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More Macca animation in the pipe
Kristin has sent in news from the Paul McCartney e-mail newsletter concerning more animation coming from the Beatles superstar (it appears be talking about the UK release of the Paul… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts V and VI
We complete our series of excerpts from the production notes for The Incredibles today with parts 5 and 6, which discuss the breakthroughs in animation technology that were made during… |
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Raven Moon Entertainment starting new animation division
…a piece of the animation revenue pie. Without a doubt we can offer movie studios and production companies in Los Angeles and New York the highest quality animation at a… |
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Toy Story: full 10th Anniversary DVD details
…– Layout Tricks – Animation Tour (Ash and Pete) – Early Animation Tests – Shading and Lighting – Render Bugs (7) – Buzz Lightyear Commercial Publicity Materials – Fascinating look… |
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Exodus Film Group takes on Hero of Color City and Amarillo Armadillo
…in 2007. Veteran animation executive Max Howard (Lion King, Aladdin, Space Jam) will executive produce both films with animation created by Exodus’ award-winning partner ElectroAge. The Hero of Color City… |
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Independent Animation Channel goes live
The Independent Animation Channel will be going live on July 4, 2005. The site, which claims to be “the only animation channel that runs just like a real TV station,… |
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London Animation Show
Steve Roberts writes in with a “note to let you know that there is an animation show at Central St Martins College of Art and Design’s {{link http://www.londonanimationstudio.tv/home.html London Animation… |
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Nike's Knight moving into feature animation
Studio Briefing for July 20 reports that Phil Knight, founder of athletic footware company Nike, is gearing up to create a stop-motion/computer-animation hybrid animated feature to be released in 2007…. |
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Enchanted traditional animation
…animation’s return to Walt Disney Feature Animation, Jim Hill writes, “The way I hear it, if traditional animation does come back at Walt Disney Studios, we’re talking about a much… |
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Jerusalem Venture Partners sets sights on animation
…industries. The Jerusalem Animation Lab acts as both animation and gaming studio, plus a developmental lab dedicated to creating animations for cellular phones. Max Howard, who produced for DreamWorks SKG,… |
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Animaster-ing students for the animation field
The “Education” section of the Deccan Herald investigates the Animaster, a Bangalore-based animation school. The school offers an advanced three-year diploma in animation, collaborating with the Algonquin College of Ontario,… |
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Bridging the gap between 2D and CG
…animation, and CG. Thinking Animation is non-software specific. It contains a history of the field of animation as well as insight into how today’s CG studios operate. It embraces the… |
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ASIFA presents 1938 Disney Artist's Tryout Book
…viewing online at… A-HAA Blog: 1938 Disney Studios Artists Tryout Book Those in the animation business will instantly notice some differences between the way that animation was produced in the… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
DreamWorks Animation (November 2 2007), DreamWorks/Paramount Home Entertainment (March 11 2008), 2 discs, 90 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $36.98 Storyboard: Little… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
…Warner Bros. about securing their famed Looney Tunes stable as a replacement. The Warners animation unit had simply kept ticking over since the 1970s after a set of newly-produced Chuck… |
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Dreamworks Animation's Monsters Vs Aliens to invade theatres earlier than expected
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., together with Paramount Pictures Corporation, a unit of Viacom Inc., announced today that Monsters vs. Aliens, DreamWorks Animation’s first-ever film produced in stereoscopic 3-D technology, will… |
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Clone Wars extends its battle to Cartoon Network
…same time, push the art of animation forward.†“Nothing like this has ever been produced for television,†said Stuart Snyder, President/COO Turner Animation,Young Adults & Kids Media. “For 30 years,… |
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Pixar animator presents UK animation workshop
Escape Studios is hosting a two-day animation workshop in London on June 10-11 presented by Andrew Gordon, who is currently supervising animator on Pixar’s new short film Presto. During the… |
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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…animation director. You would think that this set would have a great chance of coming to DVD, but only his Droopy cartoons have come out so far. Animation fans know… |
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The Secret Of The Magic Gourd
…deals to produce the fully-animated feature Roadside Romeo in and for India and, back in China, the animation and live-action combination The Secret Of The Magic Gourd. Very often films… |
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DC Comics animation goodness, plus director Michel Ocelot!
…Complete Motion Comic, a rather intriguing way of bringing the pages of a visually told story to life in limited though seemingly very effective animation, retaining the original’s tone (even… |
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Kung Fu Panda
I have an odd relationship with DreamWorks Animation. I love the idea of the company — a major animation competitor to Disney (and partner Pixar), with each pushing the other… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…the best quality possible. While the production work was done in Los Angeles, the animation was done in Tokyo, but was of very high quality (for television). The resulting animation… |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…will balk at this simply because it is animated, or because the animation is standard, 1973-level television limited animation. But if you give the show a chance, you will find… |
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The Amazing Screw-On Head
…is reinforced by the additional choppiness of the animation, done by DR Movie in Korea. It felt as if the director and the animation team were not in sync, as… |
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Lorraine Feather & George Griffin on You’re Outa Here
…and Saul Steinberg, and made his first animation with improvised equipment in 1969. His work includes self-referential cartoons, narratives, documentaries and experiments with music like Head Viewmaster, Ko-Ko and A… |
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The Incredible Mr Limpet
…animation sensibility. The animation may not have the whiz and pizzazz of today’s polished CG enhanced look, but does reach the standards of 40s Disney output, which is probably down… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…in the animation department, an expensive operation to run. “You know,” he once said jokingly to his animators, “with live action I can go out with the actors and film… |
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Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
…this time, the film was brought into shape, eliminating at an early stage any un-needed elements and providing a tight structure that meant Dumbo could be put into animation quickly…. |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Three
…well) and the Studio decided to permanently close down the animation department and cease all animation production for good. For many, the magic of the Tom And Jerry shorts ended… |
