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BAF 04, 10-13 November 11th Bradford Animation Festival
Spotlight: Paul Driessen
 
> Paul Driessen in conversation
> Paul Driessen's films
> Paul Driessen’s favourite flicks
3D animation
 
> Randy Cook: Creating Gollum
> Barry Purves: 3D animation
> History of Aardman
> Motion Capture tryout session
> Ben Smith + Ark VFX
> 3D IMAX Animation
Sound and music
 
> Keith Hopwood: Music for animation
> Sider and Pangborn: Sound design
> Addictive TV showcase
> Journeys by VJ
> The Friday Night Party
At the Edge of Animation
 
> Caroline Leaf
> Phil Mulloy
> Piotr Dumala
> animate! previews 2004
> onedotzero 8: Shite + Shynola
> onedotzero 8: Wow + Flutter 04
> onedotzero 8: Graphic Cities
New talent
 
> Channel 4 / Skillset Skills Surgery
> NFTS showcases
> Channel 4 AIR premières
> BBC Talent launch
> This year’s ident
Special events
 
> Creating a TV series
> Scriptwriting for animation
> Animal Farm + Vivien Halas
Official Selection
 
> Films in Competition
> Vote online
> Films in Panorama
> Closing night party
From traditional stop-motion to state-of-the-art special effects, we profile 3D animation in all its forms...

From the masterful ‘traditional’ puppet animation of Barry Purves, through the history of UK’s best-loved stop-motion studio, Aardman Animations – to the very specialised, triple-Oscar world of Randy Cook, Director of Animation for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the art of 3D animation is laid bare at this year’s Bradford Animation Festival. And if you can’t wait to try it for yourself, you can join one of the special workshop tryout sessions taking place at the University of Bradford.
Gollum from Lord of the Rings
Randy Cook

Randy Cook recently picked up 3 Oscars for his involvement as Director of Animation in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He will be interviewed by stop-motion master Barry Purves in this exclusive screentalk session.
Wind in the Willows Think of stop-frame puppet animation, and you’ll think of Barry Purves.
 
Aardman's Wallace and Gromit Aardman director, Darren Robbie, delves into the history of the UK’s biggest commercial animation studio.


Motion Capture in action A one-off opportunity to get your hands on the most advanced motion capture setup in the North of England.


 
Muse: Sing for Absolution Special effects animator Ben Smith (Red Star Studio) and the Ark VFX team compare animation for computer games and visual effects in this session at the University of Bradford.
IMAX 3D Animation From the Academy Award nominated team that brought you Jimmy Neutron, comes the first-ever 3D holiday IMAX animation, Santa Vs. The Snowman. Find out showing times at www.imaxnorth.co.uk