First up on the second day of the Chitrakatha Fest was a presentation by the 2nd year students of the PG Animation programme at NID on their experimental animation project titled “CHAI BREAK”.
A group of 10 students (Aishwarya, Arpit, Grishma, Mrinalini, Debjani, Dawa, Troy, Delwyn, Utsav and Rajesh.) is working on a Sand Animation film under the able guidance of Isabel Herguera. The collaborative effort was screened for the audience and the budding animators explained step-by-step how they went from concept to execution. What’s interesting is how the students were actively discouraged from using pencils and pushed to free their minds to fully exploit the medium- sand.
With permission from the Institute, we should soon be able to show a few stills from the film along with interesting tidbits on the making in the words of the students themselves.
Photos and details of the process of sand animation coming soon. Keep reading.
Coming up next…
A spontaneous workshop and a very important panel discussion on an issue that matters to everyone connected to the animation industry in any way. Stay tuned!
please conduct sand animation workshops in mumbai too… i hav been greatly inspired, n am going to do sand animation very soon…eager to know the technical aspects..please help…