Phew whats a hectic few days. Lots of 5 am wake up calls and 11 pm dinners. I was in NASSCOM thursday and Friday and we flew back from hyderabad on friday night. Flight was delayed by 3 plus hours. So it took off at 1130 pm. The return flight was like a who's who of bangalore animation business. Rajesh was there, thhe guys from virgin and dr nandish from paprikas besided modi and bill. Lots of vendors sun, amd and ibm also were sprinkled around the cabin.
Back home and back to team. The next day we had a seminar. More than 120 people showed up. We had seats for 67 in the screening room. It was standing room only and then even that was gone. Great time for the AC to break down. But people bore it bravely as they put up with my bad jokes and listened as bill aaraty and raj spent time convincing them why the computer is not such a great thing. The mind is...
Why is this so hard to understand???? The computer doesnt do anything its the person behind it. learning a software is not gonna make u an artist. Its just so frustrating when students for takshaa ask for xsi or maya or max. Even after all the lectures abt art, it still comes back to software. They think that knowing software will get them all there is to know about animation.
Here r my notes from the talk as nasscom. I used some of it and did not use a lot of it. And I said somethings not in these notes.
NASSCOM_notes.pdf
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
clarification
Business standard did misquote bill and I on key facts but I did speak to the journalist. In my previous post I was refering to the awn article which sourced the business standard article and then further misquoted the misquotes. I immediatly came out with the blog post but avoided mentioning AWN. I Also took this up with AWN and they very kindly corrected the article. The revised version of which appears here ------> awn article
Monday, January 09, 2006
Nasscom
I am off to nasscom hyderabad on Wednesday. I am pretty exicted to meet the rest of the folks involved in animation in india and i think its great to have a forum like this to exchange ideas. Lots and lots of great people expected.
Very exicted to meet everyone. If one reading this is gonna be there and wants to hang out email me at mittina@hotmail.com
Very exicted to meet everyone. If one reading this is gonna be there and wants to hang out email me at mittina@hotmail.com
Wow
WOW! I really mean WOW! Today has been a wierd day. So, Bill calls me up and says that there is been an article on a leading online animation news site. I thought maybe some sort of article about creating IP( intellectual property) or something cause that was the last topic of discussion with Bill.
He proceeds to read the article and my heart begins to sink. Then he continues and my heart begins to dig a hole in the ground and sink deeper. Then I thought he was joking. Then I am totally stunned.
Turns out there has been an article published online which totally out of the blue made up statements and attributed it to me. They had me claim that our studio produced 12 seconds of animation a day per artist!!!!! It had me say that in Dreamwork and pixar people did a measly 3 sec a day!! I worked at dreamworks and I know what it took to get a shot finalled. I have never spoken to any journalist from the site. Nor have I ever said to anybody words to that extent.
Where the journo got the words from remains a mystery. Why were we the chosen target, remains a mystery.
Our goal has always been to go good quality animation. The best we can. Bill and I are trying to bring that appreciation for quality in everything we do. We tell everyone who will listen that animation is hard. It takes patience. In our studio we constantly discuss milt kahl and go over the nine old men's work frame by frame. We appreciate how much work it takes to do good work.
One of the reasons why we setup up a studio of our own was to do just that.
I hate that I was made to say things that are so contrary to what I believe. If it was a typo I would have understood. But this article made seem that that we "boasted" that we can produce 12 secs of animation per day per artist. It seemed that wee pited pixar and dreamworks who could do only 3-5 secs a day!!! Reading that article made me visualize of us as fat, cigar chomping sweatshop owners with whips, leaning back in plush room while gloating about our "efficent" meathods of production.
To create images - That is the power of media. I am trying to correct our image in anyway I can. Please link to this entry and help me.
Artists create images too. Ittina animation studios tries to do the best work it can. Our goal is to not compromise in quality in anyway. We have utmost respect for quality animation and dont denegrate it in any way. We love what we do and are proud of what we do. We stand behind our work for it is who we are ( "your shots are there for ever" - ollie johnson) And we have stories to tell and miles to go before we sleep.
He proceeds to read the article and my heart begins to sink. Then he continues and my heart begins to dig a hole in the ground and sink deeper. Then I thought he was joking. Then I am totally stunned.
Turns out there has been an article published online which totally out of the blue made up statements and attributed it to me. They had me claim that our studio produced 12 seconds of animation a day per artist!!!!! It had me say that in Dreamwork and pixar people did a measly 3 sec a day!! I worked at dreamworks and I know what it took to get a shot finalled. I have never spoken to any journalist from the site. Nor have I ever said to anybody words to that extent.
Where the journo got the words from remains a mystery. Why were we the chosen target, remains a mystery.
Our goal has always been to go good quality animation. The best we can. Bill and I are trying to bring that appreciation for quality in everything we do. We tell everyone who will listen that animation is hard. It takes patience. In our studio we constantly discuss milt kahl and go over the nine old men's work frame by frame. We appreciate how much work it takes to do good work.
One of the reasons why we setup up a studio of our own was to do just that.
I hate that I was made to say things that are so contrary to what I believe. If it was a typo I would have understood. But this article made seem that that we "boasted" that we can produce 12 secs of animation per day per artist. It seemed that wee pited pixar and dreamworks who could do only 3-5 secs a day!!! Reading that article made me visualize of us as fat, cigar chomping sweatshop owners with whips, leaning back in plush room while gloating about our "efficent" meathods of production.
To create images - That is the power of media. I am trying to correct our image in anyway I can. Please link to this entry and help me.
Artists create images too. Ittina animation studios tries to do the best work it can. Our goal is to not compromise in quality in anyway. We have utmost respect for quality animation and dont denegrate it in any way. We love what we do and are proud of what we do. We stand behind our work for it is who we are ( "your shots are there for ever" - ollie johnson) And we have stories to tell and miles to go before we sleep.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
MADAGASCAR DVD releases in india.
Is being relesed with much fan fare in India. I wont say i am bog fan of the ad's. They are done very badly. There is no sense of unity with them. You are bombarded with random clips from the movie and its seems like the editors is hoping they will add up to something. All it does add up to nonsense.
Honestly very disspointing TV spots being played here. Reflects the Big studios lack of understanding of the indian audience.
Honestly very disspointing TV spots being played here. Reflects the Big studios lack of understanding of the indian audience.
Monday, November 21, 2005
I love blogging
When you decide to create a blog its like you create a concience. Its is always there, sitting in the corner of your mind reminding you to reflect and observe. Not matter how long you stay away, the fact that you have one reminds you to come back to it.
Its been such a long time since i last updated this but having a blog is a constant reminder that i have to come back to it. It doesnt matter if i write something productive or not. But just the act of having a place where I can sit down and think and write a few lines is surprisingly relaxing. And I know exactly what the frame of my mind was when i was writing even after many many months.
This is a most useless entry but i still love it. Who do i thank for blogging?
Its been such a long time since i last updated this but having a blog is a constant reminder that i have to come back to it. It doesnt matter if i write something productive or not. But just the act of having a place where I can sit down and think and write a few lines is surprisingly relaxing. And I know exactly what the frame of my mind was when i was writing even after many many months.
This is a most useless entry but i still love it. Who do i thank for blogging?
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