LAFEM ANIMATION MASTER-CLASSES to hold in LAGOS, ABUJA, P.H, JOS, ACCRA & KUMASI (GHANA)

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
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Multiple-Award winning LAFEM ANIMATION will be holding a series of Animation MASTER-CLASSES in LAGOS, ABUJA, P.H, JOS, Accra and Kumasi, GHANA, in December 2009, aimed at empowering Nigerian Artists, Draftsmen, and Creative Minds with the knowledge and craft of Animation Film-making and its entrepreneural prospects as a lucrative platform for enhanced artistic/creative expression.

By the end of the crash-course, participants would have learned the following:
(1) The process of Animation Film-making
(2) The Business side of Animation; marketing, distribution, outsourcing solutions, e.t.c.
(3) How to maximize the universal language of Animation as a tool for effective self-exhibition and creative expression
(4) How to exploit lucrative opportunities offered via international and local exposure
(5) How to upgrade artistic draftsmanship for optimum efficiency via Animation

***Free Refreshments***

At the end of the lessons, each participant will get a Kit that will include an Animation Book and C.D containting a Animation Software to get started.

FEE: =N=20,000

For Reservations, Contact LAFEM ANIMATION:

Telephone: 0805-602-8559, 01-8795769
Email: lafemanimation@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.lafemanimation.wordpress.com

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!!
Don’t Be Left Out!!!

Lafem Animation WINS “Best Animation” AWARD at Abuja International Film Festival!!!!

Lafem Animation has WON the “Best Animation” AWARD at the just concluded Abuja International Film Festival for the animated short subject titled “Lagos Sanitizer” (which is available on YouTube) and was made in honour of the visionary Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola (S.A.N). Below is a screenshot from the animation.

Lafem Animation WINS the prestigious “SPECIAL MENTION” Award at the just concluded AnimAfrik Film Festival in Ghana!!

Below’s the digital copy of the letter from the Festival Director informing Lafem Animation’s Director/CEO that our short film, “National Cake Embezzlement” had won the prestigious “SPECIAL MENTION” Award. You can visit the Festival’s frontpage (AnimAfrik) to learn more about the award and event. Screenshots from the animation can also be viewed below. Enjoy!

Award-Notification Letter

“National Cake Embezzlement” Screenshots

Lafem Animation completes another Animated Short for the Film Festival Circuit…

We just completed the first episodic installment of a series of animated short subjects titled the “Adventures of Alayo”. The humour-based series revolve around a character (Alayo) and his numerous adventures, and will be shipping out to international film festivals any moment. Screenshots from the short-film are available below. Enjoy!

“OFFICIALLY AFRIKAN” to screen at KROK Animated Film Festival, Ukraine, in October.

Another email arrived in my inbox on the 16th of July, informing me that one of Lafem Animation’s shorts, titled “OFFICIALLY AFRICAN” will be screening at the KROK Animated Film Festival in the Ukraine, in Early October, and inviting Lafem Animation to attend the screeening, which – interestingly – takes place on a yacht.

Lafem Animation short-subject screens at the NFB Cinema in Toronto, Canada

Just thot I’d share a bit of good and interesting news with everyone. I recently entered a 10-second animated competition organized by the Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) — click on the following link to view their recap of the screening of the animation entries (the entries you’d be viewing were originally screened at the NFB Cinema in Toronto, Canada on the 25th of June, 2009) http://tais.ca/chickenjam.html . Incidentally, I got an unusual mail from one of the organizers of the competition, expressing the judges’ fondness for my animated ‘Naija Chicken’ (as I titled it). The chicken animation can be viewed on youtube at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7SzhWBfBI

The youtube video compilation can also be accessed below:

Following is an excerpted portion of the article on the frontpage of the TAIS link I posted above (emphasis on the bolded):

“Animators were asked to create a ten second animation on the theme of “chickens”. Here they all are, squished together like chicks in a coop!

Animations by:

Martin Sal, Alex Novitski, Ariel Villaverde, Camille Grandjean, Jesse Jind, Jonathan Amitay, John F. Weldon, Max Hall, Neil Lapointe, Daniel Epton, David Pagurek van Mossel, Jeff Tran, Fabian Dores Pais, Greg Parker, Mike Constable, Adam Fitzgerald, Hector Borboa, Janet Perlman, Joseph Troy, Lisa Murzin & Cesar Forero, Lorenzo West, Matt Hartwell, Michael Jessen, Michael Tallon, Mike Funt, Charles Wilson, Olanrewaju Oluwafemi, Nick Fox-Gieg, Onno Knuvers, Peter Giesbrecht, John F. Weldon, Raphael Rosenwald, Jonathan Cheeseman, Robert Shedlowich, Susan Justin, Tammy Dubinsky, and Madi Piller

Opening/closing animation sequence by Neil Lapointe. Voice work by Bryce Hallett.

Both the jury prize and the audience award prize went to Alex Novitski for his “Born To Be” chicken jam animation.

A special shout out to Olanrewaju Oluwafemi, who sent their chicken jam in all the way from Lagos, Nigeria and to David Pagurek van Mossel, who was our youngest and only grade 7 participant!”

5 LAFEM ANIMATION short subjects to appear at 25 International Film Festivals Screenings this Fall

As the title reads, Lafem Animation entered 5 animated shorts (“Lagos Sanitizer”, “National Cake Embezzlement”, “Officially African”, “Police Report”, and “Chef de Sound”) at over 25 International Film Festival competitions holding this fall (AYFlavour Concepts, a registered Entertainment, Media Solutions and PR outfit based in Lagos was contracted to handle the labourious task of registration and entry of the films; many thanks to their efforts)Below are screenshots from our shorts and commercial:

Introducing LAFEM ANIMATION

COMPANY PROFILE

Lafem animation is a registered 2-D Animation Production Company based in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded in August 2008 by Lanre Oluwafemi, a U.S. trained Classical Animation professional.

Our studio’s mission and objective is to aid individuals and businesses in projecting their ideas and visions via animation, by exploiting the unique and limitless latitude the medium offers in helping to visually translate and communicate ideas in universally discernable terms.

We do Character Animation, Character Design, Mascot Creation, Product Branding, Storyboarding, Animatics, Kids Content Development, Concept Creation and Development.

Past works and clients include animated montage for Brand Marketing Network, music videos for Nigerian and foreign based artistes, short montage clips for music stations (e.g. Sound city and Nigezie), animated short subjects for film festivals, Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Office of the Lagos State Governor, e.t.c.

We are ambitiously expanding our clientele-base to include the advertising industry, corporate bodies, and NGOs, T.V Content providers, T.V/ Media Production Houses. Presently we are at the production stages of a series of educational and humorous animated short subjects for television and cable networks, and recently entered four animated short subjects at various intertnational film-festivals.

Our Demo-reel is available for perusal in DVD-format.

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