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Creative Dhamaka in Kolkata

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ADITYA CHARI – A well-known figure in the field of fine art, Aditya was born and brought up in Navi Mumbai. Aditya belongs to the family of well-known artist Sir Dr. SM Pandit who was considered the Bramha Guru of Indian fine art. Also, Aditya’s Father Late Mr. Nagraj Chari was a well-known painter. He graduated from Sir JJ School of Fine Art. Aditya is carrying forward the legacy of his family and has worked as a concept artist with big banner films such as BAAHUBALI’ The Beginning & BAAHUBALI, RANG RASIYA, YUGPURUSH, RAMAYAN, HIRANYAKASHIPU, SANGHMITRA, GARUDA, THE VILLAGE. He has also worked for music director Shri. M M Keervani (Academy Award winner). Aditya has also authored books called DESSINER LE CORPS HUMAIN (French), FIGURE STUDY MADE EASY & PORTRAIT TECHNIQUES MADE EASY. Aditya has been awarded by several organizations for his contribution to teaching of fine art. He has more than 2 decades of experience working in various fields of gaming, comics, teaching and animation. Aditya is currently based in Pune and is actively involved in online teaching & spreading awareness on the importance of the foundation study of fine art.

SAUMIN SURESH PATEL is a visual artist based out in Mumbai, India. His passion for cinema and comics reflects well across his work. Some of his recent storyboard projects include Andhadhun, Merry Christmas, Ikkis for Sriram Raghavan, Panipat for Ashutosh Gowarikar & Lootcase for Rajesh Krishnan. His comic book projects include Stunt for Indusverse, Mumbai Mcguffin, 18 days, Mighty yeti and Devi for Graphic India, Agent Vinod : The Jungfrau Encounter for Westland. He aspires to tell some of his own stories through comics and Feature Films.

SANTOSH SAWANT is a Creative Director and Co-founder of Afternoon Films. With over two decades of experience in animation design and storytelling, Santosh has honed his craft through his work with esteemed studios such as UTV, Toons Animation, Famous Animations, and Future Thought. In 2010, he co-founded Afternoon Films, where he specializes in unique storytelling and has an exceptional eye for design, craft, and technology. Throughout his career, Santosh has directed a range of animation projects, from short films to TV shows and commercials, demonstrating his versatile talents in the field.

Vaibhav More Films was founded in 2009. Founder/owner/director Vaibhav More is a graduate of Sir J J school of Art. He has worked for brands like the Times of India, MTV, VH1, Nickolodeon, Reliance and TATA Indicom. His work has received many national and international awards. The studio is an Animation and VFX service provider. Along with concept development and content creation and is providing creative services to various TV channels, advertising agencies and production houses.

Since 2014 the studio is using Open Source Software – primarily Blender and Krita. Vaibhav is also an active educator teaching animation and vfx. He conducts sessions and seminars across India. He’s excited to spread awareness about open source software.

Creative Dhamaka in Pune

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Date: April 8, 2023
Venue: NFDC – National Film Archive of India Law College Road, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune

Our onsite events resumed with the first one in Pune.

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ADITYA CHARI – A well-known figure in the field of fine art, Aditya was born and brought up in Navi Mumbai. Aditya belongs to the family of well-known artist Sir Dr. SM Pandit who was considered the Bramha Guru of Indian fine art. Also, Aditya’s Father Late Mr. Nagraj Chari was a well-known painter. He graduated from Sir JJ School of Fine Art. Aditya is carrying forward the legacy of his family and has worked as a concept artist with big banner films such as BAAHUBALI’ The Beginning & BAAHUBALI, RANG RASIYA, YUGPURUSH, RAMAYAN, HIRANYAKASHIPU, SANGHMITRA, GARUDA, THE VILLAGE. He has also worked for music director Shri. M M Keervani (Academy Award winner). Aditya has also authored books called DESSINER LE CORPS HUMAIN (French), FIGURE STUDY MADE EASY & PORTRAIT TECHNIQUES MADE EASY. Aditya has been awarded by several organizations for his contribution to teaching of fine art. He has more than 2 decades of experience working in various fields of gaming, comics, teaching and animation. Aditya is currently based in Pune and is actively involved in online teaching & spreading awareness on the importance of the foundation study of fine art.

