Wam Bam Spectacular!

This evening was the beginning of the WAM Bam Speed Animation competition hosted by WAnimate in association with FTI, I left the Annex feeling a bit remorseful that I wasn't actually taking place in the competition but the thought of seeing what the outcomes of each animation is going to be at the screening on Sunday will make up for it.

Those out of the loop, in Wam Bam you're given 49 hours to create an animation based on 3 words randomly picked out of a hat. The animation can be whatever you want as long as it holds those three words one way or another.

Evangeline, Daniel and I were the only Animation students to attend the opening; we all agree that performing in the competition is something we'd want to do, alas other responsibilities take place and we all left an hour and a half after the initiation. Talked to Kate Vyvyan, inevitable obviously but for the sake of networking it was good to bump into her again after the WASA's. Also saw Khrob Edmonds, who the whole animation class had been introduced to a couple of days earlier as our 3D Animation lecturer; why he was there I'm not sure as the mans humor seems to revolve around masking answers to questions but I'm guessing he'd be judging much like Tim at the screening. Doubly assuming he's a member of WAnimate. Evangeline, Daniel and I also met a stop motion aspirant named Liam in the FTI kitchen who planned on entering the competition; he showed us some of his maquettes he'd created. So it'll be interesting to see what his team ends up creating.

Above that, just went around to each group and asked them what their words are, what ideas they had cracking. Some people seemed little to less interested in really having a conversation with a couple of students outside of their group but it was fun to find out what some people had going just from a couple of words. Tim also pointed out some other particular people in the industry(?) who's names I didn't take in extremely well, still something I need to get better at. Had a chat with an FTI graduate from T0803 who worked on Yo-Yo Wolf. Overall a fairly decent evening in terms of networking, it's something we're all still getting used to so all we can really be is optimistic in the social aspect of the industry.

Mary and Max plus the WAM Bam screenings on Sunday, should be fun ^.^