FICCI FRAMES-The premier annual convention and gathering of the Indian entertainment industry organised and conducted by FICCI had this year instituted its own animation awards – FICCI BAF(best animated frames) AWARDS. The awards go into their second edition and are scheduled to be held on 5 April 2005. The number of categories have been upped from 4 in ’04 to 11 for BAF’ 05.
The organisers have waived the entry fee for students and NGO entries, while depending upon the category, a nominal fee of Rs 5,000 , Rs 2,500 and Rs 1,000 has been kept for the professionals and studio entries.
The categories are
1. Animated Feature Film
2. Short Films
3. TV Episode (of a series)
4. AD Films
5. Promos
– for TV
– for a proposed series
– like a trailer
6. Gaming
7. Mobile Gaming
8. Special Effects**Cat. 1 Best Shot
9. Special Effects**Cat. 2 Best SFX in a Film
10. Webisode (Web Shorts)
11. Social Welfare/ NGO
Other than the awards, the FRAMES convention has a special schedule for gaming and animation sessions too.. they are
Animation and Gaming Sessions at FRAMES 2005
Under the Animation and Gaming head, the following sessions have been scheduled.
” Case Study on a successful Co-production in Animation
” Project and Schedule Management in Animation & Gaming
” Marketing & Distribution of Animated Content & Games
” Asia: An Emerging Animation Market
” Master Class on Script Writing for Animation
” Master Class on Making of an Animated Movie.