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Television Academy hypocrisy allowing live action writers into animation categories?
As far back as our first year online, we’ve reported on the unhappiness of TV animation writers about the fact that they have to choose to be recognized in the… |
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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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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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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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Anne Globe, new marketing head for DreamWorks Animation
…breadth of support I have here at DreamWorks.” About DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films. The Company has… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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… |
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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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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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Prep & Landing landing again
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ holiday hit Prep & Landing is about to become a Christmas television franchise with not one but two follow-ups in the works. Full details can be… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…would now easily place them in the top league of computer animation feature producers. A strong point has always been their characters: who really cared if Ice Age’s animation wasn’t… |
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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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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…video animated features for Warner Home Video. Jeffrey Katzenberg is the CEO of Dreamworks Animation. Katzenberg was responsible for reviving the fortunes of Walt Disney Feature Animation with his supervision… |
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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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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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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… |
