European Animation Masterclass 2009

In 2009 the EAM will include three coherent, market-oriented modules on the needs of the animation industry. The full EAM will run for 9 months with equal amounts of time devoted to the following key aspects:

ANIMATION BUSINESS ORIENTATION (approx. 3 months):
Topics to include: licences, rights, financing, PR, marketing, sales, distribution, target groups, film subsidies, festivals, pitching, sales, markets, profitability

ANIMATION PRODUCTION (approx. 3 months):
Topics to include: pre-production, production management, scripts, storyboards, character design, animatics, sound, layout, animation, editing, post-production, sound mixing, software training

TEAM PROJECT (approx. 3 months):
The production of a short individual animated film as the participants' final examination piece; a team project consisting of various specialisations (e.g. storyboard artist, animation, character designer, production manager, etc.)

Target group: Students and graduates of universities or colleges involved in animation, art, graphics, design and other related academic courses. Will also appeal to young people who want to expand their abilities and extend their knowledge in order to enable them to react more flexibly to the ever-increasing demands of the industry.

Course dates: 23rd February - 06th November 2009
Course fee: 750,00 Euro (scholarships available for participants of EU member states, Iceland, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)

If you are interested please send your application to

International Academy of Media and Arts e.V.
Mansfelder Str. 56
06108 Halle
Germany

deadline is January 31st 2009

or contact:
eam@halle-academy.de