Last Chance for Summer Workshops

July 9th, 2010
URGENT! ACT NOW FOR SUMMER ANIMATION CAMP

Hike The Hills of Animation!
Challenge the Wild Waters of Creativity!
Experience Glorious Air Conditioning!

Time is running out to sign up for Animation Workshops in August! We have just a couple Thursday slots available.

WHEN: Thursdays, August 5, 12, 19, 26.

9:30 AM to 3:00 PM each day.

PRICE: $88.00 per week. Sign up for all four weeks and get a 20% discount, for a total of $284.

Are you interested in drawing? Do you want to see your characters come to life? Have you ever wondered what goes into shooting an animated movie? You just might be right for our Animation Workshops.

This is also a great opportunity for our more experienced Intermediate and Studio Production students. Longer days means more time to devote to your epic cartoons!

Visit our website for more info:

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/summer

FILM FESTIVAL WORKSHOP ARCHIVE

It recently came to our attention that the last time we updated our website, we left off our film festival workshop videos. Well, through the magic of Youtube, they’re back online!

Check out the cartoons we did with Rochester youth, in conjunction with the High Falls Film Festival (now the 360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival). See the playlist here:

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/student-work/#filmfestival

FRED ARMSTRONG: ACTOR

Perhaps you already know our fearless leader has acted in commercials, shorts, and features from time to time. If not, here’s your chance to see samples of his work cut together into one fun package.

http://animatusstudio.com/main/fred/#reel

Spring II Cartoons Now Online

May 3rd, 2010

We had a great time in our “Spring II” April workshops. Take a look at what our students come up with…

See wiggling worms, walking wabbits, and wack-a-moles! See talking rats, sailing snails, and zany zookeepers!

See the latest installments of Monster World, and Antipop. We also have the final colored version of A Typical Day at Work!

Watch the cartoons online or download to your iPod:

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/student-work

If you’re a student who ordered a DVD, you can pick it up at the studio weekdays between 10:00 and 5:00.

Summer Workshops Are Coming Soon

Hike The Hills of Animation!

Challenge the Wild Waters of Creativity!

Experience Glorious Air Conditioning!

Are you interested in drawing? Do you want to see your characters come to life? Have you ever wondered what goes into shooting an animated movie? You just might be right for our Animation Workshops.

This is also a great opportunity for our more experienced Studio Production students. Longer days means more time to devote to your epic cartoons!

Choose either Wednesdays or Thursdays in August, lasting from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM each day.

Summer Animation Workshops

$88 per day

(20% discount for all four)

Wednesdays

August 4, 11, 18, 25

OR

Thursdays

August 5, 12, 19, 26

Space is limited! What are you waiting for?

Register online at http://www.animatusstudio.com/workshops

360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival

Be sure to take in some screenings at the 360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival this week!

Screenings suitable for kids:

THE SECRET OF KELLS

This justifiably Oscar-nominated film is beautiful and breathtaking for all adults, and for smart and inquisitive school-aged children.

MADE IN ROCHESTER

A block of short films from Rochester filmmakers, one of which features Animatus Studio’s Mike Boas as a timid vampire.

CHILDREN’S SHORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Featuring OUT OF YOUR SHELL by Animatus intern Trisha Hartnett.

There’s also the world premiere of WE CAN SHINE: FROM INSTITUTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE, a documentary by former workshop student Adrian Esposito.

See the schedule and buy your tickets online at: http://film360365.com/festival/tickets-and-passes

Follow 360 | 365 on social networks Facebook and Twitter for the latest news:

360 | 365 on Facebook

360 | 365 on Twitter

Spring Workshop Cartoons

April 9th, 2010

What did our students create in March?

See morphs, monkeys, and mice! See rats, riddles, and run cycles! See the latest installments of Monster World, Flappy Rabbit, and A Typical Day at Work!

Monkeys and Mice

Riddles and Runs

Special Delivery

Monster World End Credits

A Typical Day at Work

Watch cartoons online or download to your iPod:

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/student-work

If you’re a student who ordered a DVD, you can pick it up at the studio weekdays between 10:00 and 5:00. We’ll also be here the next few Saturdays (with current workshops) from 9:00 to 4:00.

Summer Workshops Are Coming Soon

Hike The Hills of Animation!
Challenge the Wild Waters of Creativity!
Experience Glorious Air Conditioning!

Are you interested in drawing? Do you want to see your characters come to life? Have you ever wondered what goes into shooting an animated movie? You just might be right for our Animation Workshops.

This is also a great opportunity for our more experienced Studio Production students. Longer days means more time to devote to your epic cartoons!

Choose either Wednesdays or Thursdays in August, lasting from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM each day.

Summer Animation Workshops
$88 per day
(20% discount for all four)

Wednesdays
August 4, 11, 18, 25

OR

Thursdays
August 5, 12, 19, 26

Space is limited! What are you waiting for?

