WIA's Pitch Night

Pitch Night Moves to Facebook!

2010-05-26T23:13:00.000-07:00

Hey folks! I'm no longer keeping a blog but using Facebook to update everyone on events for Pitch Night. Please check it out here: WIA's Pitch Night Facebook Become a fan! Tell your friends! Thanks! ~Jessica H.

Pitch Night Meets Sept. 25th!

2008-09-21T16:29:00.000-07:00

Happy September!We had a very productive pitch night last month and critiqued lots of great projects. Let's keep up the enthusiasm this month! We have another awesome special guest, Rusty Mills, to help critique boards and provide a little insight into the world of animation.Rusty has worked in the animation industry for over 23 years doing Storyboards, Timing, Animation and Directing. He's best

ASIFA's Student Animation Film Festival

2008-09-17T13:55:00.000-07:00

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywoods' Animator Educator's Forum is hosting its first Student Animation Film Festival at Woodbury University located on 7500 Glenoaks Blvd. in Burbank, CA 91510 on October 18, 2008 from 10 AM to 7:30 PM. Students enrolled in professional academic programs throughout the United States including NYU Tisch School of the Arts; UCLA; USC; Woodbury

36th Annie Awards: Call for Entries!

2008-09-16T17:52:00.000-07:00

36th Annual Annie Awards Set for Friday, January 30, 2009 at UCLA's Royce HallBURBANK, Calif. (September 10, 2008) The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its Call for Entries for consideration for this year's 36th Annual Annie Awards. Current Categories & Rules as well as all entry forms can be found online at www.annieawards.org.The Annie Awards honor overall

Next Pitch Night: July 31st with Jill Gilbert

2008-07-21T20:36:00.000-07:00

Happy July!I hope everyone rested up in June and is ready to have another great pitch night! We'll be meeting NEXT Thursday, July 31stat the Animation Guild. We have an amazing special guest for the night-- Jill Gilbert, Pitch Coach and founder of One Plus Productions (she's also the creator of the awesome One Plus Hub events)!!So if you feel like you need some answers before you pitch your

Cold Hard Flash Interviews Tyree!

2008-05-19T16:39:00.000-07:00

Aaron Simspon of Cold Hard Flash sat down with our latest guest artist and long time Pitch Night advocate, Tyree Dillihay. Tyree was Cold Hard Flash's very first video interview. Here's a link to the original site: Tyree Interview.You can also watch the interview embedded below! Congrats Tyree!

Animation Book Look

2008-04-30T12:46:00.000-07:00

Cartoon Brew just had a post about this event in Sherman Oaks at the VanEaton Galleries. Jerry Beck writes,"The 2nd annual Animation Book Look is the place to be. The Creative Talent Network and Van Eaton Galleries are presenting an all day book signing event on May 17th with appearances by a large number of artists and authors representing over seventy-five books. Everything from children’s

Drawing on the Future: Mentorship in Animation

2008-04-23T10:10:00.000-07:00

Just saw this article on AWN....this looks like an excellent lecture. Get your tickets now because I'm SURE this one will sell out!From AWN (this is the link to the original article):The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present the 12th Marc Davis Celebration of Animation, "Drawing on the Future: Mentorship in Animation," on Friday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn

Pitch Night Meets THURSDAY, April 24th!

2008-04-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

WIA's Pitch Night will be meeting THIS Thursday, April 24th at the Animation Guild. Our special guest artist for the event is Tyree Dillihay who recently finished directing his second short film for Six Point Harness titled "Differences". Check it out at the link below: http://www.youtube.com/user/TyreeTVYou can also see some other work at his blog: http://

SBP Night Meets Thursday, March 27th!!

2008-03-23T22:30:00.000-07:00

It's time for another pitch night! We'll be meeting THIS Thursday, March 27th at the Animation Guild. We won't be having a guest artist in person this month, but I WILL have something special for those who attend. Sign up to reserve a spot in the audience OR for pitching. E-mail me at jesskreig@gmail.com to RSVP today.Storyboard Pitch Nightmeets Thursday, March 27th7 pm to 10 pm at theAnimation

Happy New Year!

2008-01-16T13:14:00.000-08:00

I hope everybody had a great holiday! Just to update everyone- due to some scheduling conflicts I had last year, I have moved pitch night from it's normal time (every third Thursday of the month) to now being the LAST Thursday of every month. January's meeting will fall on Jan. 31st. Other info TBA in the coming week. Hope to see y'all there for our FIRST meeting of '08!! In the meantime,

Pitch Night Meets NEXT Thursday, Nov. 15th!!!

