COMICS CARNIVAL @ LABAF 07

3rd LAGOS COMICS & CARTOONS CARNIVAL

LC3 is a unique event initiated and coordinated by Revolution Media
and is geared towards raising the awareness and sensitivity of the
public (especially the youths) towards the vast field of cartoons,
comics and animation creation and publishing while adding a boost to
the nation's reading and entertainment culture. The first edition of
LC3, held in September 2004, was a collaborative effort of 3
enterprising young men (who firmly believe that Nigeria is a fertile
ground for the emergence of a richly rewarding and potentially booming
comics pop-culture) facilitated by Evolution Media (now Revolution
Media), Design Jockey Sessions and with support from CORA (Committee
for Relevant Art) as a part of the 6th Lagos Book and Art Festival.

LC3 '04 recorded considerable success, which points out the fact that
there is huge potential for the emergence of a comics and cartoon
industry. This year, we plan to make LC3 '07 bigger and better than
the last effort in September 2006. The event is slated to hold from
9th to 11th of November 2007 as a part of the 9th Lagos Book & Art
Festival at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

Programme

The third installment of LC3 will have a high capacity building
content with major focus on trainings and workshops for up coming
creatives in the comics and cartoons trade. Participants in the
training seminars and workshops will be drawn from secondary schools,
higher institutions of learning, independent practitioners and
practicing professionals in established advertising / media related
agencies, newspaper houses, etc that could be interested in a
refresher course of sorts. Facilitators will be drawn from a shortlist
of highly skilled professionals and the sessions will be highly
interactive. The first two days of LC3 '07 will be dedicated to these
workshops and seminars running alongside the exhibitions and sales
while the third day will be dedicated fully to a multimedia exhibition
of works by major players and emerging talents in the comics,
cartoons, animation and motion graphics trade, which will dovetail
into a dance party at the end of the event headlined by an 'A' list
Disc Jockey.

LC3 '07 is thus designed to cater for the multiple needs of
exposition, networking, marketing and entertainment.


Day One (Friday 9th November 2007)

8:00 am – 9.00am: Participating exhibitors / collaborators set up their stands.

10:00 am – 10.30am: Official opening of the 3rd Lagos Comics &
Cartoons Carnival.

10.30 am - 3.30pm: The 3rd Green Comic & Cartoon Strip Contest
(Themed: Plant an idea, watch it grow). Organized in collaboration
with Children And The Environment (CATE), and The Cartoonists
Association of Nigeria, the Green Comic Strip contest is targeted at
Secondary School Students between the ages of 13 and 20 years, the
programme is geared towards young people who have a flair for writing
and illustrating comics. Winning entries to the contest which would
have been collated and judged will be awarded prizes and a workshop
will be held for the children on how to create comics.

11.00 am – 6.00 pm Screening of short listed entries of animated short
flicks will hold for older folks who are not engaged with the
children. Participants will talk shop on the screened flicks and the
talks will be moderated by leading lights in the industry.

Day Two (Saturday 10th November 2007)

8:00 am – 9.00am: Participating exhibitors / collaborators set up their stands.

10:00 am – 12.00 noon: Workshop on Animation with focus on 2D.

12:00 noon – 12.30 pm: Break / Interaction.

12.30 pm – 2.30pm: Workshop on Animation with focus on 3D.

2.30 pm – 3.00pm: Break / Interaction.

30.00 pm – 5.00pm: Workshop on Animation with focus on motion graphics.

5.00 pm – 6.00pm: Re-cap / Question & Answer session / presentation of
certificates.

Day Three (Sunday 11th November 2007)

8:00 am – 9.00am: Participating exhibitors / collaborators set up their stands.

10:00 am – 3.00 pm: Screening of short listed entries of animated
short flicks will continue and participants will talk shop on the
screened flicks as was done on day one.

3.00pm – 6.00pm: Dance party / closing celebration with an 'A' list
disk jockey on duty.


Collaborators

In achieving the set goals for LC3, and as a direct benefit of having
done this before, we shall be facilitating this carnival in
collaboration with front line creative art and graphics companies and
individuals; some of whom we have collaborated with in the past, who
will also exhibit their publications and artistic offerings.
Co-facilitators will include Children And The Environment (CATE),
Design Jockey Sessions, Imperial Creation Studios, the Cartoonists
Association of Nigeria amongst others.

