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Newport Beach Film Festival announces the "Chuck Jones Award"
…of animation. Created to recognize the new generation of animators, the Award will celebrate the legacy of Chuck Jones and the continuing recognition of animation as a significant art form.”… |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…Animation Studios as an animator on Hercules, to become later Head of the Animated Short Films Department at Pixar Animation Studios, and now supervises all the Disney Theme Park attractions… |
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Phineas And Ferb: The Movie – Across The 2nd Dimension
Walt Disney Television Animation (5 August 2011), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 23 2011), 2 disc set, 77 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated TV-G, Retail:… |
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China wants to be known for fruit and veggie animation
China has long lagged behind in the animation industry compared to the US, Japan, and Europe. With DreamWorks opening a studio in Shanghai, animation studios in the Middle Kingdom want… |
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Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education
Various production studios (1927-1956), Thunderbean Animation (first quarter 2007), single DVD-R disc, 108 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $14.95 Storyboard:… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…film began to change: animation had again become mainstream, and Sleeping Beauty offered a mixture of what looked like new, modern animation, but with a genuine Golden Age feel. Could… |
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American Legends (featuring John Henry)
…of tightly paced animation and story, over in nine minutes and leaving you wanting much more. Created at Disney’s now-closed Florida animation studio (the folks responsible for Mulan, Lilo And… |
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Strange Magic
LucasFilm Animation (January 23 2015), Touchstone Home Entertainment (May 19 2015), single disc, 99 mins plus supplements, 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Even having… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…as War Of The Worlds and The Time Machine are classics of the genre. Pal’s earliest film endeavors were in animation, including the incredible and marvelous replacement puppet shorts known… |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea – Special Edition
Walt Disney Television Animation (September 19 2000), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (December 16 2008), single disc, 75 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated G, Retail:… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…latest installment to new heights comparable or better than most other animation studios choose to release as primary product. As a huge fan of Walt’s 1953 film, I can now… |
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Looney Tunes’ Mouse Chronicles
Warner Bros. Animation (1939 – 1967), Warner Home Video (August 28 2012), 2 discs, 133 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.37:1 original negative ratio, Dolby Digital, Not Rated (a standard… |
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Rudolph / Frosty / Santa Claus: The Original Christmas Classics
…such, the Japanese animation (where much of the producer’s fare, including later traditional animation, would be made) is actually pretty good, with strong staging and direction despite the undoubtedly small… |
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Preserving Animation’s History: S/R Animation Conservation Center
S/R Animation Conservation Center has a yearly auction with rare pieces of animation history up for sale. While the auction is interesting, the work S/R does to preserve these pieces… |
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2017: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…animation. With animation features, it was about as relatively quiet as 2015 and, like two years ago, a Pixar film pretty much had the spotlight. While there were notable stand-outs… |
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Sanders awakens to dream job at DreamWorks
…JOINS DREAMWORKS ANIMATION FOR A CROOD AWAKENING Veteran Animation Writer/Director Sanders to Helm Stone Age Comedy Glendale, CA – March 28, 2007 – DreamWorks Animation today announced that talented filmmaker… |
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The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!
…Animation’s highest grossing film without Elsa as its star. If anything, it demonstrated just how much Hollywood is reconsidering the streaming era — why spend upwards of $100 million on… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…agency’s biggest client. ABC had been looking for some educational children’s animation, and when Chuck Jones recommended the idea, Eisner closed the deal in that same meeting. This is how… |
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The Jungle Book 2
…character lip synch isn’t as good as in recent Disney films. There are some nice animation shots during the Shere Kahn/night-time scenes, but overall the animation doesn’t have any real… |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
…a hybrid artist who works both in animation and live action movies. His wide experience includes art directing for over 18 years in feature live action, animation, musical theater, commercials,… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
…stay contemporary and blend in with the growing trend for stylised, limited animation methods. Cartoon shorts had been going this way throughout the 1950s, led originally by United Productions of… |
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Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas
…pitfalls of breaking up these programs between differing animation companies. Going back to the animation – and I will dwell on this since it’s a big step to take with… |
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Pixar Character Art Director Deanna Marsigliese plunges into the art of Luca
…Classical Animation at Sheridan College, as well as 3D Animation at Seneca College, both located in Toronto, Canada. She then freelanced as a 2D character animator and character designer on… |
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Madagascar penguins get TV series
Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation have just announced a new television series starring the penguins from the Madagascar CGI-animated film series. The full press release follows: Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation Team… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure rates highly among this litter, probably down to being one of the later films to emerge from the Studio’s television animation division. The first of… |
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Hanna And Barbera: Conversations
…all these pieces. Though Hanna-Barbera was often criticized for its limited animation, its many Scooby-Doo clones, and eventually outsourcing animation to a number of overseas studios, they also need to… |
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Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition
…Peter Schneider. The animation, directed by Walt Disney Treasures producer Dave Bossert, was co-ordinated by the direct-to-video crowd at the DisneyToon Studios, with animation completed by the Japanese staff of… |
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Rock & Rule: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…done by a group of very talented animators. The inexperience of the studio in producing long-form animation meant that the story was never fully developed before animation was being worked… |
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Cineme Animation Festival and IGDA Video Game Developers Summit update
…(i.e., Claymation, stop-motion, etc.); Special Effects (Visual Effects Animation); Media (TV commercial animation); Music (Animated Music Videos & Best Score in an Animated Project); Television (Specials and Series); Web Animation… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…capturing emotion than motion. Animated Views: When did you decide to study animation? Jamie Beard: I’ve been wanting to do animation since I was knee-high. It’s been in my blood… |
