Acting for Animators Workshop [UK]

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TwelveJ Acting Up for Developers

Ed Hooks to host workshop for game animators.

4th February 2008, London, UK. TwelveJ, the games industry leader in bespoke learning programmes for development studios today announces a workshop entitled 'Acting for Animators' hosted by world renowned expert Ed Hooks.

In 'Acting for Animators', Ed explains seven essential acting principles, focusing on the connections between thinking, emotion and physical movement. He discusses the importance of empathy in acting and tells how to achieve it in animation.

Kumar Jacob, founder and managing director of TwelveJ said, "In addition to the two exclusive workshops that Ed is hosting for SCEE, we've added this extra date for progressive developers who recognize the value of continual training of their staff. There's no room for complacency in today's competitive development environment. The workshop will be informative and inspirational."

TwelveJ's 'Acting for Animators' workshop will take place on February 13th in London with delegates from Media Molecule, Relentless and Black Rock Studio already booked to attend.

About the Workshop:

Acting For Animators involves group improvisations, lecture on acting theory and deconstruction of scenes from live-action and animated films. The basic thrust of Acting For Animators is an examination of the correlation between thinking, emotion and physical action. Content will include:

• The psychology of physical movement. (Movement is a result of thought, emotion.)
• Negotiations within a scene, value of conflict.
• Playing Actions, Pursuing Objectives.
• Character Analysis
• Status Transactions
• Empathy - what it is, why it's important, how to get it
• Psychological gestures
• Clips from Charlie Chaplin

Details:

Workshop: Acting for Animators.
Date 13th February 2008 . Time 09:00 – 17:30
Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
66 Portland Place, London . W1B 1AD.
Cost: £350+ VAT per person for 1-3 animators
£275 +VAT per person for 4+ animators

To book for this workshop please contact:
Kumar@TWELVEJ.com. M: +44 (0) 7808 313277 OR
Susanne@TWELVEJ.com. M: +44 (0) 0795 667 6275