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Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection
…smash hit and Lantz wanted to capitalise on it, immediately shoe-horning it into the next cartoon on the roster. Clearly the inclusion was a last minute decision since the ill-fitting… |
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Spooky! Doomsday, Mickey reviews and Pixar contests!
Happy Halloween! Okay, okay…it’s not until Wednesday if you want to get technical, but I’ll bet a fair few of you spent the past weekend scared out of your wits… |
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Our extensive Sleeping Beauty review is up!
…most anticipated releases of the year, we really wanted to go in-depth on the title, and as such I think you’ll find my review is the most exhaustive you’ll find,… |
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Snow White: Disney’s Animation Research Library’s Lella Smith reveals the Dwarfs’ Once Upon a Time!
…that it really became the international phenomenon we know? Lella Smith: Well, I think, my personal opinion is that it was because Walt Disney was able to imbue the characters… |
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The Art of Princess and the Frog: Down in New Orleans with author Jeff Kurtti
…input was equivalent to mine in terms of the final product. In the case of an Art Of… book, in fact, it is more important than the text, the text… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…liked it. It was a very long experience for one thing. It was similar to what I did in the past in a lot of ways since it was another… |
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My Neighbor Totoro
…everything to what is so accurately captured in the film. Scoring Miyazaki (7:19) is repeated on the other Ghibli DVDs in this wave, but it is still a nice interview… |
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman writes (and talks) about his Animated Life
…already had a pile of photographs I had taken during my years at Disney and Pixar. I didn’t have to interview anyone because I wrote directly from my memories at… |
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Inspiration for, and from, Up!
…22-mile crossing of the English Channel in a chair suspended under a cluster of 57 helium balloons. It’s not a house, but it’s close”. An image can be seen here:… |
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Next Pirates movie being made on a tighter budget
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is finding itself with a respectively smaller production budget than the franchise is used to, the LA Times is reporting. Although still in… |
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The Art of Toy Story 3: animation historian Charles Solomon tells about his “Favorite Toys”
…some gray hair; so do I. Their films reflect the changing perspective that age and its inevitable losses bring. If I had written a book about Toy Story in 1995,… |
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Newman gets star on Walk of Fame
…Newman’s nineteen Oscar nominations have been for his work in animated films, with his sole win coming in 2002 for the song If I Didn’t Have You from Monsters, Inc…. |
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Batman: Under The Red Hood
…off the Internet. Ink And Paint: The 1080p picture is near perfection. I could recall only one instance where I really noticed a hint of aliasing in one background. Otherwise,… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Glen Keane on discovering the beauty in The Beast
…where our studio was in Glendale, and so I bought it and brought it into my office and just had it on the wall as a reminder of just how… |
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Toy Story 3: Pixar writer Michael Arndt tells the story behind the story
…you surprised how Little Miss Sunshine took off? MA: I was endlessly surprised — that I was able to sell it; that it got made; that it got picked up… |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
…in London. There, I had the opportunity to work on American Tail II. It was a great experience to be a young artist in an animation studio. I learned a… |
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Young Justice
…darker themes washed from their plots in order to be kid friendly and have humorous inclination. Another cartoon that strays away from the main DC Animated Universe is called Young… |
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Bambi Diamond Edition: an interview with Donnie Dunagan, the original “Young Prince of the Forest”
…she is a wise lady. I never met the wonderful voice actor that put so much charm and laughs in all characters in Bambi, including Thumper. RI: How was the… |
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Tangled: Illustrator David Gilson’s dream come true!
…September-October, I got involved in the movie. I became an inbetweener. Actually, we were displayed in mini-teams with a chief assistant who gets a shot and then does the key… |
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Mars Needs Moms a “historic disaster” for Disney
…that will be virtually impossible for it to make back in theaters. “The right audience came, but not in the numbers we needed,” said Disney worldwide distribution president Chuck Vane…. |
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
…emphasizes the risks that Lanterns take on, in the name of protecting the innocent. Once a Lantern, nothing else comes first— not even family. However, in place of family is… |
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Cars 2 screenwriter Ben Queen on the race for his “Art Of” book!
From the early pencil sketches and conceptual artwork to the storyboards, color scripts and character designs, the gorgeous Art Of Cars 2 volume celebrates the artistry and imagination behind Lightning… |
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Lion King animator Tony Bancroft takes “warthog”’s share on Pumbaa!
…bring to our 2D animation. Then I saw it and I was amazed at how it looked in 3D – how much it enhances the animation. When we created the… |
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Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!
…in how a composer works on animation and live-action. Although typically an animated score is more closely married to the images. It was a terrific collaboration. RI: How involved were… |
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Young Justice: Season 1, Volume 2
…with serious repercussions. It reignited my interest in watching the rest of the DVD as did the growing strength in character development. It is a sign of a good animation… |
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The Art Of Pixar – The Complete Color Scripts And Select Art From 25 Years Of Animation: an Interview with author Amid Amidi
…an impressionable age, and my interest shifted to the artists behind-the-scenes who created the animation. And so I started studying the process and learning how animation worked when I was… |
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Director Gore Verbinski wrangles up Rango!
…“trust”. I said, “I’m taking a few years off and doing this animated movie. It’s a western with this lizard suffering an identity crisis”. And he just went, “I’m in!… |
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Stainton out as head of Paramount animation
…feature animation, signed on with Paramount last year after the release of their critical hit Rango. Paramount is planning to begin releasing one animated film a year starting in 2014…. |
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The Lorax
…better use for that cash, it’s a shame that this is what you get in return. It’s all the more vexing seeing as it is a massive corporation who spent… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…myself, I think I could turn it into what I’ve always imagined it would be. Under the right studio leadership, it would make all the difference in the world, perhaps.”… |
