Programme

AnimfxNZ 10 consists of the main conference on Thursday 4 November; a series of Master Classes from industry leaders on Friday 5 November; and a day on "The Making of Avatar" put on by Weta.

We have more exciting Animation and Visual Effects speakers that will be announced very shortly!

AnimfxNZ main conference - Thursday 4 November
Te Papa

Time	Speaker
8:30am - 9:00am	Registration
9:00am - 9:15am	Opening and welcome with MC Joseph Olin
9:20am - 10:10am	Brent Young Opening Keynote
10:10am - 11:00am	Soundings theatre Jason Manley Creative Success		Oceania room Sean Kauppinen PR for Independent Studios
11:00am - 11:20am	Morning tea
11:20am - 12:10pm	Soundings theatre Paul Stephanouk Social Gaming: How Do I Get Me Some of That		Oceania room David Knott The Art of Story Telling: from Script to Screen
12:10pm - 12:50pm	Soundings theatre Matthew Johnston Selfishly Making Games for Everyone		Oceania room Andy Williams & Rikki Campbell Inspiring Creativity and How to Offend People the Right Way
12:50pm - 1:30pm	Lunch AUT Poster Session: Teaching Moving Images
1:30pm - 2:20pm	Soundings theatre James Cunningham Poppy - the making of a actor driven CGI short film		Oceania room Brent Young Details soon
2:20pm - 3:10pm	Soundings theatre Jeff Braun Maxis from the inside		Oceania room Dean DeBlois Finding the Story
3:10pm - 3:30pm	Afternoon tea
3:30pm - 4:20pm	Soundings theatre Joseph Olin, Dean Hoff and Chris Waters The Birth of Auckland's Newest Animation Studio, Oktobor Animation		Oceania room Stacy Longstreet Outsourcing — how to best utilize art services for hire and how to avoid the pitfalls
4:20pm - 5:10pm	Dean DeBlois
5:10pm - 5:20pm	Closing remarks
5:10pm - 6:30pm	Icon room Networking Drinks

Friday 5 November - Master Classes at Museum Hotel

Workshop	Time	Cost
8:15am - 9:00am	Registration
Visual Narrative Jason Manley	Full day 9:00am-5:00pm	$149
Academy of Interactive Arts & Science Games Master Class	Full day 9:00am-5:00pm	$149
Where the Animation Industry is Heading: Education, Talent & Portfolio development Rusty Tracy, Dean Hoff and David Knott	Full day 9:00am-5:00pm	$149
VFX Master Class — Kevin Schooler and Rob O'Neill	Half day 9:00am-12:30pm	$99
How to Effectively License your IP and/or Partner to Distribute your Digital Content in the US and China Hal Josephson, Thomas Leung, Brent Reynolds, David Smith and John Wander	Two hours 3:00pm-5:00pm	$50

Saturday 6 November - The making of Avatar
Please make your own way to Park Road Post Productions

9:30am - 10:00am	Registration
Morning session	Introduction by Joe Letteri Understanding the Virtual Stage Focus on Facial Animation
Break	Morning tea
Pre-lunch session	Modeling a Jungle: Building Pandora
Break	Lunch
Afternoon session	Compositing Avatar: Stereo & Deep Images Physical Textures and Lighting in a Digital World
Break	Afternoon tea
Closing session	Putting it All Together: The Supervisor’s Perspective

Saturday 6 November - The Sidhe party!

7pm - 12pm	Red Square

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