Adelaide gets animated!
 Digital Media
The South Australian Short Animation Festival Awards are on again at the University of Adelaide, giving the public the opportunity to see the talents of some of the State's best emerging animators. The event will culminate in a public screening and awards presentation night on Thursday 19 June at the Flentje Theatre, Architecture building, North Terrace Campus. Sponsored by leading industry and education bodies - including the University of Adelaide - the awards help to unearth many new animators, such as the winner of Best Animation for 2007, Masters in Digital Media student Christina Erdos. "The SA Short Animation Festival Awards provide an exciting platform for animators to showcase their creative and technical talents in all visual arts and design fields," said the Director of the Masters in Digital Media Program at the University of Adelaide, Dr Dean Bruton. "Digital media production in South Australia has grown substantially in recent years. The University of Adelaide's Masters in Digital Media program has become a key centre for animation and digital media production in the State and is helping to provide talented new animators to industry. "The University is constantly expanding opportunities for short filmmaking, with many short digital animated films made each year in our Digital Media production suite. "The awards help to celebrate the vital and exciting developments in the SA film, animation and games industry, and they recognise the integral role of creativity and innovation in the digital media production process," he said. As part of the awards, nominees must construct a 30-second commercial for their short animated movie, as well as the movie itself (maximum of 3.5 minutes). A range of cash prizes is on offer, including a jury prize, an audience prize, and prizes for virtual built environments, best emerging animator, architectural animation, and best FX. The awards are organised by the Adelaide Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH (Association of Computer Machinery: Special Interest Group - Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques). Tickets to the awards night can be purchased at the Flentje Theatre door: $10 and $9 concession.
To book a seat early, contact Dr Bruton on (08) 8303 4038 or email: dean.bruton@adelaide.edu.au
The Master of Design in Digital Media is run within the University of Adelaide's School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. For more information visit: www.architecture.adelaide.edu.au Story by David Ellis
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