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SINGAPORE ¨C THE FIRST TO HOST
INAUGURAL TOON BOOM ANIMATION FESTIVAL |
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ITE, TOON BOOM OFFICIATE
OPENING OF NEW CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE DEDICATED TO NEW MEDIA |
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Singaporean students fascinated by the
delightful two-dimension animation cartoons of Sponge Bob Square Pants,
The Simpsons and The Rugrats now have the opportunity to master the Emmy
Award-winning technology behind these celebrated cartoon series and
showcase their creative works for international voting and judging as
part of a digital animation competition. |
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Toon Boom Animation Festival 2007 ¨C first
in Singapore |
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Singapore will be the first country to
host the inaugural Toon Boom Animation Festival, which kicks off
on 2 April 2007. |
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Co-organised by Toon Boom Animation
Inc (Canada), Canadian High Commission and Media Development
Authority of Singapore, with the Institute of Technical Education
(ITE) as a Technology Partner, the Inaugural Toon Boom Animation
Festival aims to encourage Singaporean students to express their
creativity and talent through creating animation content using
Toon Boom software, which has been used extensively by industry
professionals to create popular animation series such as Spongebob
Squarepants and the Simpsons. |
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Upon the success of the Singapore
edition, the Festival will travel to the other parts of the world,
starting with Brazil later this year. |
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Ms Joan Vogelesang, President and
Chief Executive Officer, Toon Boom Animation Inc., said:
¡°Recognising the wealth of creative potential Singapore has to
offer and their intent to become a Digital Animation Hub, we are
proud to launch our first-ever Toon Boom animation competition in
Singapore and dedicate it to all its students. We thank the
Canadian High Commission, the Institute of Technical Education and
the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), for their
tremendous support and look forward to creative entries of
students.¡± |
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Dr Christopher Chia, Chief Executive
of MDA said: ¡°We are pleased that Toon Boom has chosen Singapore
as the first country to hold this digital animation competition.
By providing Singaporeans with the opportunity to learn how to use
media for work, learning and play, the Festival is one way to help
raise the capabilities of our students and equip them with the
skill sets relevant to the booming IDM (Interactive & Digital
Media) industry. |
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¡°This competition is another milestone
that reflects the close collaborations between Singapore and
Canada. It follows the Audio Visual Treaty on co-production signed
in October 1998 between the Prime Ministers of Canada and
Singapore, and the MOU between the National Film Board of Canada
and the MDA signed last year on November 29 during the Asia Media
Festival.¡± |
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"Canada is recognized internationally
as a leader in new media and animation technologies. Our unique
strength coupled with Singapore¡¯s vision in becoming a world
leading digital media capital give us great synergy to work
together as partners,¡± said His Excellency Alan Virtue, High
Commissioner of Canada to Singapore. ¡°We are extremely delighted
to be a co-organiser of this competition and I hope it will
inspire creative expressions in new media from young Singaporeans.
I would like to extend my warmest congratulations to ITE and Toon
Boom on the occasion of the Official Opening of their joint Centre
of Excellence and I hope this will be the grooming ground for
Singapore¡¯s next generation of world-class animation artists." |
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Through the Festival, Singaporean
students will have the opportunity to create and showcase their
works to an international audience and have their works judged by
a global panel of expert judges, so they can gauge for themselves
where they stand internationally. |
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Free workshops will be conducted by
ITE to train students who are not familiar with the Toon Boom
software. Said Mr Bruce Poh, Director & CEO, ITE: ¡°Through the
ITE-Toon Boom collaboration which was forged last year, ITE
lecturers were equipped with the skills in using the Toon Boom
software solutions. They will now impart their knowledge in Toon
Boom technology to participants to prepare them for the
competition.¡± |
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What¡¯s In It for Winners |
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The top team to emerge from this
competition will be rewarded with a one-month industry internship
to top production studios, such as Nelvana Studios, located in
Canada. The full details and Terms & Conditions of the Festival
are listed at Annex A. |
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Official Opening of ITE-Toon Boom
Centre of Excellence in New Media |
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In conjunction with the Launch of the
Festival, ITE and Toon Boom Inc (Canada) will also officially open
its joint Centre of Excellence in New Media at ITE College
Central. The Centre, which facilitates the execution of industry
project development works by ITE staff using the Toon Boom
software, is part of the two-year Memorandum of Understanding
which ITE and Toon Boom Inc (Canada) inked on 19 June 2006. |
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More..... (Annex) |
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