SAUMIN SURESH PATEL is a visual artist based out in Mumbai, India. His passion for cinema and comics reflects well across his work. Some of his recent storyboard projects include Andhadhun, Merry Christmas, Ikkis for Sriram Raghavan, Panipat for Ashutosh Gowarikar & Lootcase for Rajesh Krishnan. His comic book projects include Stunt for Indusverse, Mumbai Mcguffin, 18 days, Mighty yeti and Devi for Graphic India, Agent Vinod : The Jungfrau Encounter for Westland. He aspires to tell some of his own stories through comics and Feature Films.

SANTOSH SAWANT is a Creative Director and Co-founder of Afternoon Films. With over two decades of experience in animation design and storytelling, Santosh has honed his craft through his work with esteemed studios such as UTV, Toons Animation, Famous Animations, and Future Thought. In 2010, he co-founded Afternoon Films, where he specializes in unique storytelling and has an exceptional eye for design, craft, and technology. Throughout his career, Santosh has directed a range of animation projects, from short films to TV shows and commercials, demonstrating his versatile talents in the field.

Vaibhav More Films was founded in 2009. Founder/owner/director Vaibhav More is a graduate of Sir J J school of Art. He has worked for brands like the Times of India, MTV, VH1, Nickolodeon, Reliance and TATA Indicom. His work has received many national and international awards. The studio is an Animation and VFX service provider. Along with concept development and content creation and is providing creative services to various TV channels, advertising agencies and production houses.

Since 2014 the studio is using Open Source Software – primarily Blender and Krita. Vaibhav is also an active educator teaching animation and vfx. He conducts sessions and seminars across India. He’s excited to spread awareness about open source software.

Legal Speak with Isheta Batra

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Episode 1 – This ‘must attend’ first session will explain the nuances of Copyright Law in the Media and Entertainment Industry for artists, in a simple language and from a practical perspective. Aspects that will be addressed include:

  • Explaining the different kinds of work that can be protected and the differences between them.
  • Explaining why ‘copyright subsists not on ideas but on the expression of an idea’.
  • The thin line between copyright Inspiration v. copyright Infringement.
  • What is considered Original?
  • The difference between Authorship & Ownership – who gets the copyright in what situations and when can a person commercially exploit the rights.
  • Explaining the various Rights that artists should know about.
  • Understanding Copyright Infringement, what it is?
  • Understanidng Plagiarism?
  • Plus examples from Real life Case Studies from the media industry.

Click here to read more about Ms. Batra:

A graduate from the Symbiosis Law School, Noida, India, Ms. Isheta T Batra holds an LLM in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) & Technology Law from the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is the Founder of TrailBlazer Advocates.

She manages the IP portfolios of several companies and her expertise includes:

  • Copyrights and Trademarks
  • Devising IP Protection Plans
  • Brand Management Plans & Strategies
  • Drafting Take Down & Legal Notices for any kind of IP Infringement
  • Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating Agreements
  • Advising businesses on media & IP related matters
  • Wide range of legal and business issues including television, films, OTT etc.
  • Drafting, Reviewing & Negotiating media-related Contracts
  • Drafting important policies to manage content on the internet
  • Employee related matters
  • Latest laws and requisite compliances

You can reach her at isheta (dot) batra (at) tbalaw (dot) in

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Episode 2 – Explaining CONTRACTS, types and the various clauses that should be included in simple language and from a practical perspective. Isheta will explain what Vendors, Suppliers, Employers, Employees, Freelancers and Artists working on Contractual/Project basis should pay attention to, while signing off on a legally binding document. What is an NDA?, and what are the important clauses, besides the other legal jargon that is included in standard formats, and more….

