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Welcome
Digital Media is no longer considered New Media - it is becoming the norm rather than something new. It encompasses a whole range of technologies and modes of delivery. Games and Animation are delivered via regular TV broadcast, digital and satellite, DVD, web and mobile streams. They are used for entertainment and education. Some productions are animated feature movies or triple A game titles taking millions of dollars and years to build, where others are brief web cartoons or casual games build by teams of 2-3 people on a shoestring budget.
Jalloo will focus on the smaller end of the business with presentations and workshops designed to help small companies or partnerships get their start or stay afloat in the exciting world of the Games and Animation industry.
We have lots of events planned to fill two days and more!
Come and tour the facilities of our renowned Animation and Gaming Programs. Listen to our international guest speakers, visit the student showcase, network with other professionals, watch professional and student work or at the very least relax and join us for a fabulous lobster dinner with our famous down home hospitality.
If you are into animation (traditional, digital, 3D), or gaming (casual, console, mobile, social) come and join us in all things Jalloo.
We are looking for submissions!
Do you want to showcase a new product? Do you have a great cinematic? Are you working on a new piece or student flick?
Whatever you have...We would love to show it! We will be running a video reel of Jalloo submissions giving companies and freelancers the opportunity to show off their work.
We will also be running an Arcade-styled Games Room to show off the games that you produce. Talk to us about reserving space.
Schedule
The schedule is subject to change. Please check back for the most current info.
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Blank spaces will be filled as as events are confirmed.
View schedule in PDF format note: pdf and web schedules are updated seperately, so one may be more current then the other.
Pre-Jalloo Events - contact us for how to attend
Wednesday, 26 May
Pam Thompson presentation on creating strong industry portfolios
Tuesday, 15 June
Joe Gilland workshop on SFX Animation: rm 103 St Mikes building, NBCC Miramichi
Jalloo Events
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Thursday, June 17 |
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| Time | Theatre 145 | Theatre 125 | Lab B6 | Gym/Other |
| 8:30 | Registration in the Main Foyer. Continental Breakfast served in the cafeteria. Coffee and muffins served all morning. |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Keynote Speaker Joe Gilland | Keynote Simulcast | ||
| 9:45 - 10:45 |
Showcase & Arcade | 11:00 - 11:30 |
Pitching to Teletoon | Tech South East |
| 11:45 - 12:30 |
I know Kung Fu - 10 yrs in Games in 45 min | Animation in Canada | Workshop NGrain |
Arcade |
| 12:30 - 2:00 |
Networking BBQ Lunch | |||
| 2:00 | Jalloo Main events complete |
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| 3:30 - 4:30 |
Briefing - 24hr Game Jam | Briefing - 24hr Comic Jam | ||
| 5:00 Thu - 5:00 Fri |
24 hr Game & Comic Jam | |||
Guest Speakers
Our exciting slate of guest speakers continues to grow as the festival draws near. Check back for updates!
Click a name in the list below to jump to that speaker's bio:
- Scott Jon Siegel - Playdom (keynote)
- Joe Gilland - SFX Animator (keynote)
- Carl Callewaert - The Gaming and Animation Institute of Fredericton & Measurand Inc
- Ryan Henson Creighton - Untold Entertainment
- Gene Fowler - Loogaroo Animation
- Dominique Dussault - Teletoon
- Gail Langdon - Bluedrop
- Gwen Mitchel - Mystary Creature Animation
- Andy Moore - Game Developer
- Mike Valiquette - Canadian Animation Resources
- Fran Zandonella - Rhythm & Hues
Scott Jon Siegel- Playdom
Sr. Game Designer
San FranciscoHi, I’m Scott Jon Siegel. The following facts are true. I’m a game designer. For over a year, I was working at Zynga in San Francisco, building incredible social games. I was Lead Designer on Word Scramble for the iPhone, Contributing Designer on Café World, and have provided design and documentation for many of Zynga’s other great titles, including Word Twist, Texas Hold’em Poker, and Pathwords. Prior to Zynga, I published 14 original non-digital games as part of The Escapist’s Game Design Friday. Most recently, I’ve joined the incredibly talented team at Playdom, working as a lead designer on the next generation of blockbuster social games.
I have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to game design, and constantly ruminate on new mechanics and new game ideas, particularly in the still-nascent field of games on social networks.
