Events
Anigraph 2004 opens Thursday
MUMBAI: Anigraph 2004′, which claims to be India’s biggest & best Animation, Graphics and Visual Effects Event, opens tomorrow at Mumbai’s swank Rangsharda auditorium .
The show, organised by ACM Siggraph Mumbai (India) Chapter has India’s VFX pioneer Ramesh Meer at the helm of affairs. Meer’s stature in the field of VFX, coupled with the backing of Siggraph make the event look promising. The timings for the show are 10 am to 6 pm.
Voicing his anticipation for the show, Meer said, “ACM Siggraph has around five hundred members of which four hundred are expected to attend the show.”
He added, “The Rang Sharda auditorium has around eight hundred seats, half are reserved for members of the trade and the other half is kept for the students.”
The show is supported by Broadcast India and APAI (Animation Producers of India), Arena Multimedia and Image Institute.
The exhibition will showcase state-of-the-art products and technology. A press release states that the confirmed exhibitors include Seagate, Apple, Shaf, IBM, Leitch, Softimage, Eyeon Inc, Alias, Krops and Motion Builder.
Amongst the exhibitors who shall make presentations are Discreet, Alias and Softimage who will present the best creative aspects of their animation and compositing software.
Discreet will also unveil the Digital Grading Technology used in last years animated top grosser “Finding Nemo.” The Japanese motion capture product Krops will also be discussed and demonstrated at the show.
Listed below are a few things to look out for at Anigraph 2004
Discussions & Presentations
Creating 3D stereoscopic film : Aabra Ka Dabra – Vinay Naik, Ramesh Meer.
June 24, 03.30 pm
FX Factory’sRamesh Meer and Vinay Naik elaborate on the making of the 3D Film Aabra Ka Daabra.
Localisation of Animation in India, Will it work.
June 25, 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm
Panelists include 2nzCEO Kireet Khurana, Nina Sabnani from NID, Biren Ghose from Animation Bridge, Rajiv Sangari – Padmalaya, A D Mehta of Escotoonz, and Nirmala from Splash TV.
Martin Poole’s presentation on motion tracking.
June 26, 12.30 pm
Martin Poole of The Pixel Farm, UK is specially flying down to explain how their software created the motion tracking of one of the Hollywood’s recent biggest box office grosser films, “Cold Mountain.” A Japanese product called Krops, the cost effective product for Motion Capture will also be discussed and demonstrated at the show.
Animation & Visual effects for Advertising & Television.
June 26, 02.30 pm
The well known Ara, from Famous CineFX will take this session. Famous is one of India’s foremost FX studios for FX in advertisements.
Creating digital visual effects for Movies and Television.
June 26, 04.30 pm
The session on Digital Visual Effects will have country’s best companies showing how the visual effects were done for films like Main Hoon Na, Hero- The Love Story of a Spy, Baaz- The Bird in Danger, Jaal- The Trap, Jai Jantaram Jai Mantaram, Agnipankh, Netaji, Hatim and Aabra-Ka- Daabra.
MUMBAI: Disney Star India is in the running for this year’s IBC2024 Innovation Awards which are to be held on 15 September at 18 hours. The category for which it has been shortlisted is the social impact award for its work with India Signing Hands through which it brought the IPL 2024 coverage to almost 67 million hard of hearing and 34 million visually impaired fans on Star Sports.
Late last month, the IBC announced the finalists for the IBC Innovation Awards which celebrate and honour collaborative initiatives leading to ground-breaking solutions that address real-world media, entertainment and technology industry challenges. This year’s awards bring together under one roof IBC’s innovation and social impact awards to create a unified celebration of industry advances, with five categories now being judged: content creation, content distribution, content everywhere, social Impact, and environment & sustainability.
“This year’s entries once again showcased the global reach and appeal of the IBC Innovation Awards with projects of the highest quality received from six continents,” said chair of the 2024 IBC Innovation Awards jury Fergal Ringrose. “Meanwhile, constantly evolving delivery methods and audience consumption patterns demand that content producers around the globe must innovate dynamically in order to stay relevant and competitive in the modern media and entertainment technology ecosystem. I would like to sincerely thank our panel of judges for their diligence and ability to adapt, as we brought our three content categories together with environment and sustainability and social impact this year for our new-look IBC Innovation Awards.”
Former news anchor Sasha Qadri is set to host the awards in the auditorium complex at the RAI on Sunday.
This year’s finalists in the Content Creation category include:
* The National Football League (US), ESPN, Disney/Pixar and Beyond Sports for creating the first fully animated, real-time NFL alternative broadcast set in the Toy Story universe.
* Olympic Broadcasting Services and partners for live broadcast production with more than 200 smartphones contributing video for the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony and a sea-based 5G network for sailing competitions in Marseille.
* Aspire for working with Vislink and FocalPoint VR to develop a virtual reality over RF wireless solution for the inaugural season of Aspire’s Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL).
The organisations named as finalists in Content Distribution are:
* Claro for creating a new approach to pay TV in Brazil, integrating streaming channels and applications, delivering entertainment to consumers with a complete pay TV offer.
* NBCUniversal Operations and Technology for its pioneering project to transform the way its TV channels are delivered to consumers worldwide.
* The National Hockey League (Canada and US) in partnership with Verizon, AWS, Zixi, Vizrt and Evertz, for producing a 5G and Edge compute framework for assembly, control and delivery of live broadcast.
The Content Everywhere finalists are:
* LaLiga for working with Play Anywhere and Ease Live to enable true fan interactivity for itself and its worldwide broadcast and streaming partners.
*Red Bull Media House for bringing together real-time GPS tracking, data management and advanced visualisation to transform viewing experience across live broadcast, web widgets and AR mobile app.
* Franceinfo (France Télévisions) for working with PimpMyCompany to aggregate text/audio/video/photo messages from various platforms and broadcasting them live on air.
Apart from Disney Star, the Social Impact finalists are:
* CultureQ for a new technology platform developed by indigenous-owned tech company Kiwa Digital that enables indigenous peoples globally to revitalise their language and culture at scale, while retaining sovereignty
* Sesame Workshop for its Watch Play Learn Distribution Hub which allows government agencies and aid organisations to preview and request videos for children in crisis settings.
The Environment & Sustainability finalists are:
* France Télévisions for reducing CO2 emissions by 300 tons via a pioneering 100% glass-to-glass cloud production and private 5G network.
* GreeningofStreaming for addressing growing industry concerns about the energy impact of the streaming sector, with international reach and over 30 member organisations.
* Anton/Bauer for Salt-E Dog which harnesses the power of sodium chemistry to enable sustainable television production practices.
The Innovation Awards ceremony will also feature the presentation of the IBC International Honour for Excellence, which goes to an individual or organisation that has made an outstanding impact in the industry, and the best technical paper, with all papers being presented at the 2024 IBC Conference that runs 13-15 September in the auditorium complex of the RAI.
