and stretch the rich history of what has come before.
They include an iconic family of superheroes, a band of scrappy underdogs, a time-travelling baby, the wide world of the web, and an entirely fresh look at a familiar character.
Nominees for Best Animated Feature:
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
YouTube Link:
Oscars 2019 ‘Best Animated Film’ TOP 5 nominees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NMnyRxLbTs
Source: oscar.go.com
Courtesy: www.awn.com
91st Oscars: The Animated Feature Nominees
91st Oscars: The Visual Effects Nominees
The Oscars 2019 Visual Effects nominations have been announced! Five films are now competing to take home the most prestigious award in film, the Oscar, with the winner revealed on Oscar Sunday on February 24th.
This year’s nominees for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects includes, emotive performances from digital characters alongside galaxies of wonder, interstellar battles, photo-real digital doubles and the recreation of iconic characters from beloved classic films.
Nominees for Best Visual Effects:
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
YouTube Link:
Best Visual Effects Nominations | Oscars 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msaez3lepQ4
Source: oscar.go.com
Courtesy: www.awn.com
91st Oscars: The Visual Effects Nominees
91st Oscars: The Animated Short Film Nominees
The Oscars 2019 Short Film (Animated) nominations have been announced! Five films are now competing to take home the most prestigious award.
This year’s nominees for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film include a hilarious animal menagerie, a mother coping with empty nest syndrome, a poignant examination of memory, an ambitious shot to the Moon, and a touching look at divorce.
Nominees for Best Animated Short Film:
Animal Behaviour
Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends
YouTube Link: Oscars 2019 – Short Film (Animated) Nominees
https://oscar.go.com/video/best-animated-short-film-nominees/animal-behaviour-trailer
YouTube Link:
Bilby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4gYNfJUj2k
Source: oscar.go.com
Courtesy: www.awn.com
91st Oscars: The Animated Short Film Nominees
Activities and Academics
Seminar on VFX and Animation
A Seminar on VFX and Animation was conducted by Arena Animation on 31st January at VMV College and Government College, which was attended by 129 and 75 students respectively
Seminar on VFX and Animation
Parent Teacher Meeting
Arena Animation conducted a Parent Teacher Meeting for its faculty and parents of its students, which helped them understand about the industry, and the various courses available for the students and their future in animation.
Parent Teacher Meeting
Pre-production Workshop
A Pre-production Workshop was conducted by Arena Animation, which was attended by 15 students
Pre-production Workshop
Animation Pipeline Session
Arena Animation’s new centre was inaugurated by Seema Latkar, IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law & Order). The Arena Animation team organised a session on Animation Pipeline at J.N. Bandari Fine Arts College.
Animation Pipeline Session
Good Conversation Starts with Coffee
Arena Animation conducted an event called ‘Good Conversation Starts with Coffee’. It was a technical discussion among guest speakers like Yunus Bukhari – Founder, Artery Animation, Chaitanya – Filmmaker, Elumalai Somu – Animation Manager at Zynga, Ibrahim Basha – Sr. Animator, MPC and Mehul Mahicha – Director, Vivi5 Animation Art Studio on 12th January. It was attended by 100 students.
Arena Animation organised a great interactive session on 12th January where the HR of Xentrix Studios – Mr. Rahul discussed with the students about the strength of the studio and what skillsets were expected from the students to join them. The session was attended by more than 60 students.
Good Conversation Starts with Coffee
Good Conversation Starts with Coffee
Live 3D Modelling
Arena Animation conducted a session on Live 3D Modelling with thermocol. It was attended by 5 students.
Live 3D Modelling
Live 3D Modelling
Clay Modelling 2D Mural Workshop
A Clay Modelling Workshop to create 2D murals was conducted by Arena Animation. It was attended by 5 students.
Clay Modelling 2D Mural Workshop
Comic Illustration
A Comic Illustration activity was conducted by Arena Animation, which was attended by 10 participants.
Comic Illustration
Outdoor Sketching and Photoshop Training
Arena Animation conducted an Outdoor Sketching session in January, where 4 students participated in live sketching and learnt about Film Location Art. Photoshop Training from Amazon Placement Cell was also organised by Arena Animation, where 10 students received training on using Photoshop professionally. They also participated in Amazon HR Interview
Outdoor Sketching and Photoshop Training
Workshop on VFX Green Screen Removal
A Student Workshop was conducted by Mr. Tejas Porecha – Regional Academic Head on VFX Green Screen Removal and Compositing on 16th January. 33 students participated in the workshop.
Workshop on VFX Green Screen Removal
Workshop on VFX Green Screen Removal
Workshop on Media and Entertainment Industry
Arena Animation conducted a workshop on Media and Entertainment Industry exclusively for women at Anna Adarsh College.
Workshop on Media and Entertainment Industry
Animation Camp
Arena Animation conducted a session on Digital Photography wherein students were given certificates post session. This was conducted under Animation Camp.
Animation Camp
Pongal Celebration
Arena Animation celebrated Pongal by decorating the centre with sugarcane, coloured papers and artworks of students. Activities like Rangoli and Drawing Competition, Musical Chairs, Throwball and Arm Wrestling were conducted.
Pongal Celebration
Republic Day Celebration
Republic Day was celebrated at Arena Animation centres across the country on 26th January. On this occasion, an activity ‘Design a Logo for your City’ was also conducted, where students from participating centres had to design a logo for their respective cities. 21 centres with 285 students participated in the event..
Republic Day Celebration
Placement Highlights
Placement Highlights
Creosouls is a Social Network Portal specialising in showcasing talent and online portfolio to build careers of budding students. Arena Animation is the first and the only brand to implement this platform worldwide for students. There are around 27,235 total users of this platform with a total of 34,244 projects.
The Arena Animation Regional Academic Heads conducted a training and appreciation activity for those students whose projects are trending by giving them Creosouls T-shirts.
A Student Session on Creosouls was conducted by Arena Animation on 17th January, where students’ works were acknowledged and activities related to Creosouls were held.
West Region
West Region
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