National Daily

Revolution Media brings Disney to town

CREATIVE circles are abuzz with anticipation regarding Revolution Media's upcoming Visual Asylum, a series of workshops aimed at training people in various aspects of visual communication and slated for the 31st of May to the 2nd of June at the Julius Berger Hall of the University of Lagos. This is connected with the fact that the inaugural edition of this series is offering classes in Disney-style 2D animation for the first time in the country.
"2D animation is making a big time comeback" explains Sewedo Nupowaku, Revolution Media's CEO. "The maestros and moneymen at Disney are ready to revamp the venerable art form which suffered at the advent of 3D animation. They realize the market for 3D fare has become an all-comers affair and are keen to reinvent the particular slick style they pioneered using the latest digital technology. This was amply demonstrated when they unveiled their slate of upcoming movies recently. We are anticipating a renaissance of sorts and want our youth in particular to benefit from it" he concluded.
Facilitator of the 2D classes, Ibrahim Ganiyy, lead animator on Lagbaja's pioneering 'Suru lere' music video and one of the people who helped in creating Indomie Noodles' wildly successful 'Indomitables' campaign, agrees. "The pool of animators in Nigeria is abysmally small and we intend to democratize the field a bit more. A country like Senegal boasts of quite a few animation houses who in turn handle outsourced jobs from around the world. Why can't we be part of the action?" he asked rhetorically.

Revolution Media's Visual Asylum will also offer classes in 3D communications. This is the second initiative in a series of collaborations with Image Studios and Committee for Relevant Art (CORA).