Joe Gilland - SFX Animator
Freelance
Vancouver, BCJoe Gilland is an animation director, special effects animator, journalist, author and musician. His most recent book ‘Elemental Magic - The Art of Special Effects Animation’, has quickly become a sensation in the global animation community, bringing to print for the first time the magic behind the visual effects animation that has dazzled animation audiences since the 1930’s. Joseph’s approach to the animation process focuses not only on technical know how, but also reveals the raw energy underlying all great animation works. With passion, emotion and a vast amount of practical experience, Gilland introduces the reader to a fluid organic process of discovery and interactive experimentation that breathes new life into a fine art form that many believe to be a highly technical and tedious affair. While writing and illustrating Elemental Magic over the last four years, Joseph began bringing his vision to a workshop series entitled ‘An Organic Approach to Special Effects Animation’. The workshops and his book evolved together, feeding off of each other and resulting in a book that not only contains Joseph’s deep expertise on the subject, but also reflects the feedback of animation artists and students from around the world.
In his long and storied animation career, Joseph has utilized his traditional and digital animation talents at such studios as Walt Disney Feature Animation, Don Bluth Animation, and the National Film Board of Canada. At Walt Disney Feature Animation, Joseph served as Supervisor of Visual Effects for the Disney classics Lilo & Stitch and Brother Bear. Joseph also served as Head of Florida Special Effects Unit for the features Kingdom of the Sun, and Tarzan, and was Special Effects Animator on such notable titles as Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, James and the Giant Peach, Hercules and Mulan. His broad experience also includes animating on several short film projects at the National Film Board of Canada, and directing dozens of television commercials as an independent director. From 2003 to 2005, Joseph headed up the world renowned animation program at the Vancouver Film School.
Joe is currently at work on an independent short film and is writing a follow up volume to ‘Elemental Magic’ that will delve deeper into special effects and also include a DVD with real time step by step ‘how-to’ footage, and clips from live workshops.
On Tuesday before Jalloo Joe will be giving his fameous SFX Animation workshop. Contact us if you would like to attend.
Carl Callewaert - The Gaming and Animation Institute of Fredericton & Measurand Inc
Instructor (GAIF) and 3D Motion Capture Consultant (Measurand)
Fredericton NBCarl has been a trainer and representative for Autodesk products. His skils lead him from teaching 3D to creating his own school in Fredericton NB.
Ryan Henson Creighton - Untold Entertainment
President
Toronto, ONRyan has been working in the online entertainment industry since early 2000. As Senior Game Developer for Corus Entertainment, he created a large stable of over fifty games and applications for kids, primarily on YTV.com.
In 2006, Ryan joined the Big Rip team to consult on the massively multiplayer game network. In the same year, he received the peer-nominated Corus Creative Spark Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions as a prolific “idea man”, writer, and game developer.
Gene Fowler -Loogaroo Animation
Owner
Miramichi, NBGene Fowler is an honors graduate of NBCC Miramichi, and in the last 10 years been in the executive and creative management roles of animation studios and their projects. In 2000, as Executive Director of Animation for a studio owned by a US –based e-learning company, Gene was responsible in growing and managing the largest Flash exclusive animation studio in Canada.
Then in 2003, as the founder and President of Fatkat, Gene grew from scratch the largest flash animation studio on the Canada’s east coast, employing hundreds of artists and twice ranking in the top 3 of the fastest growing companies in the region.
Gene has produced over 100 productions in the last 10 years. These range from commercials for Toyota, Pepsi, Unilever, Microsoft and Yahoo to training films for Boeing, Hasbro and Nike to Multimillion dollar television series for CBC, Nicktoons, YTV, SRC, Canal + and BBC.
He is extremely passionate about his hometown Miramichi, building an animation industry in New Brunswick and is wondering what he has to do to get his photo up on the wall of fame at NBCC Miramichi, jeez!Loogaroo is Gene's latest project.
Dominique Dussault- Teletoon
Senior Project Coordinator, Original Production
Montreal QCDominique Dussault, Senior Project Coordinator, Original Production for TELETOON Canada Inc., the country’s first and only 24-hour animation station, with English and French language networks. In this role, she is responsible for supervising the French versioning of original programming for both the English and French networks as well as being the point person for all pitches coming to TELETOON. Since joining TELETOON in December 2005, Ms. Dussault has been involved in many aspects of television production. Ms. Dussault is fluent in English and French, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Concordia University.
