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'Flash Software' Newest Technology for Animating Web

Aired March 16, 2002 - 22:49   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Moving on now to one of the newest media for artists. It's called Flash Software, the main technology used for animating the web.

And as Daniel Seiberg reports, some Internet animators have become film makers. And they have a festival to prove it.

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DANIEL SEIBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Every few months, top Internet animators get together for a most unusual party, Flashbang. Dominating the festivities are works created with flash software, a technology that literally animated the web a few years back.

DANIEL CROWDER, MONUMENTAL INTERACTIVE: Nine times out of 10, you see anything moving on web page is flash.

SEIBERG: But the animations at Flashbang were never intended to be on the web. Instead, they give the artist a chance to create something a little different, for a party that's very different.

CROWDER: Flashbang is kind of a hybrid creature. It's -- it takes on a lot of the elements of a kind of independent short film festival, but at the same time, it's also kind of a, you know, place where people get together and network and talk show. And it's a lot of fun. I mean, it's a part.

SEIBERG (on camera): Not only is Flashbang a showcase of digital productions, it's also full of interactivity, like this machine, that allows people to try their hand at being a video jockey.

(voice-over): But the real artists are the creators of the film, like the people at Monumental Interactive, who created the cartoon to display at Flashbang.

CROWDER: Right now, we're working on piece that kind of shows like what went wrong with the dotcom industry and our spin on it.

SEIBERG: But Flashbang isn't all about getting laughs. Some artists prefer an alternative message.

ADAM BOOZER: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) we did a sounds called no exist, for the main reason that the piece as a whole never really exists until you watch it.

SEIBERG: Adam Boozer and his partner, Tim Tewell, have been creating animations for Flashbang since the first event more than a year ago.

BOOZER: I wanted to do a piece that was sort of a little bit abstract of avant-garde. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) had an event. People would go, "Oh," might shake them a little bit.

TIM TEWELL, CO-CREATOR: The nucleus behind the sort of -- you saw something is you loved it. You hated it. And then, what did you do?

BOOZER: At a Flash film festival to like shake hands with people and talk to people about -- and get immediate response about what your work is like.

SEIBERG: Daniel Seiberg, CNN, Atlanta.

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