Animation


Singapore’s production firms have created original animated/ computer-generated works shown on global broadcasters and sold to overseas markets.

Singapore is a flourishing centre for animation production. Lucasfilm Animation recognised this and set up a facility in Singapore in 2004 to produce films, TV programmes and games for a global audience. Singapore has since made its mark on the world map with cutting-edge visual work done for notable Hollywood projects such as Iron Man and Prince of Persia, by the Singapore offices of Industrial Light & Magic and Double Negative Visual Effects.

Singapore-made content has now attained both recognition and reach. A success story is Dinosaur Train, co-produced by local animation powerhouse, Sparky Animation and The Jim Henson Company. It received the prestigious 2010 Prix Jeunesse Award and was also one of the most-watched PBS children’s programmes in 2009 and 2010. With season two in the works, the series has secured more than 20 licensing and merchandising partners in the United States alone and several more globally. Other notable highlights include Nanoboy, an animated TV series produced by Scrawl Studios and Rob the Robot produced by Singapore’s One Animation and Canada’s Amberwood Entertainment. With the industry heading full-steam into stereoscopic 3D, homegrown animation company Tiny Island Productions will produce the country’s first stereoscopic 3D animated TV series, Dream Defenders, which will be distributed by Classic Media.

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	Nanyang Polytechnic - School of Interactive and Digital Media A school for interactive digital media, with focus on design, animation, visual effects and games development.

Nanyang Polytechnic - School of Interactive and Digital Media CONTACT PERSON: Mr Daniel Tan Director ADDRESS: Nanyang Polytechnic 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Singapore 569830 TEL: (65) 6550 0021 FAX: (65) 6451 2450 EMAIL: daniel_tan@nyp.gov.sg COMPANY DESCRIPTION: The School of IDM, a pioneer in animation and games education and development for more than 10 years, currently offers three innovative full-time courses that integrate art, design and technology for the digital age: the Diploma in Digital Media Design, which focuses on animation, games art and interaction design; the Diploma in Digital Entertainment Technology, which focuses on games development and visual effects; and Diploma in Motion Graphic and Broadcast Design, which focuses on short-form time-based visual communications for advertising and broadcast. The school also offers a specialist diploma in Games Development to adult learners. The school has an advanced infrastructure of computing power ranging from renderfarms to Storage Area Networks (SAN), high-end workstations, Macs and PCs, all connected and accessible through a high-speed Gigabit Ethernet network. Students have ample opportunities to work with state-of-the-art facilities such as the 18-camera Vicon Motion Capture system, Blue & Green Screen cum Effects Studios and our Editing Suites, besides the wide range of the latest software to integrate their artistic, design and computing skills across different platforms. At SIDM, students are trained to be visually communicative, encouraged to be creative and enterprising, and be good team players with opportunities to work on real-life client-based projects. In true testament to the quality of the diploma courses, its graduates have been employed by studios overseas such as Weta Productions in New Zealand, Rare Ltd in UK and Blizzard and Linden Labs in US, and in Singapore such as Lucasfilm, Electronic Arts, Scrawl Studios, Big Communications, Mikoishi Pte Ltd, Gevo Entertainment, Koei Singapore, VHQ Post and Infinite Frameworks, besides others. They have also gained admission and advanced standing to universities like Academy of Art University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Ringling College of Art and Design, Rhodes Island School of Design and Cal Arts in USA, Sheridan College and Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Canada, Bournemouth University in UK and many others, including the Entertainment Technology Centre at Carnegie Mellon University, which has granted direct admission to SIDM’s graduates to its prestigious two-year Masters in Entertainment Technology programme.

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