Gail Langdon - Bluedrop
Director of Business Alliance & Marketing
St. Johns, NLBluedrop delivers ground breaking, award winning e-Learning, blended learning, advanced simulation and gaming, and instructor-led training to clients.
Gail has years of experience in the world of games as a director of the Jalloo Foundation and a member of Fog Studios, an agent matching up game producers and publishers. Gail uses her expertise to bring Bluedrop into the world of game-based learning.
Gwen Mitchell - Mystery Creature Animation
Owner, Animator Miramichi NBGwyneth Mitchell is a graduate of Sheridan College Classical Animation program. After a short time freelancing in Toronto Gwyneth moved to Miramichi to work at Fatkat full time (2005). Since getting over the initial culture shock of moving from a big city to a small city Gwyneth has found she fits right in and is enjoying small town living.
She is a member of the Art Core, a Miramichi based, not for profit organization for the fine artists in the area. Gwyneth exhibits some of her work every year in the Ritchie Wharf Gallery.
This past year Gwyneth has started her own animation company, Mystery Creature Animation with her partner Neven Nesic. Specializing in animation and design, the company also provides art classes and other educational services as well as custom websites.
Andy Moore- GameDesigner
Vancouver BCAfter 12 years of taking my skills from a hobbyist to a professional level, I've finally made Game Design my full-time job. Be it luck, skill, fate, or design, hits like Fantastic Contraption, SteamBirds, and Protonaut have allowed me to meet hundreds of fellow Indie game developers and collaborate on dozens of projects.
Mike Valiquette - Canadian Animation Resources
Artist
Ottawa ONMichael Valiquette is an award-winning animation producer, manager and artist with over 15 years experience in the industry. In 2008, Michael set out to unite the diverse Canadian Animation community, and founded Canadian Animation Resources, the only central, online resource catering to both the independent sector and commercial industry in Canada.
Fran Zandonella- Rhythm & Hues
Sr. Pipeline TD
San FranciscoFran Zandonella is a technologist who helps animation artists effortlessly express their creative visions in computer animated movies. With over 10 years experience working in the Animation Industry on the technical side of production, she makes easy-to-use tools for artists and supports them in their creative endeavors. In short, she makes "fancy paint brushes" for artists.
Prior to consulting, Ms. Zandonella worked for over two years at Rythm & Hues, three years at LAIKA, Inc, at the genesis of its new Entertainment division, and seven years at Disney Feature Animation during its golden age. Wizard, detective, white knight, and guide are just some of the technological roles Ms. Zandonella has assumed in her career. At both companies she has written artist-focused software, created a quality assurance process, written web-based documentation, trained artists, rescued artists from rascally computers and found their lost digital art, as well as worked remotely on the East Coast and in Europe from the West Coast.
Fran's filmography includes:
Moongirl (2005 - short)
Home On The Range (2004)
Brother Bear (2003)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
Atlantis (2001)
Emperor's New Groove (2000)
Oil & Vinegar (2000 - short)
Tarzan (1999)
Mulan (1998)
Showcase
Industry Showcase
Various sponsors and industry leaders will be showcasing their products and services in a trade-show style environment.
Student Showcase
Students graduating from NBCC Miramichi's diploma programs in Animation or Game Design are eager to meet industry leaders. Each student will be on hand to exhibit samples of his or her work in our student showcase. Potential employers, industry professionals looking for fresh ideas, and students interested in entering the Animation and Gaming fields should all attend.
The showcase will feature students graduating from the following programs:
| Animation and Graphics | Mainly traditional 2D animation with some flash and 3D |
| Graphic Design | Ranging from print media to web design with a business focus |
| Game Programming | Programming superficially in a game environment |
| 3D Technical Animator | 3D modeling and rigging for high poly models |
| 3D Level Design | 3D modeling and rigging with an eye to real time rendering; also known as Environmental Artists. |
| Advanced Diploma in Applied Arts | Graduates from a recognized college program who have completed a 1-year internship with the Department of National Defence |
Please refer to the schedule for Showcase times and location.
Demo Reels
Companies and freelancers in the animation and gaming sectors may submit their work to appear in the Professional Demo Reel. The reel will be shown continuously in one of the video rooms during the showcase.
