On 16th February 2013, Nagpur was host to a hands-on workshop in Model Animation with the Vaibhav Studios team, where the process of stop motion/puppet/clay animation was demonstrated live. This included techniques like displacement as well as replacement animation. Stop motion professional artists guided the participants to create their own wire frame armatures for stop motion. All the material for the workshop was provided by TASI.

The workshop demonstrated the following:

1. Stop motion film screenings: puppets, clay, different materials, pixillation
2. Replacement/ displacement animation techniques
3. Translating a 2d character design into an armature diagram
4. Live demonstration of the process of making armatures
5. Tips and suggestions on materials
6. Action analysis
7. Shoot set up
8. Live demonstration of the stop motion animation shoot
9. Playback of the action and review
10. Exhibition of participants’ armatures
11. Q&A

The response was fantastic and now artists and aspiring animators from Nagpur and nearby towns are eager for more such workshops.

Speaker: Manoj Menon
Date: 12th January
Time: 9 am to 2 pm
Venue: JAIN ANIMATION SCHOOL, JGI Knowledge Campus, 44/44 District Fund Road, Behind Big Bazaar, Jayanagar,
9th Block, Bangalore

Program

Talented concept artist Manoj Menon took us through the process of Character Design, Visual Development and Story Creation. The ‘show and tell ‘ session covered:

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DATE: 24th November
TIME: 10 am to 4 pm
VENUE: Chanakya Institute of Management Studies & Research (Sthanikraj Bhavan, C D Barfiwala Marg (Juhu Lane), Andheri West)

Program:

10.00: Screening of Sons of Ram
12.00: Sons of Ram – Behind the scenes followed by Q&A with Kushal Ruia
1.00: LUNCH break
2.00: Screening of scenes from Krishna aur Kans followed by the making of the film and Q&A with Vikram Veturi and Ashish Kulkarni

Team TASI poses with a very enthusiastic Hans Bacher

About Hans Bacher

In his 40th year in the industry, production designer Hans Bacher is acknowledged as one of the legends in animation film design. His work with Walt Disney Feature Animation, Richard Williams, and Steven Spielberg’s Amblimation saw him production design for such historic films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Aladdin, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Balto, Hercules, Fantasia 2000, Lilo and Stitch, Little Match Girl, Brother Bear and Mulan amongst several others. He is a member of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences and has been honored with the Golden Camera Award and an Annie for outstanding individual achievement in Production Design. His first book, Dreamworlds: Production Design for Animation, published by Focal Press, Oxford is considered the best textbook for this subject worldwide.

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