2007-11-08T21:07:00.000-08:00

Guess what? No, the answer's not "chicken butt"- it's time for another pitch night! Stop by the Animation Guild NEXT Thursday, November 15th for a rollicking good time! Please Note: This will be our LAST pitch night of 2007. So if you have something to pitch, now's the time! Sign up to reserve a spot in the audience OR for pitching. E-mail me at jesskreig@gmail.com to RSVP today.Storyboard

Hurry! Sign up today for "So You Wanna Make a Short?"

2007-10-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

Short films used to be the red-headed stepchild of the animation business. Everybody had a story they wanted to tell (that Christmas elf tale you came up with in the Eighties, for instance), but there was no market for them and no funding to make them, so ideas languished in desk drawers all over town.That was five minutes ago. Suddenly, shorts are hot. Shorts have EXPLODED onto the Internet and

Pitch Night Meets THIS Thursday, Oct. 18th!!!

2007-10-14T12:22:00.000-07:00

Has it already been a month?!! Well, then it must be time for another pitch night! Stop by the Animation Guild THIS Thursday, Oct. 18th. to get all your questions answered!Sign up to reserve a spot in the audience OR for pitching. E-mail me at jesskreig@gmail.com to RSVP today.Storyboard Pitch Nitemeets NEXT Thursday, Oct. 18th7 pm to 10 pm at theAnimation Guild4729 Lankershim Blvd.North

Sept. Event Recap

2007-10-01T12:50:00.000-07:00

What a great meeting! With a good-sized group of attendees, guest artist Melissa Suber in attendance, and an awesome short screened, there was something for everybody at September's pitch night.Wendell Washer began our meeting with a suggestion of sketch improv. Although it started off rocky (that after-work fatigue slowed us down), it was a good way to get the creative juices flowing. Next, I

Enter the Annie Awards Now!

2007-10-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

Save the Date- October 26th!!

2007-09-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

Save the date- WIA's next general meeting titled "So You Wanna Make a Short?" is Friday, October 26th at the Dreamworks campus!It's going to be a GREAT meeting for all you pitch night fans out there! If you've been slaving over a short or always wanted to know how to go about getting support to make one (financial, mental, etc) then you need to come to this meeting!We're still ironing out litte

Pitch Nite Meets NEXT Thursday, Sept. 20th...

2007-09-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

It's that time again, folks! Come down to the Animation Guild next Thursday, Sept. 20th for WIA's monthly Storyboard Pitch Nite. We'll have a special guest in attendance, Melissa Suber, who is currently working on story for Hoodwinked 2, as well as illustrating/writing children's books. She'll be a great asset to the evening-- so if you have technical questions or want some feedback on your

Hot August Nights

2007-09-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

One more pitch night down without a hitch. It was a smallish crew of intrepid pitch nighters, but a good time was had by all. I was happy to meet a group of Art Institute students who ventured up to see the workshop from Orange County. Their teacher suggested WIA's pitch night as a valuable resource for students to meet professionals in the industry and network. I completely agree.

Next Pitch Night...August 23rd!!!

2007-08-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

Everybody have fun at Comic-con? Well now that it's over, come on out to the next Pitch Night and tell us all about it! If you didn't attend comic-con, and were feverishly working on your next story installment, then stop by and show it off! PLEASE NOTE: I will be out of town on our usual night of pitch night (the third Thursday of this month) and have RE-SCHEDULED pitch night for THIS MONTH

Pitching Frenzy

2007-07-20T12:07:00.001-07:00

We had another good pitch night last night at Ye Olde Animation Guild. We took three pitches from attendees Ken Roskos, Dahveed Kolodny-Nagy, and Doug Wolf with his business partner Eric Gamache. It was really great to see such a wide range of work. Ken's working on a personal project entitled "Pandora's Box". He showed us part two last night. Overall people appreciated the diversity of his

Next Pitch Night...July 19th

2007-07-18T10:15:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,We had a GREAT pitch night last month with new faces in the crowd, and LOTS of creative ideas pitched. Let's keep 'em up, people! Just in time for Comic-Con, it's pitch night- this Thursday, July 19th. Want to warm up before showing your portfolio at Comic Con? Have you tweaked your story since the last time you pitched a board? Show us what you got! Sign up to reserve a spot in