Students from anywhere worldwide may submit their work to appear in the New Generation Demo Reel which will be screened alongside the student showcase. The emphasis will be on students from Atlantic Canada.
The registration form on this site includes a section for including your work on one of the demo reels. For more information, contact us: info@jalloo.net
Videos
Many of the panels at Jalloo were recorded. You can access them below:
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Keynote Speaker Joe Gilland
Keynote Speaker Scott Jon Siegel
State of the Game Industry
State of the Animation Industry
Career in CGI
Canadian Animation Resources
Canadian Digital Media Network
Edutainment
Making Flash Games for Money
Game / Comic Jam Results
iPhone Development nadProfit For Students
Rise Fall and Rise of an Animation Studio
I Know Kung Fu - 10 Years of Gaming Experience in 45 minutes
Tech South East
Pitching To Teletoon
Note: These videos are hosted in youtube, so they are broken into 10-minute increments.
Miramichi AKA The Chi
So where are we?
Jalloo is hosted at the Miramichi campus of the New Brunswick Community College.
| For a detailed map and directions follow this link to google maps |
NBCC Miramichi Campus |
And where can you stay?
Miramichi has various hotels and bed and breakfasts. Feel free to contact us.
A link to the google maps list of hotels with maps and phone numbers.
The closest hotel to NBCC is the Rodd Hotel
Rodd Miramichi River
1809 Water Street
Miramichi, NB
Canada E1N 1B2
Phone: 506.773.3111 Fax: 506.773.3110
Other suggested hotels include:
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Park Inns And Suites |
Best Value Inn |
Game Jam / Comic Jam
24 hrs of intense development on a game or comic by a team.
Seven teams participated in Jalloo's 24hr Game Jam, including Game and Animation professionals, people just graduating from 3D, Animation or Programming, and several year 1 3D and Programming students.
Team 1: Toes.
Monster under the bed eating toes that hang over.
Made in Flash CS 4.
Team:
Ryan Creighton (Untold Entertainment) - Programmer
Martin Copp (NBCC Miramichi) - Programmer
Brad Lamey (grad Animation) - Graphics
Bryan Viau (grad 3D) - Graphics------------------------
Team 2: Vampire Vernon
Vernon needs cheese to survive, but watch out for knives and garlic!
Made in DirectX 3D (C++)
Team:
Aaron MacDonald (yr1 Programming) - Programmer
"Slash" Cormier (yr1 Programming) - Programmer
Patrick Ward (yr1 3D) - Graphics---------------------
Team 3 - Shadow Defence
Chop down trees and set them on fire to deter and kill the shadows comming to destroy your cabin in the woods.
Made in Flash CS 4
Team:
Stéphanie Arseneau (yr 1 Programming) - Graphics
Andy Moore (anydmoore.ca) - Programming
Rob Anderson (Noise2Signal) - Audio/Graphics
Gene Fowler (Loogaroo) - Graphics----------------------------
Team 4 - SalvageJam
Find the tools you need to eacape the dungeon.
Built in GameMaker.
Team:
Jamie Carroll (yr 1 Programming) - Programming
Dave Proctor (yr 1 Programming) - Programming
Justin Clark (grad 3D) - Graphics
Brandon LeFloch (yr 1 3D) - Graphics---------------------------------
Team 5 - Ghost Jam
You are trapped in a haunted house. You must escape!
Made in GameMaker.
Team:
Kip Atchison (yr 1 Programming) - Graphics/Programming
Joseph O'Connor (yr 1 Programming) - Graphics/Programming
Jarod McLellen (yr 1 Programming) - Programming-------------------------------
Team 6 - Escape from Blahrs
Use and evade the UFO's attempting to adbuct you as you try to escape the maze. V1 - simple V2 - advanced (glitchy)
Made in GameMaker.
Team:
Gord Jennings (yr 1 Programming) - Programming
Jon Pollock (yr 1 Programming) - Programming
Dave Woodard (NBCC Miramichi) - Graphics
Chris Roy (yr 1 Programming) - Programming, Audio
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Team 7 - Mystic Cards
Gather mana to power your cards in combat against your opponent.
Made in Flash CS4.
Team:
Jacob Rutherford (grad Programming) - Programming
Kyle Leet (grad Programming) - Programming
Sam Bowbridge (grad 3D) - Graphics