Elk Hair Caddies
Animated Science
3D ART MEDIA project
Postcard Senegal - by Denis Chapon
Croquis - by The Drawing Academy
Pompa - by Uri Kranot
Centre for Animation
Since 2007, The Animation Workshop has been organized as Centre for Animation, providing knowledge and competency development for the Danish animation industry through activities and development project in the 7 departments: Bachelor of Arts Department, Professional Training, Open Workshop, The Drawing Academy, Centre for Education and Animation, The Incubation House and Animation Hub.
Centre for Animation has access to the newest animation related research and development through an extended international network of companies and professionals. As a knowledge centre, The Animation Workshop handles dissemination of relevant information and acts as link between interested parties and relevant contacts within the animation industry.
Based on strong professional animation competencies, the Centre for Animation initiates and implements a large number of activities and development projects within the core areas:
New animation based communication methods
Educational development
Animation pedagogics
Incubation house and entrepreneurship
Cultural development
One of the strongest results of the Centre’s work is the foundation of and entering into 3 consortium co-operations that each in their own way has as an objective to promote the development of talent, competence, occupation and business within Danish animation-related media production. The 3 consortia will over the next 3 to 4 years support, inspire, develop, guide, match and strengthen Danish companies within computer games, cross-media and info-media.
The three consortia are:
SHAREPLAY
THE COMPUTER GAME ZONE
THE ANIMATION HUB
SHAREPLAY
Purpose
To strengthen and make use of the growth potential for audio visual cross media products and projects in Region Midtjylland and Region Nordjylland.
Partners
Contact
Morten Thorning, morten@animwork.dk
THE COMPUTER GAME ZONE
Purpose
To develop the growing potential computer games industry into a healthy, internationally oriented business with viable companies that are prepared for growth.
Partners
Website
The Computer Game Zone
Contact
Morten Thorning, morten@animwork.dk
THE ANIMATION HUB
Purpose
To explore, develop and promote the use of animation within the focus areas of Medico Animation, Science Animation, Animated User Interfaces, Animated News and Open Source Pipeling.
Partners
Steering committee
Website
www.animationhub.dk
Contact
Viggo Johannes Jensen, viggo@animwork.dk
Centre for Animation has access to the newest animation related research and development through an extended international network of companies and professionals. As a knowledge centre, The Animation Workshop handles dissemination of relevant information and acts as link between interested parties and relevant contacts within the animation industry.
Based on strong professional animation competencies, the Centre for Animation initiates and implements a large number of activities and development projects within the core areas:
New animation based communication methods
Educational development
Animation pedagogics
Incubation house and entrepreneurship
Cultural development
One of the strongest results of the Centre’s work is the foundation of and entering into 3 consortium co-operations that each in their own way has as an objective to promote the development of talent, competence, occupation and business within Danish animation-related media production. The 3 consortia will over the next 3 to 4 years support, inspire, develop, guide, match and strengthen Danish companies within computer games, cross-media and info-media.
The three consortia are:
SHAREPLAY
THE COMPUTER GAME ZONE
THE ANIMATION HUB
SHAREPLAY
Purpose
To strengthen and make use of the growth potential for audio visual cross media products and projects in Region Midtjylland and Region Nordjylland.
Partners
- Film City Århus
- Bretteville Hotspot Aalborg
- The Alexandra Institute
- The Animation Workshop/ VIA University College
Contact
Morten Thorning, morten@animwork.dk
THE COMPUTER GAME ZONE
Purpose
To develop the growing potential computer games industry into a healthy, internationally oriented business with viable companies that are prepared for growth.
Partners
- The Danish Producers Association (Producentforeningen)li>
- The National Film School of Denmark/ The National Academy of Digital, Interactive Entertainment
- Symbion Science Park and the IT hothouse 5th (IT Væksthuset 5te)
- Connect Denmarkli>
- Copenhagen Capacity
- The Danish Film Institute
- Cat Science Park A/S
- Bretteville Hotspot Aalborg
- Nordic Game
- DI ITEK
- ESport Danmark
- IO Interactive
- Guppyworks Aps
- Apex Virtual Entertainment Aps
- The Animation Workshop/VIA University College
Website
The Computer Game Zone
Contact
Morten Thorning, morten@animwork.dk
THE ANIMATION HUB
Purpose
To explore, develop and promote the use of animation within the focus areas of Medico Animation, Science Animation, Animated User Interfaces, Animated News and Open Source Pipeling.
Partners
- Copenhagen University/ Niels Bohr Institute
- Aalborg University/ Department of Communications
- Århus University/ Department of Clinical Studies
- VIA University College/ The Animation Workshop
Steering committee
- The Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
- B&O
- DR
- NOKIA
- NOVO NORDISK
- Aquaporin
- The Danish Ministry of Science
- Region Midtjylland
- Region Nordjylland
Website
www.animationhub.dk
Contact
Viggo Johannes Jensen, viggo@animwork.dk
