Boulder Media are looking for animators.

They’re looking for people to join our crew on what’s going to be a high profile series they’re currently working on.

Any takers can apply to ali@bouldermedia.tv .

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• 23 Degrees 5 Minutes
  Darragh O’Connell, Brown Bag FilmsAn old Explorer close to freezing in the North Pole ponders what brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit. Years later the student, who is now an old man, travels to the top of the world in search of his old professor and finds something more magical than he could have bargained for.

• Origin
  James Stacey, SouljackerA young man is on the brink of emigration, but as he races through the streets of Dublin he comes to realise the spirit he’s leaving behind.

• The Boy in the Bubble
  Kealan O’ Rourke, Igloo FilmsRupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever.

• The Last Train
  Alex Sherwood, Giant CreativeIn the dead of night an unsuspecting passenger on a train is chased by an unrelenting force.

For more detail go to http://ifta.ie

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Animators (2D/Flash) Location: Dublin 2

Contact: Gerard O’Rourke

Address: 7 Mount Streest Crescent, Dublin 2

Phone: 016034980

Website: http://www.monsteranimation.ie/

Monster’s new series “Cosmo” 15×13′ is underway and they require animators with good drawing skills who can work in Flash. They will start in March through December and the period will cover pre-production and production.

They will also be looking for storyboard, background artists and people with experince in compositing.

Please send a link to your showreel and your CV for Gerard’s attention by email. Gerard (at) monsteranimation (dot) ie

Gerard O’Rourke, Producer.

Deadline: 10th February 2012

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For all of those people inquiring about Gary Reynolds’ digital concept class in BCFE/ISA after his lecture at the last Pegbar event. All the info available at the moment is here on the BCFE website.

NEW Concept Art and Digital Illustration with Photoshop
SEMESTER 2

This is an ideal course for people who want to unlock the power of Adobe Photoshop as an advanced drawing and digital painting software package as a means to enter the Computer games and/or film/animation industry.

Classes will cover

• industry standard workflows
• professional techniques
• traditional drawing
• intermediate to advanced digital painting to create a Concept Art portfolio

Wednesday 7.00-9.00pm Duration 10 weeks Cost €160

You can contact BCFE about booking your place in the class via this link  http://www.bcfe.ie/adulteducation.php

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Thanks for all that came down! A really enjoyable event all round!  Also big thanks to Chris Dicker, Gary Reynolds & Joel Simon for the great talks. As well as the Science Gallery, Enterprise Ireland and Animation Ireland for supporting the event.

Thank you to all our retweeters, facebook sharers, rebloggers and anyone who helped us promote the event! We had loads of support that we really appreciate!

Here are the pics!

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Pegbar returns to Science Gallery with inspiring talks from a number of leaders in the animation industry, including Joel Simon Creative Director at Flickerpix Animations, Gary Reynolds Art Director with HMH Publishing, and Chris Dicker Creative Director at Warner Brothers/ Tt animation.

On arrival you will be greeted with a mulled wine and mince pie reception, compliments of Enterprise Ireland & Animation Ireland. Then, we will be kicking off the evening with a number of short animations from Flickerpix Animation, followed by talks from Gary Reynolds and Chris Dicker.

After our series of talks, ticketholders can head to the Lombard for a few drinks and social networking.

Watch Pegbar on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/pegbar ) and Facebook where they will be having an internet giveaway. Tickets are €6 and can be bought below. Entry is at 5:30. Grab some food, beers & wine downstairs in the cafe beforehand if you’re hungry!

Buy your tickets here! – http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/12/pegbar-dublins-animation-network

Admission:
€6

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JAM Media are currently looking for an Assistant Director (Animation) to work on a new animated television series ‘Tilly and Friends.’

Responsibilities:

*Storyboard Supervision, Revision and Approvals

*Inspection of Animatics

*Work closely with the animation supervisor to help with scene assignment and animation direction

*Expected to work closely with the Series Director, Episodic Director, Art Department and the Animation Department to help translate their vision and the narrative accurately to the screen

*Ensuring that clear visual communication, information and direction is being presented to the Service Provider and other relevant stakeholders

Required Skills:

* Minimum 2-3 years of Production Level experience on episodic animated series.

*Review of Dailies, assigning scenes, following up on directorial comments and providing guidance to team.

* Must have experience with tools such as; Photoshop, Flash and After Effects.

* Accustomed to working within tight production schedules and be able to highlight any areas of concern in good time to the production team.

Submission Requirements:

Qualified candidates should email their cover letter, resume, and showreel to jobs@jammedia.ie

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Press Release from Kavaleer

Dublin-based Kavaleer Animations recently announced that it will create 30 new animation jobs in 2012 to keep up with its international projects. The shop, which celebrates its 10th anniversary last week, is working on a 50 x 11 minute pre-school series, said it will also extend its interactive games and e-learning production to €1 million turnover by April 2012. (Recent app clients include Playfirst’s Diner Dash.)

“It’s amazing to think that what started out in 1998 as a hobby has developed into something this big over the past decade,” says CEO and founder Andrew Kavangh. “Ten years ago, we got our first commission and took a risk by starting a business in the midst of a recession. I’m so glad we did because now this gets to be my day job. We’re delighted to announce that we will be taking on additional staff in 2012 as we take on exciting international projects.”

Gary Timpson (Managing Director and Producer, Kavaleer) and Andrew Kavanagh (CEO and Founder, Kavaleer) pictured with their Bedhead characters Quilty and Scrunch and Garth and Bev at Kavaleer’s 10th Birthday Celebrations this week.

Kavaleer is one of Ireland’s leading animation producers, twice nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award, a British Animation Award and winning four Digital Media Awards. Their film work has been selected by over 100 international festivals over the past ten years. Lifeboat Luke and Garth and Bev are among the studio’s various productions. Kavaleer’s most recent collaboration was with Dinamo Productions on the new pre-school series Abadas (52 x 11 minute) a multi-layered interactive word and sound association series that has appeal to a broad range of pre-school viewers.

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