NEXT LAB TV

In this section you can watch again the online conferences that have been held along the year as well as the conferences that took place the event or the presentations of NEXT LAB Generation in Annecy.

MASTERS OF VR ANIMATION: NICK LADD

With Canadian VR artist and animator, founding member of the Virtual Animation community. Conference in which we will learn about his most recent work (“Namoo”, a short film shortlisted for the 2022 Oscars) and Studio Syro (“Tales from Soda Island”, a series made entirely in Quill) in addition to the Virtual Animation collective.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER NEXT LAB? SUCCESS STORIES...OR NOT

We talk to two of the winning projects from the first edition ("Protocolo Flambé" by Rubén Fernández and "Going Down" by Joaquín Martínez), who will tell us about their experiences and how their way of working has changed, what projects they are developing and what new opportunities the methodology learnt at the workshop has opened up for them. We will also talk to Víctor Monigote, participant of this edition with the project "Wan", who will explain the difficulties he has faced during the workshop, the challenges he has overcome, and those he has not.

THE LATEST FROM STUDIO SYRO

Dan Franke is co-founder of Studio Syro, a virtual animation studio with an international team of designers, animators and developers who use the VR painting tool Quill to produce experiences both inside and outside of virtual reality. Dan will tell us about the advantages, but also the complexities, of producing animation with a production company model that is at the forefront of using the most innovative creative tools

THE NEW DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM FOR IPS CREATION

The future of the entertainment industry is already marked by new immersive entertainment technologies and, especially, by Web 3.0 and the Metaverse. New IPs will have to exist in a continuous digital space, which offers enormous possibilities for storytelling and audiovisual creation. With Diego Ibáñez, Chief Brand Officer of DeAPlaneta Entertainment.

THE FUTURE OF AUDIOVISUAL. DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES WHICH ARE CHANGING THE SECTOR

In this round table we analyze and try to get a glimpse of the changes that are already underway and those that are coming. New ways of creating, machine learning, AI, new ways of designing content and identifying new audiences, in short, a future full of challenges and opportunities for which we must start preparing. With Marcos Fajardo, creator of Arnold software, Engineering Emmy & Oscar Award, Víctor M. Féliz, External Consultant at Epic Games and CEO & Lead Developer at Motiva and Luis Argmengol, Technology Director and Founder, KOYI Talent.

PITCH OF FINALIST PROJECTS NXLB2022. PART I

Pitch of the finalist projects in the Next Lab workshop, where we will see the final result of having worked exclusively with Quill and Unreal on these projects over the last few weeks. The jury will decide the 2 winning projects that will be presented at Annecy 2022.

PITCH OF FINALIST PROJECTS NXLB2022. PART II

NEW TOOLS FOR STORYBOARDING AND ANIMATICS

Ponentes: Daniel M. Lara, Enrique Gato y Daniel Martín Peixe.

There are new tools that make the storyboarding and animation process much richer, more creative and efficient and better connected to the rest of the production phases. This demo-talk will show this workflow in action. Daniel M. Lara will give a live demo and will then be joined by greats such as Enrique Gato and Daniel Martínez Peixe, among others, to tell us about their experiences.

NEXT LAB IN ANNECY 2021: "NEXT LAB, DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY”

Next Lab, initiative that connects art and technology in the animation and digital content industry, mainly sponsored by Comunidad de Madrid, had a virtual space at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Film Festival last June 16th.

STUDIO SYRO. HOW A PRODUCTION COMPANY WORKS WITH QUILL AS THE MAIN TOOL

Within the Next Lab 2021 event, Dan Franke, one of the creators of Studio Syro, tells us about the experience of having a creative studio where the main tool is Quill. How they organize their work, what the clients think, what challenges they have faced, in short, the guts of what may be the model of the animation production company of the future.

Dan Franke is the Co-Founder of Studio Syro, a virtual animation studio with an international team of designers, animators, and developers who use the VR Quill painting tool to produce handcrafted experiences both in and outside of VR. He is currently directing "Tales from Soda Island," the first virtual reality series created entirely in virtual reality.

THE FUTURE OF ANIMATION. DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL CHANGE THE SECTOR

In this round table, during Next Lab 2021 event, we analyze and try to glimpse the changes that are already underway and those that will come.

New ways of creating, machine learning, AI, new ways of designing content and identifying new audiences, and a future full of challenges and difficulties as well as opportunities. With the speakers Francisco Asensi and Daniel Martínez Lara.

NEW WAYS TO PRODUCE: WORKFLOW QUILL + UNREAL

The best way to understand and value something is to face it, that is why we have analyzed and tracked the processes of all the projects that have participated in the Next Lab workshop. Raúl Colomer, one of the workshop teachers, gives an exclusive preview, within the Next Lab 2021 event, of what works and what does not, where time and money are saved and what are the advantages from the point of view of the creator and the producer.

SHOW ME THE MONEY !! FINANCING FOR PROJECTS AND INNOVATION

Inauguration of Next lab 2021 event. Learn about the lines and grants available to finance your project.

A talk held during the Next Lab event with the collaboration of the institutions: Community of Madrid, Ministry of Culture and Sports and Enisa.

PITCH OF THE PARTICIPATING PROJECTS IN THE WORKSHOP. BLOCK II

Pitch of the projects participating in the Next Lab workshop, where we see the final result of having worked exclusively with Quill and Unreal on these projects..

Block I: 'Play Gregor' by Jorge Sarria, "Ibis" by María Burgués & Enric Sant, "Going Down" by Joaquin Martínez and "Amarradas" by Carmen Córdoba.

PITCH OF THE PARTICIPATING PROJECTS IN THE WORKSHOP. BLOCK I

Pitch of the projects participating in the Next Lab workshop, where we see the final result of having worked exclusively with Quill and Unreal on these projects.

Block I: 'Villa Fábula' by Víctor Martín, 'Titan Tofu' by María Luquero and 'Protocolo Flambé' by Rubén Fernández.

PRODUCING A SHORT FILM IN VR: THE REMEDY WITH DANIEL MARTIN PEIXE

In the second Next Lab talk, Daniel Martín Peixe tells us about his experience producing a short film in VR: ‘The Remedy’.

Character animator at Walt Disney Studios since November 2009. With twenty years of experience in the animation industry as a traditional 2D and CGI animator in a variety of projects and locations around the world. He worked on the critically acclaimed feature film "Tangled" (2010), as well as such Oscar-winning films as "Zootopia" (2016) and "Moana" (2016). Mentor of the professional online workshop Animsquad since 2017. Writer, director and creator of the virtual reality short film "The Remedy" (2019), created entirely with the virtual reality application "Quill".

WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ANIMATION WITH DANIEL MARTÍNEZ LARA

In the first Next Lab talk with Daniel Martínez Lara.

Goya Award for the best animated short film for “Alike” in 2016. He carries out his professional activity in three areas: teaching with his school Pepe School Land, creating his own short films and finally designing and developing animation tools such as Blender Grease Pencil, KeyMesh and EasyRigging.