THE IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE CHARACTER DESIGN FOR ANIMATION, STORYBOARDING AND VISUALISATION FOR ANIMATION - TIPS & TRICKS

Eleonora Asparuhova - 2D animator & Lecturer in Animation at School of Digital Arts
(SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

This masterclass will focus on the importance of effective, well-thought and purposeful character design for animation, examining ways that will help you develop designs that are ‘clever’ and serve not only the purpose of the film, but meets the projects’ constraints and limitations. From consideration of shape language, through final character construction sheets, this masterclass will provide industry insights, tips and tricks into finding the right balance between vision and suitable character design for animation production.

JUAN PABLO ZARAMELLA - ARGENTINA - MEMBER OF THE HOLLYWOOD ACADEMY
Quality Stop motion animation - technology

A journey through the development possibilities of short films, spots, and series in animation.

Juan Pablo Zaramella is a director, animator and illustrator
with a strong interest in creativity and ideas.
With more than 10 shorts and 2 TV series, is one of the
current references in the world of animation.
In 2010, Annecy International Animation Festival presented
a special program with a selection of his works.
His film Luminaris has won 324 awards, becoming the
Guinness World Record holder to the Most Awarded
Short in history in 2018, including the Audience Award
and Fipresci Award at Annecy 2011, and was also Oscars
Shortlisted.
In 2016 he created and directed “The Tiniest Man in the
World”, a 52 episode series made in co-production with
France and Argentina.
Zaramella‘s new projects are a new short film, called
„Passenger“ (in production) and a feature film in
development called CODA, project winner of Ciclic Award
at Annecy-Mifa 2020.

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VENTSISLAV LUKANOV - FOUNDER OF THE STARTUP COMPANY VRTUAL SPACE, WHICH SPECIALIZES IN THE CREATION OF SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, HOLOGRAMS, AND VIRTUAL SCENES.
Spatial visualization technologies: a virtual layer of the present and the future

HOW TO CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR ANIMATIONS

More and more often we see commercials for books in which the pictures come to life. How does this happen? Maya Bocheva - Wiki will demonstrate by showing you the books from the multimedia series "Tui-Onui", which come to life in videos with songs, commercials, short animations and even games.

How illustrations turn into animations - come to Maya's master class and you will understand. You don't have to be a professional in this field. Maya will explain and show in accessible language the ways in which each of you can achieve this.

BOGOMILA TODOROVA - “HONOR ME ...” - Initiative for creating animated miniatures based on works by Bulgarian children’s authors