Register online at http://www.animatusstudio.com/workshops

Parade Day Driving Directions

March 10th, 2010

Every year, we hold Animation Workshops on Saturdays in March. And every year, hundreds of Rochesterians dress in green and walk up and down East Avenue, also on a Saturday in March.

This year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on Saturday, March 13. For students (and their drivers) attending the Animation Workshop, it’s important to know that THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO ANIMATUS is by SCIO STREET at EAST MAIN STREET.

Please take a look at the map below.

To print out a fancy PDF version, click the following:
http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/files/awork-st-patricks-day.pdf

Click for a larger view.

Winter Workshop Cartoons Online

February 12th, 2010

New Animation Workshop Cartoons

This installment of student cartoons includes giant snakes, happy rats, running lizards, and fearsome spiders! See the latest from Monster World, Antipop, and the workplace drama “A Typical Day at the Office.”

If you ordered a DVD, you can pick it up at the studio weekdays between 10:00 and 5:00. (Note: we’re not here on Saturdays except when classes are running.)

Interested in signing up for our March classes? Go to http://animatusstudio.com/workshops to register online.

Watch the cartoons below, or subscribe to the free Animation Workshop podcast! Click Here to launch iTunes.

Tons O Stuff

Monster World End Credits

Antipop

A Typical Day at Work

Fantastic February!

February 4th, 2010
Derf in Present Danger

New Derf Cartoon!

Derf the Viking is celebrating 20 years of Animatus the only way he knows how.

What do you get the Viking who has everything? How about about a present he can’t put together?

Watch DERF IN PRESENT DANGER below!

Derf in Present Danger from Animatus Studio on Vimeo.

Animatus Website Design

We’re not just an animation company — Animatus does websites! Here’s a selection of websites our designer Mike Boas has been working on recently.

HD Video Production Crew

HD Video Production Crew is a blog and website for director/director of photography James P. Gribbins.

Visit hdvideoproductioncrew.com


360 | 365

For the launch of the 360 | 365 George Eastman House Film Festival (formerly the Rochester High Falls International Film Festival) Animatus worked with a design by Partners + Napier to develop a new website.

film360365.com

Visit film360365.com


Gilded Square Picture Framing and Gallery

A tasteful, artistic site for this quality framing shop in Rochester.

Visit www.gildedsquare.com


Teaching as Caring

A website which serves to guide nursing faculty in understanding and enacting the art of instructor caring.

Visit www.instructorcaring.com


Chris King Productions

A site designed to be a calling card for commercial producer and director Chris King.

Visit www.chriskingproductions.com

Springtime is Springing

Spring Animation Workshops

Our Winter workshops were so popular, it seems like half our students have already signed up to come back in March! That means if you haven’t registered yet, don’t drag your heels!

Spring Workshops

Saturdays

March 6, 13, 20, 27

$159

Choose Morning (9am – 12noon)

OR Afternoon (1pm – 4pm)

All supplies and equipment usage included. Each student’s animation will be showcased on the Animatus website. DVDs are available for an additional $10.

Register online at

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops

Or call (585) 232-3949

Last Chance for Winter Workshops

January 6th, 2010
Animation Workshops in the New Year

Last Chance For Winter Workshops

Happy New Year!

Feeling creative? Well, there are still a few spots left in our winter workshops! Everyone here at Animatus is psyched for another creative year. If you are too, join us this Saturday for some fun and laughs.

Winter Workshops

Saturdays

January 9, 16, 23, 30

$159

All supplies and equipment usage included. Each student’s animation will be showcased on the Animatus website. DVDs are available for an additional $10.

Register online at

http://animatusstudio.com/workshops

Or call (585) 232-3949

The Cartoon-Mobile takes to the road

Be on the look-out for the goofiest vehicle in Rochester! That’s right, Fred now has images of Derf and Matty wrapped around his Toyota Scion. People will see the cartoon buffoon coming from blocks away.

Thanks to Vital Signs and Graphics for making it happen!

Season’s Greetings from Animatus

December 15th, 2009
Animation Workshops in the New Year

Start the New Year off with a BANG! Release your own fireworks of creativity and begin the year with some new animation. As Dave always sings, “It’s fun to do the impossible. It’s fun to dream out loud.” Join us for some more fun beginning January 9th! Registration space is limited. Gift certificates are available.

Register Now For Winter Workshops

At a loss for what to give your aspiring animator this season? Give the gift of cartoons! They can see their ideas come to life in January’s Animation Workshops.

Winter Workshops
Saturdays
January 9, 16, 23, 30
$159

All supplies and equipment usage included. Each student’s animation will be showcased on the

Animatus website. Tapes or DVDs are available for an additional $10.

Register online at
http://animatusstudio.com/workshops

Or call (585) 232-3949

Special Price for Subway DVD

In honor of the Animatus 20th Anniversary, we’re offering The End Of The Line for the low price of $20 this holiday season.

