I just got back from Ottawa, Canada this past Monday. It was awesome. I spent most of the week networking and meeting animators, and some pretty cool volunteers who weren't animators as well. I met Signe Bauman for the first time and Pat Smith, and many others. I also met one of the co-founders of Animation World Magazine, though I hadn't realized it at the time. sweatdrop So many interesting people. I can't wait til I can go again.
At the Saturday Night Party I was one of the first on the dance floor along with Signe, who is a fabulous dancer. It took a while to get people on the dancefloor, as many(obviously not all) animators are of a modest nature, and it took them getting drunk to join in. Oh well. They probably wouldn't remember me in the morning anyway. The party lasted until about 3, but I hung out with some friends I made until around 4.
Every night was a late night, but I wouldn't trade a single moment of it.
On Friday at the Animators picnic they held the annual pumkin carving contest, and my team actually won second place! I'll post links to pictures as soon as I can load them. We split the Cartoon Network(who sponser it) booty 4 ways. I got a Camp Lazlo T-shirt that is really too large, a lime green Tickle U tote bag and a CN hat for when it gets colder.
The films were amazing. Especially The District(Hungarian), and the The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (Australian). There are too many to mention. You can look up info about all of the films at the site.
You can see the winners and more info at the official site.
That's all I can think of for now, but so much happened this past week it would be impossible to reccount all of it. Hopefully next time I will remember to bring business cards though. sweatdrop
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