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  • Anigraph 2004 opens Thursday

    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.

  • Things to look out for at Anigraph 2004

    Things to look out for at Anigraph 2004

    The wait is finally over. The much awaited Anigraph 2004 starts tomorrow. Check Animation express issue dated 28 June for a blanket coverage of Anigraph 2004

    Here are a few things to watch out for at this Mega Fest

    Discussions & Presentations
    Creating 3D stereoscopic film : Aabra Ka Dabra – Vinay Naik, Ramesh Meer.
    June 24, 03.30 pm
    India’s VFX Pioneer and FX Factory CEO, Ramesh Meer along with FX Factory’s 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 Animation Bridge, Rajiv Sangari – Padmalaya, A D Mehta Escotoonz, Nirmala -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.

  • Sahara bags 5 at RAPA awards

    Sahara bags 5 at RAPA awards

    Hindi entertainment channel Sahara TV has taken home five trophies at the Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA) awards that were held in Mumbai on 17 May.

    Sahara TV’s popular entertainment programmes won RAPA awards in categories like Best Actress (Divya Dutta For Kadam), Best Direction (Sourabh Narang for Haqeeqat), Best Location Sound (Dinesh Chaturvedi for Daman), Best Digital Visual Effects (Ramesh Meer for Om Namoh Narayan) and Best Telefilm (Jeetu Chawla for Joy Bangla), a company release says.

    Priya Raj, vice-president of Sahara TV, said: “Since its inception, Sahara TV has attempted to provide meaningful entertainment to its discerning viewers. Such awards are a testimony to the fact that high-quality programming with a difference is appreciated by viewers and critics alike.”

    “Last year, Sahara TV won 22 nominations and 15 awards, and this year, we are happy to open our account by winning five prestigious RAPA awards,” Priya Raj said.

    Meanwhile, Divya Dutta-starrer Kadam is all set to mark another milestone. Kadam, a weekly serial that airs on Mondays at 8:30 pm, completes 100 episodes on 20 May. The series portrays today’s woman – her awareness about her rights and willingness to fight for her own identity, and her journey to achieve her standing in society, the release states.

  • Broadcast India Symposium and Exhibition, 2001

    Broadcast India Symposium and Exhibition, 2001

    It was show time again for India‘s broadcast and allied field professionals last week.

    The best and biggest names from broadcasting corporates around the world converged at the Y B Chavan Centre in Mumbai on 30-31 October to participate in the 11th Broadcast India symposium, organised by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions.

    The attacks on the WTC in New York and subsequent events took their toll on the number of delegates that attended the two-day symposium. Saicom founder Ramesh Meer, the man behind the event, however, averred that this year‘s show was a much bigger affair with more innovative equipment and visitors thronging the exhibition that followed for three days at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai.

    The symposium attracted a host of speakers from companies all over the globe, and covered a range of topics ranging from the role of Interactive TV, envisaged as the future for television to a lecture-demonstration on JVC Digital D-9 format offering.

    There were talks on digital broadcast and automation / asset management, workflow planning for growth and profit in today‘s scenario. Speakers included experts on routing technology, digital A / V recording and post-production. There was also a workshop for scriptwriters (Write serials you can watch with your children).

    IBM‘s Jyoti Satyanathan spoke on the relevance of e-business in digital content creation (‘e-business the key to the future‘), while Seagate Technologies‘ Sharad Srivastava elaborated on the role played by hard disk drives for the film and television industry (disk drives, the drivers of industry).

    The home crowd also got in-depth knowledge about the serious sport of gaming which has a cult status abroad, but is still in a fledgling state in India (Gaming gets serious). Executives from Panasonic and Matsushita Corp spoke of the potential of digital cinema (Digitalising cinema).

    The serious sessions were interspersed with exhibits of special effects created by Meer‘s FX factory for the Hindi film industry recently (The future of film). The technical talks on content management, delivery and distribution were followed by interactive sessions on their effect on the technological scenario in India. Singapore based Da Vinci MD Scott Craig spoke about the concept of real time color correction (The many hues of colour correction).

    SGI national sales manager L Sivasankaran spoke about his company, which looks after content management, delivery and distribution. (Content is king) UK-based Video Playback‘s Kevin Solway spoke about video assist playback and editing without time losses.This concept is handy for continuous monitoring as every movie or commercial uses computer graphics these days, he said. The hand held combo video assist uses a recorder, a monitor, a mixer and an online editor to render special effects when shooting. This combo transfers shoots to the hard disk, directly without cueing and time is saved by online corrections while shooting.

    Representatives from Panasonic and Sony spoke about their latest offerings related to advances in digital cinema and media asset management (Banking on software). Finland headquartered Genelac‘s Clifford Pereira topped off the session with a lecture-demo on surround sound audio monitoring and on how to get the best sound effects (Sound sense).

    What made these sessions interesting was the interactivity element with the audience hurling questions at the speakers and panelists.

    The trade exhibition, held from 1-3 November, boasted 323 brand names. Manufacturers showcased their products, offering the latest technologies, products and solutions related to production and post-production, distribution and broadcast for the television and film industry. Meer, himself an expert on digital technology and special effects, said that at least 21,000 visitors went through the gates of the exhibition.

    Various highly qualified and experienced professionals gave their views on the latest technologies available for the television and film Industry at the event.

    The equipment spoken about at the symposium was on display at the exhibition. Products ranged from higher end production gizmos worth millions of dollars to cheaper varieties like connectors, cables and MP3 Chinese players.