Storyboard Masterclass

STORYBOARD MASTERCLASS Brown Bag Films® presents a Storyboard Masterclass with US director Norton Virgien on Thursday 19th May 2011 Brown Bag Films® in association with Pegbar.ie are hosting an evening with one of Hollywood’s leading animation directors, Norton Virgien (Rugrats). The event is aimed at aspiring storyboard artists who wish to understand the craft of storyboarding on international television series. Norton will discuss his extensive experience and go through examples of good (and not so good) storyboards, as well as showing episodic animatics of work in production. The event will cover the role of a storyboard artist, a retakes artist and storyboard supervisor as well as outline the expectations and standards set by US and European broadcasters. Commenting on the master class, Brown Bag Films® Creative Director Darragh O’Connell said “Storyboard artists are one of the key hires on any TV series. To date we have struggled to find skilled board artists in Ireland that have the experience required from U.S. broadcasters, so we find ourselves having to source storyboard artists from the US and all over Europe.’ “Being able to draw is only part of the process; a good storyboard artist must understand story, editing, camera, timing and above all the audience. This is an opportunity for Irish talent to learn from the best in the business and hopefully be the first of many steps in identifying and developing a pool of Irish board artists.” The master class is free and open to animation graduates and professionals who may be interested in becoming a storyboard artist or improving their storyboard skills. The event will be held in the screening room of Brown Bag Films® new annex studio in Smithfield and details are available on the blogsite www.brownblogfilms.com About Norton Animator Norton Virgien began his directing career in 1990 as part of the original team for Nickelodeon’s “Rugrats”. A two time Emmy winner for “Rugrats”, Norton also directed episodes of the critically acclaimed “Duckman” series and the CBS series “Santo Bugito”, before joining with Igor Kovolyov to direct 1998’s “The Rugrats Movie”, which became the first non-Disney animated release to gross more than $100 million dollars. Subsequently Norton was a Co-Producer on the Klasky Csupo features "Rugrats in Paris" and "The Wild Thornberrys Movie", and a Co- Director of the 2004 release "Rugrats Go Wild". In early 2005 he directed a thirteen episode season of the Discovery Channel series “Tutenstein”, winning a third Emmy. In 2009, for Universal Animation, he directed a DVD sequel to the “Curious George Movie”. Most recently he has been directing for Brown Bag Films in Dublin, Ireland, supervising the Disney kids’ CGI series “Doc McStuffins”, slated to appear in 2012. About Brown Bag Films Brown Bag Films® is an award-winning animation studio, producing high quality computer animation for the international market. Brown Bag Films® is located in Dublin city and also operates an office in Los Angeles. Established in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O’Connell, our short film Give UpYer Aul Sins was nominated for an Academy Award® in 2002, and in 2010 Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty was also Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Short Film. Brown Bag Films® have worked with the world’s biggest entertainment brands to produce high profile international television series. Recent productions include Chorion’s Olivia for Nickelodeon US and Enid Blyton’s Noddy in Toyland for Chorion/FIVE UK. Current productions include The Octonauts (52 x 11min),which premiered on BBC in October 2010, a second season of Olivia, and Doc McStuffins (52 x 11min) for Disney. Employing 60 full time staff, Brown Bag Films® is equipped with a state of the art High Definition Picture and Dolby 5:1 Audio post production facility, and a proven stereoscopic 3D pipeline. In 2010 Brown Bag Films® opened a US office in Los Angeles to develop a proprietary film slate and progress our television business in the United States. In 2009, Brown Bag Films® was voted the European Producer of the Year at the Cartoon Tributes, Norway. For further information, please visit our website at www.brownbagfilms.com About Pegbar Pegbar.ie is a dedicated Animation Networking Organisation. Pegbar started its operaton in late 2008. Since then, they have facilitated a number of talks from celebrated animation artists, film makers and storytellers such as Norton Virgien, Tomm Moore, Eamonn Butler, Bruce Block to name a few. Pegbar has hosted a number of networking events, showcasing animators work, as well as allowing animators to build new relationships and generate possible animation opportunities at the same time. In 2009, Pegbar started posting Irish Animation based news on its website www.Pegbar.ie and conducted and posted a number of interviews. The website also posted links to animation resources, Irish Animation Companies and Artist's blogs. Pegbar intends to strengthen their foundations and continue to develop their operations through various opportunities as they look towards the future. Application Details Name Address Email Have you ever worked as a board artist? Would you like to do a storyboard test for BBF? Why do you want to attend this master class? Application should be sent to [email protected] Information will be deleted after the event and will not be shared, Please tick the box if you wish for BBF to retain this information and to contact you again with further events .

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