Promote Yourself: I Fight Dragons performing at Anime Midwest

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I Fight Dragons performing at Anime Midwest

Rosemont, IL - October 9, 2013 – Anime Midwest is enthused to announce that Chicago-based video game rock band I Fight Dragons will be performing at Anime Midwest 2014. Anime Midwest will be held July 4-6, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois.

I Fight Dragons is a video-game rock band from Chicago. Their music flares with an epic combination of pop/rock with chiptune, featuring electronic sounds made using Nintendo Game Boys and Nintendo Entertainment Systems. To date they have released one full length album: 2011’s “KABOOM!” which came out on Photo Finish / Atlantic Records, in addition to two EPs: 2009’s Cool Is Just a Number and 2010’s Welcome to the Breakdown. They just finished a massive Kickstarter, raising over $100,000 for the latest upcoming album, Project Atma. Their music has been featured on Nintendo Video as well as on the WWE. They have toured the USA with acts such as mc chris, 3OH!3, Cobra Starship, The Protomen, and Travie McCoy.

I Fight Dragons joins Anime Midwest as part of a neverending epic concert series, headlined by Steam Powered Giraffe and also featuring Frenchy and the Punk and V is for Villains. The full guest list is online at http://animemidwest.com/guests

Anime Midwest expects over 8,000 fans to converge on the Hyatt Regency and the Stephens Convention Center to celebrate their mutual love of Japanese animation, video games, and music. Registration is currently $40 through November 20th, and can be purchased online at http://animemidwest.com/

Model Sheet Monday: Foghorn Leghorn

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It’s Model Sheet Monday again and today’s model sheet is actually from Chuck Jones studios. It’s a breakdown of some construction notes for one of my favorite characters in the Looney Tunes world; Foghorn Leghorn! One of my favorite quotes Foghorn used to say was: “”That boy’s about as sharp as a bowling ball” And it’s SO descriptive. Just love it.

Here’s a list of more great quotes from Foghorn over the years along with a number of Foghorn cartoons!

Big, boisterous and really not afraid of much, Foghorn was particularly adept at torturing the dog in on the farm, and in turn being tortured by Henery Hawk (both model sheets to come later) which I never got tired of.  I particularly liked when Foghorn would whack the dog with a 2×4 and then run and the dog would choke on the rope.

Here’s the first cartoon Foghorn was ever in called “Walky Talky Hawky” in 1946 directed by Robert McKimson

https://vimeo.com/34727339

I always thought that these were Robert McKimson’s best cartoons. Here’s a much more refined one from 1959 some years later.

https://vimeo.com/34729517#

Here’s a list of great quotes from Foghorn over the years along with a number of Foghorn cartoons!

 

From Wikipedia:

The character of Foghorn Leghorn was directly inspired by the popular character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering Southern politician played by Kenny Delmar who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show. The rooster adopted many of Claghorn’s catch phrases, such as “That’s a joke, ah say, that’s a joke, son.” Delmar had based the character of Claghorn upon a Texas rancher who was fond of saying this.[1]

A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character’s loud, overbearing voice.

According to Leonard Maltin the character’s voice was also patterned after a hard-of-hearing West Coast-only radio character from the 1930s, known simply as The Sheriff, on a radio program called Blue Monday Jamboree.[2] The voice has similarities to that of another Mel Blanc voice: Yosemite Sam (a strictly Friz Freleng character).

Here’s some more about this week’s model sheet star Foghorn Leghorn, from our ol’ friend Wikipedia!

 

Promote Yourself:ROCKET CARTOONS IS LAUNCHING THREE NEW SHOWS AT MIPJR

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ROCKET CARTOONS IS LAUNCHING THREE NEW SHOWS AT MIPJR

San José, Costa Rica – October 02, 2013
Costa Rican independent prodco. Rocket Cartoons is launching three new shows this weekend at MIPJr. thru its distribution partners Monster Entertainment from Ireland and Awol Animation from Paris.
These shows come in different formats and are focused to the preschool and young kids’ audience. “Yum Yum and You” (78 x 5´) and its Christmas Special “A Christmas with Yum Yum and You” (1 x 26´) were softly introduced to the market by Awol Animation during MIPTV earlier this year, and now they are followed by a third production called “Outopus” (52 x 2´), introduced to the market by Monster Entertainment.
Rocket Cartoons´ President and CEO, Leo Trinidad said: “We are thrilled to increase our offer of shows for kids and we are very happy to have concluded all these productions. Outopus is a really funny series of interstitials about five funny octopus constantly planning all type of crazy escapes out of their fish tank, and Yum Yum and You on the other hand is a charming show about a positive little Cyclops who shows how to deal with everyday life obstacles using teamwork and a smile.”
Both series and the Christmas special have been very well received internationally and we hope to have a great market this year at MipJr.”
Rocket Cartoons
Rocket Cartoons is the main independent Animation Production Company located in Central America, devoted to the creation of global trademarks of entertainment for children.

Since year 2008, its main activity has been the development and production of TV series, providing fresh content for different children’s TV channels around the world. Besides the production of its series Rocket also has a strong area available to provide services for animated productions and has expanded its list of clients in the last 2 years, mainly for projects from USA and Canada.