Isheta T Batra is available for consult / advice on legal (at) tasionline (dot) org

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NFT with Aaron Leupp

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A session on NFTs and blockchain and everything inbetween. In this online interactive and hands-on event Aaron covered:
1. Brief outline of who he is and what he has done in the metaverse and NFTs so far.
2. Ideas on how on how artists can make money in the NFT and Metaverse Space.
3. How to get or buy or sell and get your first NFT for FREE.
4. How to set up a Metamask wallet # on chrome browser.
5. How to create your custom Waifumon NFT so he can promote it to help you get fans for FREE.
6. Methods he uses to promote to get fans and customers. How he sold thousands of NFTs and has over 50,000 holders and how you can too.
7. Getting your first Decentraland Metaverse Wearable for FREE.
8. Their First Latina Princess 3D Feature Film trailer and how they plan on funding it using NFTs.
9. How to submit content for FREE to our platform Satoshi.shop/stream to get funded
10. How everyone can try to monetize and make money as well in Web3 with their art and content.
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Featured in Forbes, Fox News, Huffpost, Techrunch and more Aaron Leupp and his company PromoAffiliates is most famous for acquiring millions of new users and millions of influencer views for his clients Uber, Uber Eats, Lyft, Postmates, DoorDash, Drizly, Shipt, Jet, to even down to helping smaller business like his family owned tuxedo shops. Moving to LA with just $64 cash in his pocket, Aaron worked his way up form Busser to Event Promoter to now Founder/CEO of a full stack marketing company PromoAffiliates, all thanks to you guys the clients!

Since the Web 3 revolution Aaron Leupp and his team have now sold over thousands of Waifumon NFTs and have over 50,000+ NFT holders and are the 2nd biggest collection in the world with over 150,000 unique NFTs in the collection. They have also helped tons of other teams launch their projects and enter the Metaverse. They also have given out and sold hundreds of Metaverse wearables NFTs in Decentraland and Sandbox to name a few.
They have been using the funds to launch Satoshi.shop/NFT which will be a place for artists and musicians to generate and sell a collection of NFTs with no coding required and any cryptocurrency or even USD fiat using familiar platforms like paypal/venmo like they have with Waifumon. Phase 2. will also be Satoshi.shop/IRL which will be an expansion of the platform for people being able to sell any products like ebay/amazon but for any cryptocurrency of their choosing using NFT technology.
In phase 3 they plan to launch Satoshi.shop/stream which will be a streaming platform like Netflix/Hulu but anyone can upload trailers, pilots and content, and the monthly subscribers get to vote on if they should get or continue to get funded or not. This is instead of the platform choosing for them like the other platforms do. They also plan to release The First Latina Princess 3D feature film in theaters and on this platform since Aaron being a Mexican American feels its finally time they get proper representation in the space. The First Latina Princess and Satoshi.shop/stream will be funded by their sale of 2,000,000 unique Castle Crew NFTs which will be the biggest unique NFT project ever in existence. Also high demand for a male pfp project has been brought up several times by the community so they will also be launching Metakuza NFTs very soon as well which will also be tied into the whole Satoshi.shop project. Most importantly of all Aaron Leupp and his team look forward to what they can help you with next and feel free to follow on any social media for update posts and daily NFT give aways he does across all social media platforms!. For more information about him and his work, visit: http://www.aaronleupp.com
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Keeping It Fresh

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In the session, they shared (and a half) projects and talked about the different visual approaches they tried for each of them. Each of the projects had different intentions and demands, and they talked about the challenges and realities of each of them. They started at the end of Wade, moved on to ‘Carnival of the Animals’ made for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and then two original projects: ‘The Myth of Data’ and ‘Heirloom’.

Click here to read more about Aayna & Upamanyu:

Aayna Vinaya is a visual artist and art director who loves working at the intersection of storytelling and art. Passionate about bringing indigenous stories to life, she co-created a Hindi adult animated series called ‘The Myth of Data’ at Bechain Nagri Studios.

Upamanyu Bhattacharyya is an animation filmmaker. He co-directed the animated short, ‘Wade’, and is currently directing an animated feature film, ‘Heirloom’ at Otter Studios.

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