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February 19, 2008
Aloha ACM students, supporters and friends. In this e-newsletter, top flight
animation speakers at KCC, and ACM finds itself in a tug-of-war between the
Legislature and UH.
ATTENTION ANIMATORS & DESIGNERS
Our friends and colleagues at Kapiolani Community College's New Media Arts
are featuring two outstanding speakers in programs open to all:
* Wednesday Feb. 20, 7-9 pm - "Finding Faces: Character Design in Feature
Animation," featuring Carter Goodrich, winner of the Annie Award for
Character Design for RATATOUILLE. Goodrich's film work includes MONSTERS,
INC., FINDING NEMO, and SHREK. He has also created covers for New Yorker and
illustrated several books. The lecture is in Ohia 118 (below the Cafeteria
and next to the bookstore).
* Tuesday Feb. 26 - Two presentations by John Edgar Park, lead Character
Technical Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios. From 2-4 pm he'll cover
the planning and creation of animated character rigs for Disney's MEET THE
ROBINSONS, including skeletons, deformers, scripts and animation interfaces.
It's a presentation titled "Carl the Robot, Doris the Bowler Hat, and a Boy
Named Wilbur: Character Rigging for Feature Animation." From 7-9 pm his talk
will be "From Concept to Render: the Creation of a Feature Animation
Character." Both sessions will be in KOA 102 on the KCC campus. For
information, contact Sharon Sussman ssussman@hawaii.edu.
STATE SENATE IN TUG-OF-WAR WITH UH OVER ACM
All of us were caught by surprise by the introduction of a Senate bill
(SB3168) in the state Legislature calling for the removal of ACM from Manoa
and placing it at the University of Hawaii at West Oahu. The current version
of the bill specifies that the recently appropriated funds to house and
equip ACM would not "be expended unless the ACM is permanently established
at and administered by the University of Hawaii at West Oahu."
The ACM and UH System administration opposes the bill, as noted in a recent Ka
Leo story:
Many ACM students are expressing
great concerns, shared by the faculty
To read the bill, the testimony given at the Feb. 2 hearing, and the report
by the two Senate Committees who heard it, click here
UHM Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw is a strong supporter of ACM and invites all
members of the campus and ACM community to express their opinions. You can
contact her at vhinshaw@hawaii.edu. Here are her recent comments to the
ACM faculty:
"Aloha! I appreciate encouraging everyone to voice their opinions on this
issue because universities are great places to debate varying views - that
is very helpful and highly characteristic of our academic community.
Our goal is to have a great ACM program here that will serve students
throughout our state and lead to excellent jobs here in Hawai'i - that is
definitely a way in which Mania contributes to the development of educated
citizens and builds economic vitality for Hawai'i.
Many academic programs at UH Manoa are engaged with ACM and the integration
of ACM into these many programs is critical to the effectiveness of this
educational opportunity for students - and I have great respect for that
integration. I have opposed this bill for a number of reasons, but,
primarily, because I strongly believe ACM and the students will be best
served by being connected to the breadth of academic programs available here
at UH Manoa. I do hope people appreciate the fact that this should not be
viewed as a source of contention between Manoa and West Oahu - it is
important that West Oahu succeed in its endeavors.
Encouraging creativity is a wonderful feature of our university, so I have a
high level of enthusiasm for ACM's contributions. Mahalo for encouraging
active, respectful discussions of such issues - Virginia"
CONGRATULATIONS KEVYN FONG
ACM Student Filmmaker Kevyn Fong won the $2,500 GLBT grant from the Office
of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity for the development and
production of his film BEAUTY BRAWL. He and his production team are wasting
no time getting it into production. The third in a series of casting calls
is Thursday (Feb. 21), 5-9 pm in room 411 of the Queen Liliuokalani Student
Services Building. Contact Kevyn ynotiproductions@gmail.com> for info.
OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKING
* College of Education's Curriculum Research & Development Group Summer
Program at the UH Lab School is seeking a teacher and teaching assistant for
a course on Digital Media and Design for 6th and 7th graders. It runs June
9-July 11 from 12-4 pm. Contact Ricardo Lorenzana at lorenzan@hawaii.edu.
* ACM students are eligible for Undergraduate Summer Research Awards. You
can submit a proposal to use the award - they run up to $3,000 - to support
production of an ACM film. For information, go the University Research
Council webpage at www.hawaii.edu/urc under "Awards" or contact URC
director Hal McArthur at hmcarthu@hawaii.edu. Deadline Feb. 29.
* National Geographic All Roads Film Project offers seed grants of up to
$10,000 for indigenous filmmakers. Submission deadline March 15.
www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/index.html
* Global Film Initiative Feature Film Production Grants up to $10,000.
Deadline March 31.
www.globalfilm.org/granting.htm
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS, ETC.
REMINDER: ALL ACM films submitted for festivals and contests must first be
cleared by Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius. No exceptions. See him BEFORE
you send anything off.
* Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles) summer internship. Video,
editing skills sought. $5,000 stipend. Application deadline February 15.
Contact museum@hawaii.edu for details.
* Maui Film Festival. Deadline March 1 www.mauifilmfestival.com
* Moondance Int'l Film Festival. Early deadline April 1.
moondancefilmfestival.com
* New York International Latino Film Festival. Deadline March 14
www.nylatinofilm.com
* Documentary and Disability, Emotion Pictures international documentary
festival on disability. Deadline March 30. www.ameamedia.gr./en/festival
* Just For Laughs Comedia Festival www.justforlaughs.ca/comedia/ Deadline
May 1.
* Cinefest (Hungary). Deadline May 31. www.cinefest.hu
* Berlin International Film Festival Talent Campus
www.berlinale-talentcampus.de and Cannes Film Festival American Pavilion
www.ampav.com/ampav.html are student-oriented programs at two of the
world's major festivals.
CHECK OUT:
* Friends of Film Friday, where socializing and cinema mix. Doris Duke
Theatre at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Each Friday, 7:30 pm. Contact
www.friendsoffilmfriday.com for up to date information.
* Phantom Museums: Short Films of the Quay Brothers. Sinclair Library Wong
A/V Center. DVD #6187.
* A Collection of 2005 Academy Award Nominated Short Films. Sinclair Library
Wong A/V Center. DVD #5993.
NOTE TO MAJORS & INTENDED MAJORS: YOU ARE NOT A MAJOR UNTIL...
Please keep in mind that you must complete your Academic Proposal and have
it approved by both your ACM advisor and Interdisciplinary Studies Advisor
before you can be declared an ACM major. While some students have applied to
ACM and their application has been accepted, they have delayed taking the
next step of preparing the Academic Proposal with their ACM advisor, and
then having it approved by IS. Those students will have difficulty
registering for courses that are restricted to majors, as they won't have
been officially declared, or recognized, as ACM majors. So get that advising
done pronto. For new applicants to the major - the same advice for you: You
are not a major until your Academic Proposal has been approved by both your
ACM and IS Advisors. Without it, no advanced courses will be open to you.
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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