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http://www.rocketcartoons.com

 

 

Promote Yourself: ABC Commercial Confirmed as Home Entertainment Partner on Animated Web Series “The Eggsperts” from Flying Bark Productions and Blake eLearning

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ABC Commercial Confirmed as Home Entertainment Partner on Animated Web Series “The Eggsperts” from Flying Bark Productions and Blake eLearning 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – October 2, 2013…..

Flying Bark Productions and Blake eLearning today confirmed ABC Commercial as the home entertainment partner on the recently announced animated web series “The Eggsperts”.

ABC Commercial will release the 11 x 7 minute series produced by RE Productions Pty Limited and developed with the assistance of Screen NSW on DVD.

Based on the highly successful e-learning website, ABC Reading Eggs, the series will be a stimulating and educational production for four to seven year olds, available for download via Android and Apple mobile devices as well as to all ABC Reading Eggs subscribers.

“We are thrilled to have ABC Commercial on board as our home entertainment partner.  The series will deliver a rich educational experience for children making the trusted ABC for Kids brand a perfect fit for “The Eggsperts” DVD release” said Flying Bark Productions Managing Director, Jim Ballantine.

The ABC Reading Eggs website reaches over two million members from over 169 countries and is a highly successful property in the education and eLearning market for its target age group and a highly successful online reading program for children aged 3-13.

Life in Eggleston and the surrounding lands is one giant puzzle and the Eggsperts are on a mission to deliver new eggs to their homelands, crack the special hatching word and welcome an eggstraordinary critter as it hatches into their quirky world!  Sam, Jazz and Tom are the very best egg hatchers – but they are also good at getting distracted.  Sometimes they find themselves caught up in the wild, whimsical and wonderful things they see along the way!  Luckily they are “eggsperts”, and together they find ways to get back on track and get their new Critter friend hatched!

Children experience and learn new and exciting things every day – just like the Eggsperts.  Each episode brings children on a new adventure of discovery in a fun and playful environment and features one or more of the characters facing a quirky challenge. The stories reflect a combination of charm and adventure which underpins the website design and experience.  Targeted at preschool children, the series focuses on the use of phonemic awareness, letter recognition and socio-emotional learning – three key elements in a child’s journey in learning to read.  The episodes include sound and word play, rhymes, songs and tongue-twisting fun.

Learning should be associated with fun, excitement and a feeling of accomplishment.  As children solve the clues, with the help of the Eggsperts, they associate learning and teamwork as a positive and rewarding experience, as they help to hatch the egg and find a reward inside!  The goal is to motivate children to learn and to encourage curiosity and creativity as they explore the colourful and fun world of the Eggsperts!

With an extensive and distinguished legacy as one of Australia’s leading entertainment producers, Flying Bark Productions is at the forefront of the animation industry, creating film and television content that delights and captivates pre-school, young adult and family audiences worldwide.

www.flyingbark.com.au

Blake eLearning is a leading independent publisher that specialises in creating high quality literacy and numeracy resources for schools and educators throughout the world. With over 2.6 million members in 169 countries, ABC Reading Eggs is an online reading program that teaches children aged 3-13 the core literacy skills needed for lifetime reading success. The program provides a comprehensive sequence of online lessons, games and ebooks that make learning fun and motivational for young children.

The ABC Reading Eggs program has been developed by a highly experienced team of teachers, educational writers, animators and web developers.

www.readingeggs.com

 

Jobs: Threshold Animation Studios seeks Development Visualization Intern

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Location: Santa Monica, CA
Application deadline: None
Type: Internship
Career Level: Internship
Salary Range: Not specified
Number of Jobs: 1
Relocation Available: No
Description

Santa Monica based entertainment company (Film/Animation/TV/Theme Parks) seeks Development Visualization Intern to start immediately. Founder/owner of the company has produced box-office smash hits such as Mortal Kombat, Terminator 2 and True Lies, as well as award-winning animation including The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Marvel Superheroes 4D and LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

We need extremely bright and motivated students who are available at minimum 2 days a week, between the hours of 10 AM and 7 PM onsite at our Santa Monica, CA studio. Students will work directly with key staff of the studio, including receiving direct guidance and instruction from producers who are developing new film, animation, TV and theme park projects for the worldwide market.

Apply here.

Jobs: Animator/Generalist for Professional Sports League

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Animator/Generalist
Company: Professional Sports League

Job Location:  Culver City, CA

Job Title: Animator/Generalist

Job Number: 453220217

Posted/Updated: 08/05/13

Description:

Expertise with Cinema 4D.
– Strong knowledge of standard graphic design software (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator)
– Broadcast graphics/animation background
– Output high quality work per design direction
– Detail-oriented
– Understanding and experience with sports motion graphics a plus
– Ability to meet fast-turnaround deadlines on time or early
– Ability to perform and participate in a dynamic team environment
– Communicate clearly
– Organized and able to follow instructions accurately
– Design skills a plus
– Fluent English, written and spoken

– Strong work ethics
– Excellent problem solving ability
Apply Now!