Festival allows students to practice animation skills
Four SDSU students will travel to the national Kalamazoo Animation Festival.
Andrew LaFrance
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: News
A team of four SDSU students is traveling to Kalamazoo, Mich., for a national animation festival.
Eric Say, a senior graphic design major; Chris Biewer, a senior general art major; Lynette Lobien, a senior painting/printmaking major and Isaac Windham, a senior communication studies/theatre and general art double major will head east for the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, which runs from May 14 to 17.
Prior to the festival, the students will compete in the "Cartoon Challenge," a contest aimed at four- or five-person, college-age teams. Students in the competition are required to create a 30-second animated feature about a public service topic in a four-day period. The teams do not find out what their topic is until the morning of the first day.
"We all have different styles, so it will be interesting to put something together in a short amount of days," said team member Biewer.
This is SDSU's first year attending KAFI. Professor Cable Hardin, the adviser traveling with the team, said he is proud of the students attending.
"They are strong in their own individual areas of animation. Some are more technical and others are more fine arts oriented," Hardin said.
Biewer also said he is excited to attend a festival like KAFI.
"It will be so much fun to work with a team. The SDSU animation department has only been around for a couple of years, and it is cool to be a part of the first team to attend KAFI."
While the competition is the main reason the SDSU team is attending the festival, there are many other programs and events to attend. KAFI boasts an animated film festival, professional development seminars and training seminars for students.
"I'll get to see what other people are doing with their animations. That way I can motivate myself to do better in the future," Lobien said.
The competition is especially good for students like Lobien.
"I'm a competitive person when it comes to art, and I'm always trying to improve," she said.
Eric Say, a senior graphic design major; Chris Biewer, a senior general art major; Lynette Lobien, a senior painting/printmaking major and Isaac Windham, a senior communication studies/theatre and general art double major will head east for the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, which runs from May 14 to 17.
Prior to the festival, the students will compete in the "Cartoon Challenge," a contest aimed at four- or five-person, college-age teams. Students in the competition are required to create a 30-second animated feature about a public service topic in a four-day period. The teams do not find out what their topic is until the morning of the first day.
"We all have different styles, so it will be interesting to put something together in a short amount of days," said team member Biewer.
This is SDSU's first year attending KAFI. Professor Cable Hardin, the adviser traveling with the team, said he is proud of the students attending.
"They are strong in their own individual areas of animation. Some are more technical and others are more fine arts oriented," Hardin said.
Biewer also said he is excited to attend a festival like KAFI.
"It will be so much fun to work with a team. The SDSU animation department has only been around for a couple of years, and it is cool to be a part of the first team to attend KAFI."
While the competition is the main reason the SDSU team is attending the festival, there are many other programs and events to attend. KAFI boasts an animated film festival, professional development seminars and training seminars for students.
"I'll get to see what other people are doing with their animations. That way I can motivate myself to do better in the future," Lobien said.
The competition is especially good for students like Lobien.
"I'm a competitive person when it comes to art, and I'm always trying to improve," she said.
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