The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2015) presents the UK Animator Focus

Event information

This is an all-day event starting at 11am (doors open 10-30am) and finishing at about 7pm. One ticket gets you into everything but if you choose to attend 1 or 2 sessions that is fine. Advance tickets only. There will be no tickets on sale on the day.

At this very special day-long animation event we’ve gathered together some of the most passionate, honest and insightful experts from a wide range of different areas and backgrounds who are ready to cover all manner of vital topics to help you on your way towards working in the animation industry. Add to this a very special enhanced screening of the London International Animation Festival’s annual ‘British Showcase’, 90 minutes of the best short animated films made in the last 12 months with several filmmakers in attendance, and you’ll get an exceptional opportunity to see what British animators are doing, how they’re doing it and how the art form is travelling.

Session 1 : 11am-12:30 (duration 1 ½ hours)
THE JOY IN ARTIFICE
Barry Purves (UK)
Through the use of dozens of thought provoking stills Barry will look at how animation, particularly stop motion animation, fits in with the other arts, and how it should celebrate artifice and use all its' quirky qualities to maximum effect. Barry will try to answer 'what is animation?'

LUNCH 12-30-2PM

Session 2: 2pm – 3pm (duration 1 hour)
PROFESSIONAL STORYBOARDING FOR ANIMATION – HOW AND WHY
Luc Chamberland (Canada)
Storyboarding is an essential filmmaking tool. This presentation will unlock why storyboarding is so indispensible to film and animation, how to go about crafting that vital tool and some of the ways Luc Chamberland has learned to make a storyboard “speak”.

Session 3: 3:30pm – 4:30pm (duration 1 hour)
STORYTELLING FOR ANIMATION
Robert Bradbrook (UK)
'Often when we start to write for animation, we forget our natural instinct in telling stories to each other. By looking at how we verbally entertain our family and friends, this workshop helps animators to develop more dramatic films, that are both emotionally engaging and leave the audience with something to think about.'

Session 4: 5pm – 7pm (duration 2 hours)
SPECIAL LIAF SCREENING – THE 2015 BRITISH SHOWCASE
Including an onstage discussion with several of the filmmakers after the screening.