The Committee for Relevant Art (CORA), as in the past, shall provide a
broad platform at the 9th Lagos Book and Art Festival at which LC3 can
draw from a large pool of book and art enthusiasts.

Glossy Brochures branded by our sponsors and containing general
history and information about the speakers and exhibitors at the
carnival will be made available to participants and visitors to
further aid the networking we hope to sustain.

For more information, please contact the undersigned. We look forward
to your active participation.

Yours Faithfully,

…………………………..
Ayodele Arigbabu
234-0803-3000-499
arigbs@gmail.com

Sewedo Nupowaku
234-0806-7421-215
sewetronica@yahoo.co.uk


Will all animators please stand up!!!

This is a call for entries to animators of all backgrounds and cadres
to send in VCDs of their work for screening at the 3rd Lagos Comics &
Cartoons Carnival. The entries could be commercial or experimental
works, however, commercial work must come with authorization from the
copyright owners (if different from the creators of the works) for
them to be screened publicly. Feature length presentations and short
animated clips in the genres of 2D, 3D, motion graphics and
combinations thereof may be submitted, however, brevity will be an
advantage for screening and for the subsequent discussions that would
ensue. The works may range from short films and musical videos to
advertisements, architectural presentations and other esoteric
creations.

The Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival is a self styled ultimate
gathering of admirers, lovers and downright fanatics of comics,
cartoons and animation. The 3rd edition of the carnival will hold at
the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos from the 9th – 11th of November,
2007 as a part of the 9th Lagos Book & Art Festival and will have a
strong focus on animation. Received entries will be screened on the
three days of the carnival after which participants will talk shop on
the screened flicks. The talks will be moderated by leading lights in
the industry.

These sessions are designed to facilitate interaction between
professionals and enthusiasts, create a platform for cross pollination
of ideas, provide an avenue for employers of creative talent to
encounter fresh minds and serve as a fulcrum for building a database
of the variety of talents available in the field of animation.

Entries should be copies of the original work (original CDs or DVDs
should not be submitted as entries will not be returned) in VCD format
submitted with a letter addressed to The Coordinators, Lagos Comics
and Cartoons Carnival, stating the title, genre and theme of the
submission with a short Biodata of the creator(s) and should be
submitted to Revolution Media, c/o CORA secretariat, 1st Floor, 95
Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos on or before the 31st of October
2007. Revolution Media reserves the right to select from entries
received, those which will be screened at the carnival without
prejudice. All entries will be collated and catalogued after the
carnival at the CORA community library as reference material.

Please contact the undersigned for more information.

Yours Faithfully,

Ayodele Arigbabu
234-0803-3000-499
revolvingmedia@googlemail.com

Sewedo Nupowaku
234-0806-7421-215
revolutionmedia@yahoo.com

Calling all animators!!!

Revolution Media, organisers of the annual Lagos Comics & Cartoons
Carnival (LC3) will be hosting a one-day workshop on animation at the
3rd Lagos Comics and Cartoons Carnival which will hold at the National
Theatre, Iganmu Lagos from the 9th – 11th of November, 2007 as a part
of the 9th Lagos Book & Art Festival. The third installment of LC3
will have a high capacity building content with major focus on
trainings and workshops for up coming and established creatives in the
comics and cartoons trade. Participants in the training seminars and
workshops will be drawn from secondary schools, higher institutions of
learning, independent practitioners and practicing professionals in
established advertising / media related agencies, television houses,
etc that could be interested in a refresher course of sorts.
Facilitators will be highly skilled professionals and the sessions
will be very interactive.

You are therefore invited to participate in a workshop on animation on
Saturday the 10th of November 2007 (Please see programme below) from
10am – 6pm. The session shall cover 2D, 3D and motion graphics and
will be highly interactive. This workshop is recommended for those
with some background knowledge in animation who wish to improve on
their skills and is Revolution Media's initiative towards capacity
building in the field of comics, cartoons and animation.

The workshop session will be free and interested participants may
register at the CORA secretariat, 1st Foor, 95 Bode Thomas Street,
Surulere, Lagos or may send an email stating their interest to
lc3_05@yahoo.co.uk

Please contact the undersigned for more information.

Yours Faithfully,

…………………………..
Ayodele Arigbabu
234-0803-3000-499
revolvingmedia@googlemail.com

Sewedo Nupowaku
234-0806-7421-215
revolutionmedia@yahoo.com