Friday 26 February 2016

Our CEO at Global Meetup - Fukuoka, Japan




Our first meeting with the Montblanc Pictures Co., Ltd. Management. (Fukuoka Japan)


Dinner with the Thailand, Malaysia and Japanese delegates


Our CEO at the Global Meetup at Fukuoka, Japan as a keynote speaker

Global Meetup


Our CEO is very honoured to be invited as a keynote speaker at the coming Global Meetup! ~Animation Content Seminar~ held at Fukuoka City (Japan). At the event, he will be sharing his views on the current state of the ASEAN content industry, and future Prospects in the ASEAN content market. 

In addition, there will be a panel discussion on the topic of entering ASEAN markets and international collaborations.

An Article by Professor Akinori Nakamura

 
Professor Akinori Nakamura from College of Image Arts and Science (Ritsumeikan University Japan) has featured a Japanese article about our company on Famitsu. Read it here

New Home for Tiny Island Productions and Dream Defenders






 Its official. We are moving to 2 Veerasamy Road on the 21st Nov 2015. Our New Home, our new office.

Exploring Collaborations with Fukuoka


We had a good meeting with the team of government delegates from the Fukuoka City of Japan. 

Fukuoka is a very interesting city. It is expected to grow in the years ahead, especially in animation and media. In terms of rent, it is much lower than Singapore. Salary is about 35% cheaper than us. In general, it has a lower cost of living than most Japanese cities. It is well linked to other cities in Japan, and its location is in the centre of Asia. Their government is looking at ways to grow the animation and media sector by providing support. Fukuoka is considered a earthquake free-zone. I am not surprise that someday, it may take over Tokyo. 

It will be really exciting if Tiny Island can set up a branch in Fukuoka to tap on the creatives there, to produce a Japanese version of the Dream Defenders story. Its something I have been thinking about for some time. 

The immediate collaboration we are in discussions about, is to go there to share our experience in IP creation for global markets. Hopefully, this will encourage more Japanese indie producers to go global and build a whole new market for themselves. We will probably be there next year as a speaker at an industry talk, and hopefully follow it up by running seminars there.

Tiny Island Productions at Asia Television Forum 2015

Our first round of VR/Stereo-3d prototype test for Dream Defenders has been well received at the recent ATF. We have shown it to companies like Jim Henson, DHX Media, Guru Studio etc as well as major Chinese companies like Alpha Animation and Shanghai Media Group(SMG). 


Imagine a VR experience where the user can be part of the story, able to walk, jump high and shoot the nightmare monsters in the Dream Defenders world. And even join Zane and Zoey in their adventures. In the next phase, we will work on bringing multiple players into the same VR world. 

Next stop, Hunan and Shanghai. And we will see you at Kidscreen Miami. https://youtu.be/wqhDxNydrOM 

Thanks to Presence Pictures our partner for all their contributions.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Chinese New Year Lunch at Tiny Island Productions


More pictures here

Talk at NTU ADM on IP Creation and Entrepreneurship in Animation


Our CEO, David Kwok is giving a talk at NTU ADM about IP Creation and Entrepreneurship in Animation. More pictures here

A Talk about Animation at Fuchun Secondary School


Our CEO giving a talk at Fuchun Secondary School

Tiny Islands is hiring!

(Singaporeans and PR only) 

Tiny Island Productions is expanding its VFX team. We are looking for freelance Maya VFX artists. VFX artists who are interested in joining the team, please send your resume and showreel to hr@tinyisland.net 

Please make sure your reel demonstrates vfx skills in particles systems. (Do not send match moving or rotoscoping reels. )

Global Meetup at Fukuoka, Japan


Our CEO is very honoured to be invited as a keynote speaker at the coming Global Meetup! ~Animation Content Seminar~ held at Fukuoka City (Japan). At the event, he will be sharing his views on the current state of the ASEAN content industry, and future Prospects in the ASEAN content market. 

In addition, there will be a panel discussion on the topic of entering the ASEAN markets and international collaborations.

Talk at NTU


ADM Students, Given the current state of our local animation industry, Our CEO hope to share views of new opportunities out there and what you can do to safe guard your future.

Date: Next Wed, 27th Jan 4 pm
Venue: NTU ADM: ART B1-02 LT01
90 minutes lecture on IP creations and Entrepreneurship in Animation.

