Animex Talks Online – International Festival of Animation, VFX and Games

Animex Talks – Bringing you an online programme of talks from animation and VFX studios, top AAA games companies and exciting indie studios worldwide. Join us for a behind the scenes look at recent and highly anticipated games titles and film releases, as well as top tips from some of the animation, VFX and games industry’s shining stars. Animex Talks is a FREE, online event for 2020. Please register to receive your FREE pass. You will be sent joining details in advance of the event.

SCHEDULE

Thursday 24 Sept

14:15 – 15:00

WiWittawat “Aik” Keawcharoen, Lead VFX Programmer, and Steph Anderson, Senior VFX Artist – Creative Assembly

Discussion on interaction between their roles during the development process

15:00 – 16:00

Michael Gandham, Co-founder – Arcus Animation Studios

An Introduction to Developing Immersive Fulldome Content

16:00 – 17:00

Alex Moon, Principal Animator on Total War, Matthew Murdoch, Associate Motion Capture Technician, Juan Cervilla, Senior Gameplay Animator – Creative Assembly

From capturing the motion in the studio to delivering the finalanimation game. How to work together to get the best results in the most efficient way

18:00 – 19:00

Daniel Crook, Animator – SPA studio

Strategies for working as an Animator

19:00 – 20:00

HEADLINER Pete Ellis, Game Designer – Naughtydog

Live Q and A

20:00 – 21:00

Ben Wiggs, Animation Supervisor – DNEG

Synthetic Essence: The Animation of Westworld III

Friday 25 September

14:15 – 15:00

Max Pears, Level Designer – CDProjektRed

Level Design tips

15:00 – 16:00

Christine Lemon, VFX Producer, Anna Sanders, Junior Animator, Sami Bal,Production Assistant, Terry Tsang, TV Paint & Roto Lead, and Amy Backwell, Emerging Talent Specialist – Industrial Light & Magic

ILM TV – VFX talk and Q & A

16:00 – 17:00

Kate Pitstick, Lead Mission Designer – Gearbox Software

Portfolios & Job Applications: How to NOT Embarrass Yourself

17:00 – 18:00

Dr Stuart Sumida, Anatomy consultant and professor of biology – California State University, San Bernardino

Why Being a ‘Generalist’ is Not a Bad Thing: Generalist Threads in His Dark Materials and Other Ensemble Projects

18:00 – 19:00

Pete Bottomly, Co-founder & Game Director – White Paper Games

Practical tips to consider when developing & scaling small creative teams for business.

19:00 – 20:00

HEADLINER Sean Sexton & Ludovic Bouancheau, Heads of Character Animation – Dreamworks Animation

The Animation of How to Train your Dragon & Abominable

20:00 – 21:00

HEADLINER Michael Córdova, Lead Compositor – LAIKA

Puppets and Pixels: Exploring the Stop-Motion Animation and Visual Effects of LAIKA

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