Entangled in African animation
Johannesburg-based Spaghetti Media recently completed a commercial for Tanzanian Breweries (a subsidiary of SAB Miller) to advertise Kilimanjaro Premium Lager Brand.
Rebrand for local music channel
Orijin, one of South Africa’s leading broadcast design groups, recently rebranded the on-air imaging of South African music channel and part of the DStv pay-TV bouquet, MK.
Polishing POPSTARS’ new image
Animation, motion graphics and web development company Shine Interactive was involved in re-branding local music reality show POPSTARS, which aired on free-to-air channel e-tv from September to November 2010.
New animation division launches
Johannesburg-based facility Aces Up Post Production is riding high following the launch on 1 September of its new animation division and the news that five commercials cut by in-house editors Zama Jolobe and Lucian Barnard made it to the finals of the upcoming Loerie Awards.
Local animation grabs the spotlight
As South African animation hit cinemas in 2011, Screen Africa reflects on the state of the industry on and off the big screen.
East African animation on growth path
Two animation films created in East Africa were screened at the recent Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF). Martin Chemhere talks to animators Kwame Nyong’o and Boniface Mhella about the region’s emerging industry.
Fully featured MediaServer series at IBC
SeaChange International enables broadcasters to serve increasingly demanding television and multimedia viewers with the new MediaServer 1200GX series, a standalone, broadcast-quality video server with embedded graphics support that will be exhibited at this week’s IBC in Amsterdam.
3D animation spreads wings at Cannes
While July sees the release of South Africa’s eagerly anticipated first 3D animated feature Jock of the Bushveld, another world class 3D animated feature is waiting in the wings...
The light pipeline
Widely used in communications, optical fibre technology permits transmission
over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data rates) than other forms
of communication...
Soccer and animation to unlock mystery of HIV
Viewers will be taken on an animated trip inside the human body to unravel the
mystery of how HIV/Aids works in a new feature film by Curious Pictures and the
non-profit Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership...
























