We had a great time at SIGGRAPH and met a ton of inspiring people!  Now that we're back from SIGGRAPH I'd like to tell you how to get involved.  Currently there's two ways:

Signing up for one of our current projects:

Sign up for free on the right!  It is as simple as that.  Then browse through some of our current projects below and email info at animationmaui.com for more information on joining any particular project.  Currently in production are: Nuts for Pizza, a short film of a hungry squirrel and a stoned pizza delivery man; Trans Moose on the Loose, an animated pilot using AnimationMaui's technology; and Arr Wars, pirates meet Star Wars in this epic recreation of the 1977 trailer. Currently we are looking for all positions on various projects.

Pitching your own idea (OR) using our system to manage your current project!

Simply register on the right and email info at animationmaui.com for some more information.  We are able to give you and your team access to your very own project, project manager, wiki and data management system (SVN) through animationmaui.  Just contact us directly and we'll work with you.

Monday Night Meetings!

If you're still a little lost, don't forget about our Monday Night Meetings!  Every Monday night from 7:00 pm PST (10 pm EST) to 8:15 pm PST (11:15 pm EST) we meet in the AVChat room.  To join us, sign up at the right and click on the "avChat" and come on in!  We're friendly people and willing to help you out in whatever way.

 

 

Hey everyone!  I'd like to welcome all of you to AnimationMaui.com and our short film, Nuts for Pizza!

Please join us for a "Birds of a Feather" at:

SIGGRAPH 2010 Los Angeles Convention Center

TUESDAY, 27 JULY | 11 AM - 12:00 PM | ROOM 507

We'll be discussing the challenges of producing a short animated film in an online environment.  And we hope you'll join us in an open dialogue about the future of online animation production.

"Nuts for Pizza" is our proof of concept project. A way for us to develop and test our production pipeline. A process that continues to evolve.

Animationmaui.com is open to anyone. The only requirement is that you have a desire and willingness to contribute . Simply create an account to get started.

We're looking for a variety of artists, TDs, or anyone who feels they can contribute.  Just send a private message to me (David Andrade) or Juerg Grieder via our private message tool once your account is activated, or email us This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any questions prior to registering.

 

A angry squirrel

Current Projects

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Nuts For Pizza
Arr Wars
Borden
Dance Party

Nuts For Pizza

Category: Short Film

Director: David Andrade

Synopsis: What happens when you take a Squirrel who's tired of Nuts and tempt him with fresh Pizza ?

Looking for: Animators, Lighters, Compositers, Composers.

Arr Wars

Category: Short Film

Director: James Domkus

Synopsis: Live action short based on the original 1970's Star Wars trailer. Only difference is that this one has Pirates !

Looking for: Modelers, Animators, Lighters, Compositers, FX artists

Borden Milk

Category: Commercial

Director: Nick Ilyin

Synopsis: Animation of Cows and Farmer for a television commercial.

Looking for: Project is completed

Dance Party

Category: Music Video

Director: Jason Strong

Synopsis: Here's a really fun idea. Animate a character dancing to the music and we'll light them and composite them onto the dance floor. A perfect excersice to fine tune your animation skills !

Looking for: Animators

Our Tools

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Production - Administration.

  • Ability to customize the production management module to a specific projects needs.
  • Define various levels of user access and control.
  • Create tasks by category and assign them to artists.
  • Project access can be open to the public or locked down to a specific set of users. Other access levels can be controlled at the group level.
  • Production categories can be added or subtracted from a project as needed.

Production - Recent Activity.

  • Default production module display shows you the tasks that are assigned to you, along with all the recent activity on the project.

  • Selecting a category will display all the tasks assigned to that category

  • You can upload assets to your assigned tasks for Director or Supervisor approval.

  • Comments can be added to a task.

  • Ability to view shots with bookends (shots before and after)

Production - Task List.

  • Production Management module that allows you to assign tasks based on animation specific categories.

The following categories are available:

Development

Concepts
Script
Story Board

Pre-Production

Animation tests
Layout
Modelling
Rigging
Texturing

Production

Animation
Compositing
Effects
Lighting

Post Production

Music
Sound Effects

Whole - Production

Inspiration
Misc
Reference
Story Reel

 

 

Version Control. (Currently in Beta)

  • Subversion (SVN) based version control system built right into the production management module.

  • Ability to checkout project specific assets with the click of a button.

  • Admin, Director and Artist level access controls.

Wiki.

  • Community managed and organized documentation.
  • How to's, best practices and tips & tricks.

  • Ability to embed images and videos in the documents.

  • Based on Media Wiki so additional functionality (plugins) can be added as required.

  • Project specific documentation, which can be locked down at the group or user level.

Forums.

  • Post your WIP for people to critique.
  • Pitch your project ideas and find artists and animators willing to collaborate with you.
  • Introduce yourself to the community.
  • Project specific forums for discussions outsite the scope of the production module.
  • Post technical questions and get help from your fellow animators.

Our Community.

  • A place where Artists can meet and make friends.

  • It's a place to post your portfolio, your demo reel or anything else that you want.

  • You can upload you current WIP's (Works in Progress) and ask the community for their opinions.

  • You can list your skill sets along with your experience so that Producers, Directors and anyone else that needs your talents will be able to find you !

avChat - Video Conference

  • Video and Audio Chat room with no limits on the number of participants.

  • Weekly critique sessions, where you can interact with your peers in real time.

  • Text chat window where you can talk to the whole group or privately with other attendees.

  • File upload interface that allows you to share files during a meeting.

  • Camera and Audio mute controls.

Event Calendar.

  • Year, Month, Week or Daily view.

  • Schedule single or recuring events.
  • Used primarily to reserve the avChat room for Critique or Project related meetings.

Shout Box

Latest Message: 3 days, 9 hours ago
  • lewis : I am modeler. I am looking for new experience especially in animation. I want to try small animation. any opening
  • lewis : Hi, any space open?
  • davida : Hey man! Good to see you! Don't forget to email us if anything to get more info ;)
  • Manny_1980 : looking forward to wok with you guys...Im so exited
  • Manny_1980 : Hi David
  • juerg : Hi Jamie and Sue !
  • juerg : Hi Carol ! Welcome to Animationmaui !
  • softdistorti : HI David.
  • molson : Meetings are on as per usual now. Monday nights.
  • juerg : No official meeting scheduled for this Monday, although I'll probably be there for a bit in case anyone wants to drop by.

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