“The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” tells the little known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. The forty-five minute documentary recounts the tale of an American city’s bumpy ride through the Twentieth Century, from the perspective of a little engine that could, but didn’t.

“The End of the Line” Special Edition DVD contains over forty-five minutes of extra features, including three featurettes, a massive photo archive, outtakes, subtitles, and a subway map insert.

To buy your video directly from Animatus at this special price, go to http://animatusstudio.com/store/video.html

Click to Play
Play our animated holiday card!

Asperata on the Iphone

One of our recent top secret projects was creating characters and artwork for Hopping Bird Productions’ new iPhone game, ASPERATA.

We’re pleased to announce that the game is now available for download!

Asperata is a warrior woman tasked with defeating a horde of desert sand creatures (commonly known as mummies). More than a simple shooter game, Asperata requires both skillful screen taps and tilting of the device to control your weapons, along with careful attack planning and defense.

Visit http://asperata.com to find out more.

Or search “Asperata” in the iPhone app store to download your copy.

Rochester Subway DVD available for special holiday price

November 24th, 2009

Animatus Studio 20th Anniversary Special

For a limited time only, “The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” special edition DVD will be available at 30% off of the retail price.

The discounted price is $20.00 + shipping & NYS sales tax.

(No shipping if you pick it up from Animatus Studio.)

This offer is only valid from November 17th – December 31, 2009.

This limited offer is only good only at the AnimatusStudio.com web site and Animatus Studio at 34 Winthrop St. Rochester, NY 14607

“The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” DVD special edition makes a great gift for those who have never seen it or for those who only have the VHS. The DVD includes 45 minutes of extras including “Motherless Child” remnants of the subway including The Phantom Run, A Photo Archive of 150 still images, Closed Captioning, “The Steel Wheel” & much more.

Celebrate Animatus Studio’s 20th anniversary by saving money on the best documentary made about the history of transportation in Rochester. It’s the story about the smallest city in America to build and abandon a subway.

Makes a great holiday present!

This anniversary sale will end on January 1st, 2010.

The price will return to $29.95 plus shipping and NYS sales tax.

To purchase, go to http://animatusstudio.com/store/video.html

Animatus News November 2009

November 16th, 2009
Animation Workshop Cartoons!
Visit the Animation Workshop website to see what our students created this October!

See some spooky clay and cut-out cartoons, a riddle from a cave-man, the continuing adventures of Super Maintenance Man, Flappy Rabbit, and much much more.

Watch cartoons online or download to your iPod:
http://animatusstudio.com/workshops/student-work

If you ordered a DVD, you can pick it up at the studio weekdays between 10:00 and 5:00. (Note: we’re not here on Saturdays except when classes are running.)

Register Now For Winter Workshops

At a loss for what to give your aspiring animator this season? Give the gift of cartoons! They can see their ideas come to life in January’s Animation Workshops.

Winter Workshops
Saturdays
January 9, 16, 23, 30
$159

All supplies and equipment usage included. Each student’s animation will be showcased on the

Animatus website. Tapes or DVDs are available for an additional $10.

Register online at
http://animatusstudio.com/workshops

Or call (585) 232-3949

Special Price for Subway DVD
In honor of the Animatus 20th Anniversary, we’re offering The End Of The Line for the low price of $20 this holiday season.

“The End of the Line – Rochester’s Subway” tells the little known story of the rail line that operated in a former section of the Erie Canal from 1927 until its abandonment in 1956. The forty-five minute documentary recounts the tale of an American city’s bumpy ride through the Twentieth Century, from the perspective of a little engine that could, but didn’t.

“The End of the Line” Special Edition DVD contains over forty-five minutes of extra features, including three featurettes, a massive photo archive, outtakes, subtitles, and a subway map insert.

To buy your video directly from Animatus at this special price, go to http://animatusstudio.com/store/video.html

Asperata on the Iphone

One of our recent top secret projects was creating characters and artwork for Hopping Bird Productions’ new Iphone game, ASPERATA.

We’re pleased to announce that the game is now available for download!

Asperata is a warrior woman tasked with defeating a horde of desert sand creatures (commonly known as mummies). More than a simple shooter game, Asperata requires both skillful screen taps and tilting of the device to control your weapons, along with careful attack planning and defense.

Visit http://asperata.com to find out more.

Or search “Asperata” in the Iphone app store to download your copy.

360 | 365 Shorts Contest

Animatus Studio is a sponsor of 360 | 365 (formerly the High Falls Film Festival), and we’d like to encourage Rochester filmmakers to get a pie in the face.

That’s the theme for the current shorts contest! So get some friends together, get some pies, and get going. The deadline to upload your entry to Youtube is January 15th. There’s a $1000 prize!

Visit http://film360365.com/shorts for more info.