Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Last sunday I safely arrived at Ludwigsburg where Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg is situated. Here will be the first module of the Animation Sans Frontières (ASF) workshop. I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at the hotel: I have a room all by myself and better still, it has a small kitchen!
In the evening I met the other participants as we went for an introduction drink. Yesterday evening we showed some of our works to each other: It was very nice to see all the different drawingstyles and animations. So now we all know each other a little better.

going in...

a work room for students...

On monday morning we had a little tour of the Filmakademie and I have to say, it all looks pretty nice. All of us got a pass so we can get in 24 hours a day, which is great.

Monday afternoon and yesterday we had a lecture from Harrison Ellenshaw (http://www.ellenshaw.com/). It was fun and educational to here lots of stories and tips from him.

Harrison Ellenshaw...

Today we had a lecture from Mike Dicks (http://www.bleedinedge.co.uk/). This lecture was about multiplatform productions. He told us about making productions in which for example the internet, your mobile phone and the television are equally important. If you combine these different platforms you can create a very nice interactive experience for your audience. This was an interesting lecture and gave me a lot of food for thought.

Mike Dicks...