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24th October - BANG hosted a major event at the 2009 White Night festival. 42 purpose made animations created by BANG members were projected onto the Brighton Unitarian Church on the theme of the future.
Log on to http://www.bangfuturemachine.com for more information.
3rd-4th October - BANG screened short films made by its members at the Phoenix Arts Gallery Open Exhibition.
Monday 20th July 2009 - Jayne Kirkham gave us a great workshop on pre-production for animation - how to develop our characters & storylines &ways to spark new ideas.
Wednesday 3rd June - We did a bit of speed networking & showed off our work.
Saturday 18th April - Life drawing for animators half day workshop with local artist Jake Spicer.
Monday 6th April - pub meet at the Earth & Stars.
Monday 9th March - A Night On The Red Carpet. Screenings of BAFTA & Oscar nominated animated short films, plus Alan Smith (of acclaimed directing duo Smith & Foulkes) & lead animator Reece Millidge came to talk about the Oscar nominated short film "This Way Up", as well as their other commercial projects & how they evolved from storyboards, concept artwork & animatics through to the final animated piece.
Tuesday 9th December 2008 - BANG/Flash Brighton Christmas Big Screen Bonanza at The Sallis Benney Theatre. We had an amazing turn out - it was the biggest & best film night we've ever had! With RichMitch's amazing selection of animated short films, Jo's YouTube competition & a talk from special guest David from Pesky, free santa hats, glow sticks & mince pies!
Thursday 13th November 2008 - At our new venue The Western Front. We had a show & tell evening & saw some great work from other BANG members, and then had a chat about the BANG collaborative project.
Tuesday 8th July 2008 - Another Flash Brighton/BANG collaboration evening full of animated film screenings, chaos with glow sticks & YouTube clips. Special thanks to guest speaker Bob Swain who gave us a sneak preview of his latest animated feature film!
Wednesday 7th May 2008 - thanks to Glyn & Mary Edwards who came along to talk to the BANG lot about puppetry and Punch & Judy, and also how puppetry is directly linked to our own animation work. If you would like to find out more about Glyn & Mary's work, head here - http://www.punch-and-judy.com/
Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Brighton-based illustrator and comic artist Nelson Evergreen (Neil) held a character design workshop. We all scribbled a Scots man on the top of our heads (!) and developed Octopus Barbie & a horned-Cyclops 11 year old!
Tuesday 11th December 2007 - Flash Brighton & BANG joined together for the Festive Film Carnival o' Fun! Hosted at the Lighthouse Digital Lounge - we had festive animations and YouTube clips galore! And Brighton's brilliant & quirky animator Cyriak came along to talk about his work.
November 2007 - Thanks to everyone who attended the Digital Festival events and to those who submitted their work to be shown at the Animation Night as part of the BANG/HANG showcase. We got some brilliant feedback!
5th September 2007 - thanks to Anil Mistry, creative director at Jetix, for showing us some of the amazing work he has produced for television & talking to us all about how to promote our work.
29th July 2007 - Paper BANG - thank you to everyone from BANG who submitted their animation work & to Paper Bag for organising the event. It was a brilliant evening!
4th July 2007 - thanks to John Davison for giving us a brilliant and informative talk about his work as a successful animator.
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