Dimbox: The future of animation
The people of DIMBOX
* The group is now preparing the 10-minute animation trailer of "Legend of Tibud," its entry in the National Animation Competition of the Animation Council of the Philippines Inc
Armed with pencils, papers and the computer, a group of young men and women is out to prove to the world that Ilonggos can also excel in the animation industry.
This group is called Dimbox. The word "box" was derived from the lightbox being used in animation. "Dim" is because the group is composed of the night class students of the PGMA-TESDA course in 2D Professional Animation at the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology.
Vincent Galino III
They were trained for more than half a year to know the basic and advanced 2D Animation process from story boarding, basic anatomy, ruffs, in betweens, cleanup to post production that will qualify them to be part of a globally growing animation industry.
Some of them are good in Anime (eg. Samurai X) and some of them are into Western (eg. Mickey Mouse) style of animation. Others have expertise in 3D applications like AutoCad, 3D Smax, and Maya.
The group is now preparing the 10-minute animation trailer of "Legend of Tibud," its entry in the National Animation Competition of the Animation Council of the Philippines Inc. The story is about a boy who wants to get the treasure at the end of the rainbow.
"We have worked on the storyboard and the model sheets. We need to finish this by June," Vic "Jann" Galino III, president of Dimbox, said.
The Legend of Tibud
The ACPI will choose 30 entries to be judged by their organization. Those that make it will be judged by Disney Animations and when the said product wins, its producers will make a full-length story of it and will be sold to Animax or the Cartoon Network.
"We are still amateurs and we need more experience," Galino humbly said. He also hopes that the group gets more support so they could come up with a better product.
"We want to be successful animators and belong in the biggest companies in animation. We want to be the very first group of animators in Iloilo City," he said.
Dimbox's website is www.dimbox.net.tc
OFFICERS
VICENTE "JANN" GALINO III
President
JOSE MARI "JOMS" CORTEZ
Vice President
JOENETTE DIAERNE "BARBIE" PARDO
Secretary
MARITES DAJAY
Assistant Secretary
FRITZ DESCUTIDO
Treasurer
HENRY GIERZA
Assistant Treasurer
RANDY "ACTION" LASA
P.R.O
JOSEPH BENEDICTO
Auditor
JEFFREY TRIO
Assistant Auditor
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