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KOCHI: “When we created Lara Croft, we wanted her to be strong, intelligent, attractive, adventurous and sexy. She was everything men wanted and everything women wanted to be. She thus became popular with both,” says Ian Livingstone, who has been part of original Tomb Raider project, besides many others in his capacity as the chairman of the game publishers - Eidos. “It was in 1996 that the first seeds of ‘Tomb Raider’ was conceived. It was estimated that around 50,000 copies of the game would sell but we ended up selling seven and a half million,” he says.
Livingstone was in the city on Wednesday to present ‘Perspectives,’ a series of nation-wide seminars organised by Arena Animation. In the seminar held at the Kochi Ramavarma Club, Ian demonstrated in detail the production and pre-production aspects of the making of ‘Tomb Raider’ to the hall packed with animation students and enthusiasts.
Livingstone is of the opinion that India has a long way to go with regard to the animation industry.
“There is a high quality talent pool here. Indeed it is the perfect combination of great skills and low cost but right now, all of it is being used for Western animation studios.
There are quite a few works being made here but they are all regional in content. The next step for India is to make works for the global market,” he said. Livingstone is the recipient of several awards like the ‘Order of the British Empire,’ for ‘Services to the Computer Games Industry’ (2006) and the 'Gift of the Academy' in the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for outstanding contribution to the community.
Arena’s seminar aims to bring together professionals from the animation community on a common platform to share their knowledge and experiences of the industry with students which would enable them to think beyond the obvious and get an insight into the career options within animation, visual effects and gaming.
Asha Prakash
Livingstone was in the city on Wednesday to present ‘Perspectives,’ a series of nation-wide seminars organised by Arena Animation. In the seminar held at the Kochi Ramavarma Club, Ian demonstrated in detail the production and pre-production aspects of the making of ‘Tomb Raider’ to the hall packed with animation students and enthusiasts.
Livingstone is of the opinion that India has a long way to go with regard to the animation industry.
“There is a high quality talent pool here. Indeed it is the perfect combination of great skills and low cost but right now, all of it is being used for Western animation studios.
There are quite a few works being made here but they are all regional in content. The next step for India is to make works for the global market,” he said. Livingstone is the recipient of several awards like the ‘Order of the British Empire,’ for ‘Services to the Computer Games Industry’ (2006) and the 'Gift of the Academy' in the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for outstanding contribution to the community.
Arena’s seminar aims to bring together professionals from the animation community on a common platform to share their knowledge and experiences of the industry with students which would enable them to think beyond the obvious and get an insight into the career options within animation, visual effects and gaming.
Asha Prakash
Source: expressbuzz.com
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