ANIMATION students at
Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT) are
co-producing their own international short with
students in San Francisco.
The 'Internet Whispers' project is being facilitated
by Cinemagic International Film and Television
Festival with support from Donegal County Council.
Workshop teams from Letterkenny and San Francisco
will be linked interactively through high speed
internet connection to create moving image art.
Cinemagic chief executive Joan Burney Keatings said:
“With valued support from the Public Art Office at
Donegal County Council, the young people will have
the opportunity create their very own short
animation as well as developing skills in team work,
delegation, problem solving and communication."
Participants in San Francisco and Letterkenny will
take part in three-day workshops sessions each month
up until March, facilitated by Alastair McIlwaine (Straandlooper).
The Irish students will create the first section of
the animation in January 2011. Using high speed
internet connections they will host a real time
‘hand over’ seminar in February to the young
animators from San Francisco. During the Cinemagic
USA festival in association with Titanic Belfast,
(Feb 10th-26th), students from San Francisco will
work with their Cinemagic facilitator to create the
final section of this original international
animation short. In turn they will deliver the
animation back to Ireland by hosting another ‘hand
over’ session in real time to Cinemagic in
Letterkenny.
Aideen Doherty of the Donegal Film Office in
Carndonagh added:"‘Internet Whispers will
demonstrate to industry professionals that Donegal
is open for business. As a creative county we are
producing young talent equal to that anywhere in the
country and as our connectivity to the rest of the
world is no longer an issue the county can offer a
quality of life to any young people wishing to stay
and work in this profession."
The final animation will be premiered in Donegal in
March 2011. Cinemagic will also screen it at their
festivals in Ireland, the UK, and the USA, over the
next year, allowing a showcase of local talent on an
international stage. |