Some of our CEO contributions:
https://entrepreneurshipinanimation.wordpress.com 
 https://www.facebook.com/groups/EntreAnimation/

Talk at Fukuoka, Japan


Our CEO is very honoured to be invited as a keynote speaker at the coming Global Meetup! ~Animation Content Seminar~ held at Fukuoka City (Japan). At the event, he will be sharing his views on the current state of the ASEAN content industry, and future Prospects in the ASEAN content market. 

In addition, there will be a panel discussion on the topic of entrance into the ASEAN markets and international collaborations. 

Venue: 
T-JOY Hakata (Cinema Complex) 

Participant: 
Producers, Creators in content business or industry. 

Expected Numbers: 
Approximately 200 people 

Organizer: 
CREATIVE LAB FUKUOKA, Fukuoka Creative Content Association 

Supporter: 
Fukuoka City Government

Testing our VR prototype for Dream Defenders


 Thom Chapman, Territory Manager, DHX Media


 Richard Goldman, Executive Vice President Global Distribution Jim Henson Company


Wild Brain - Michael Carroll


Frank Falcone, President and Creative Director Guru Studio Canada

Visit to Fukuoka in February 2016

 The event has been confirmed. Tiny Island has been invited by the Fukuoka Authority to share our experience in IP creations for the global market. Hopefully this will encourage more Japanese indie producers to go global and build a whole new market for themselves. The event will be held at the end of Feb 2016 after our LA and Miami Trip. 

Fukuoka is a very interesting city. It is expected to grow in the years ahead especially in animation and media. In terms of rent, it is much lower than Singapore. Salary is about 35% cheaper than us. In general, it is much cheaper than most Japanese cities. It is well linked to other cities in Japan and the location is in the centre of Asia. Their government is looking at ways to grow the animation and media sector by providing support. Fukuoka is considered as a earthquake free zone. I am not surprise that someday, it will take over Tokyo. 

It will really be exciting if we can collaborate with the creatives in Fukuoka to produce a Japanese version of the Dream Defenders trilogy. Something I have been thinking for sometime.

Christmas at Tiny Island Productions










Christmas at Tiny Island Productions more pictures here

We are hiring!


(Singaporeans and PR only) Tiny Island Productions is expanding its tech team. We are looking for freelance Maya riggers. Riggers who are interested to join the team, please send your resume and animation reel to hr@tinyisland.net Please make sure your reel demonstrates rigging skills.

Visit to Oriental DreamWorks



Our CEO visits Oriental DreamWorks

We are hiring!

(Singaporeans and PR only)

Tiny Island Productions is expanding its animation team. The project is a reputable European series and requires good acting skills. Animators who are interested to join the team, please send your resume and animation reel to hr@tinyisland.net Please make sure your reel demonstrates good acting skills.

Dream Defenders on VR


 

Our prototype is almost done. Thanks to Edmund. We are experimenting using VR and stereoscopic 3D technology to tell the Dream Defenders story. Allowing users to feel as though they are in the scene interacting with the environment, walking and jumping high, shooting lasers at the momok just by staring at the momok. 

Moving forward, we also hope to allow multiple users to participate together. And all you need is a iPhone. 

The first stop demo will be at the coming Asia Television Forum. Followed by in China, Kidscreen Miami and LA.

Dream Defenders on EDM website


Dream Defenders featured on EDM website. Link here

We are very thankful for the warmth reception and friendship we found here. In coming months, we will start working out ways to help the industry here with the Cimahi Creative Association and their government. For a start, we will be doing a 3 days workshop to guide the companies here on IP creation next March. We hope that eventually we can help them globalize their IP by linking them up with global broadcasters and distributors.

How to Monetize your IP Talk at BIAF

How to Monetize your IP? A talk presented by our CEO. It's so well received, we have been requested to come back to do a 3 days workshops for the companies here. It's a collaboration between the Govt of Cimahi and Cimahi Creative Association.





Baros International Animation Festival

Our CEO has been invited to share his experience at the Baros International Animation Festival. It's exciting to see the government of Indonesia focusing in building their animation industry. Especially in IP creation. We are very thankful for the warmth reception and kindness we received from the artists in Cimahi Indonesia.






Warmth reception from the Mayor of Cimahi, Indonesia.



Our CEO, David Kwok talk show in Indonesia