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<strong>Animex</strong> 2010 Festival Programme7Tuesday 9 February9.15am Registration (Foyer of Europa Building)10.00am Panel Session: Breaking into the industrySean Crooks Associate Producer at Ubisoft chairs apanel of speakers from <strong>Animex</strong> Game. This sessionwill look at how they got into the games industry andwhat you can do to land the role you want.10.45am Andy Bastable, FreeStyleGamesThe zero to DJ HeroFrom DIY electronics in a garage to million-sellingmusic franchise; FreeStyleGames' Andy Bastabletalks us through the triumphs and challenges theteam faced when making DJ Hero a reality.11.30am Break11.45am Tristan Reidford, ValveLeft4Dead 2Tristan delivers an overview of the production pipelineof the L4D2 survivor characters. Covering concept artgeneration through to final in game models.12.30pm Lunch1.30pm BAFTA presents: Sarah Webb, TunaClaymation on a console:The sculpting of Cletus ClayClaymation artist Sarah shares her experiencesconstructing Cletus Clay, the upcoming PC/XBLAside-scrolling platform brawler from Sheffield indiedeveloper Tuna. All the game's graphics are madeusing traditional stop-motion clay animation, thenextruded into 3D meshes. This gives the modelsa true feeling of volume and allows cutting-edgegraphics techniques like dynamic shadow-casting,creating the closest thing to a real clay-animatedmovie ever seen in a game.BAFTA's Access All Areas brings you closer to the film, televisionand video games industries. Through nationwide events, whichare open to all, and exclusive online content BAFTA shares theknowledge, talent and advice of industry experts. Learn from thebest at www.bafta.org2.15pm Eric Baldwin, Naughty DogCompleting the performance: Animatingfor the active cinematic experience inUncharted 2The experience of playing Uncharted 2: AmongThieves has been best described as playing your waythrough a good blockbuster action movie. The storyis compelling, the action is intense, the visuals arestunning, and the characters are realised in anauthentic manner, befitting of the comparisons to theirbig screen counterparts. This talk will detail thisprocess with a particular focus on the productionpipeline as it relates to completing the performance.From editing the mocap selects, to the camera workand presentation of the scenes to the detailedanimation of the characters bodies and faces.3.00pm Break3.15pm Jim Gentile, Creative Director,Motion Capture/AnimationCreating animation with motion captureand enjoying it!Jim will talk about the misconceptions about motioncapture and game animation and how to integrate thistool into your pipeline effectively. He will share hisexperiences from a 15 year (and counting) careeras a director of motion capture at Midway Gamesregarding the trials and tribulations of backing thisrelatively new tool and it's future in gaming and film.4.00pm Scott Campbell, Double FineBrutal Legend: A visual onslaughtConcept artist Scott Campbell discusses the creativevision behind the heavy metal epic Brutal Legend.From the absurdly awesome imagery associated withheavy metal album cover art and hot rod culture tothe colossal visual tales woven by Norse mythology,Brutal Legend pulls from many areas and combinesthem to create a new world with its own layered loreand epicness. This talk takes us through how thisvision came to fruition and looks at the charactersthat help us feel immersion in this world.5.00pm Close