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Arcane
…the one outsider brought in to provide fresh perspective, Ash Brannon. Brannon brings along experience from mainstream animation, having previously been a co-director of Toy Story 2 and later director… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…pursue longer form animation, working as a storyboard artist on the BAFTA-winning CBeebies show Sarah & Duck, and then as 2D Animation Director for Paddington 2. In 2019 he was… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
Don Shank is a versatile artist. He attended the animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. He went on to work at a variety of animation studios on… |
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Chris Sanders podcast
o-meon updates with a podcast interview with Chris Sanders, director of Disney’s Lilo and Stitch and DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming Crood Awakenings. The same podcast also features an interview with the… |
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Burny Mattinson podcast interview
Clay Kaytis’ Animation Podcast site fires back up with part one of an interview with long-time Disney animation worker Burny Mattinson. As a bridge between generations of animators Burny Mattinson… |
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A Scanner Darkly
…than the movie. The Weight Of The Line: Animation Tales (20:44) tells of the post-filming animation work. With only a handful of people working on the animation process having actual… |
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Around the world with Mila: Producer Andrea Emmes
…animation, because of its special connection to her: “This girl, now woman, who inspired me to create this movie, was a child of WWII. She is also my mother.” Mila… |
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Genndy Tartakovsky leaving Cartoon Network for Lucasfilm Animation?
Amid Amidi of {{link http://www.animationblast.com/ Animation Blast}} has an unconfirmed rumor that Cartoon Network’s Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of \\Samurai Jack\\ and \\Dexter’s Lab\\, may be leaving to join the new… |
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New DreamWorks Animation Fansite online with Shrek 2
‘Jawad’, who runs the excellent {{link http://www.dreamworksfansite.com DreamWorks SKG Fansite}}, has expanded his online universe by announcing on the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=249#post249 Animated News Forums}} a new, specific {{link http://animation.dreamworksfansite.com/shrek2/ DreamWorks… |
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Poindexter named as Warner Animation’s new "action man"
{{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/ Animation Magazine}} reports that Warner Bros. has named Roland Poindexter as Senior VP, Action-Adventure Properties, a newly created position. Answering to WB Animation president Sander Schwartz, Poindexter will… |
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Flash animation gets serious
{{link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1930 AWN}} looks at how Macromedia’s Flash animation software, once considered a “toy for Internet users”, has grown into a “serious production tool” for creating broadcast quality animation. They… |
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Jim Hill shines spotlight on Disney Feature Animation – Florida situation
{{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/index.htm?../articles/01052004.2.htm~contentFrame Jim Hill Media}} will spotlight the situation at Disney Feature Animation – Florida this week, and is hoping to “embarrass Mouse House management into backing down” from shuttering… |
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What do you do after you are fired from Disney Animation in Florida?
Start your own studio like these ex-Disney animators did. Legacy Animation will open it’s doors this month to continue the tradition of 2d Disney style animation. These people have a… |
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The State of Animation
…a report on the state of animation. Animators J. J. Sedelmaier and Gary Baseman, and animation studio Pixar are scheduled to be profiled. Thanks to Animation Insider for the alert…. |
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Animation around the world
With Disney moving much of its animation production overseas, the {{link http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=10493 Animation World Network}} takes a timely look at what the higher and higher profile European studios are producing… |
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The "traditional vs computer animation" debate through the eyes of film history
\\{{link http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/25/movies/25MITC.html New York Times}}\\ film critic Elvis Mitchell looks at the trend toward computer animation and how it fits into the history of film making. “Every few decades an… |
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News from the hand-drawn animation front
If the big studios won’t do it right, now it’s up to independent studios to keep the flame of hand-drawn animation alive at the moment. Silver Sky Animation and Arctic… |
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CINEME International Animation Film Festival Call for Entries
In the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=2579#post2579 AN Forums}}, ‘tkt0820’ posts that “The CINEME International Animation Film Festival has announced its Call for Submissions. CINEME will be held September 24, 25 and 26,… |
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mtvU Best Animation on Campus Contest Winner Announced
‘MusicFan’ writes in with a link to the announced winners of the Best Animation On Campus competition to find new animation talent and projects for mtvU. Congratulations to Gary Finkler,… |
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New Lucasfilm animation facility in Singapore
Star Wars mega-fan site TheForce.Net reports on the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, which will take place sometime in Spring 2005 and “will produce digitally animated films, television and games.”… |
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"Baer-ing Up in Tough Times": Jim Hill interviews animation industry vet Dale Baer
At the AN Forum, ‘ScoFo’ points out that Skwigly Animation Magazine features the new article “Baer-ing Up in Tough Times”, in which Jim Hill speaks to animation industry vet Dale… |
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More on Disney's animation future, sequels to Pixar's films
…screenwriters have pitched sequel ideas for Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc. to Disney executives. Disney animation chief David Stainton declined to comment on the new studio’s plans, instead speaking on… |
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Computer animation too detailed for courtroom use?
Times Leader reports that for the first time in Pennsylvania, a case has the state Supreme Court trying to decide whether it was wrong for prosecutors to use computer animation… |
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Project Firefly 3D animation reel has a Few Good Ghosts
…is a 3D animation reel that features some early animation from the now-cancelled A Few Good Ghosts, which was being worked on by Florida Disney Feature Animation before its demise…. |
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Maui Film Festival Animation Report – UPDATED
…be there the exact dates that the Maui Film Festival would be taking place so I decided to take advantage of it and gather all the animation related bits I… |
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Corner Stone Pictures and OBX Capital Group join for animation venture
…Pictures, Corner Stone Animation will work in every aspect of financing and animation production, in addition to handling product merchandising, manufacturing, and distributing. Production has already began on the educational… |
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Ottawa '05 International Animation Festival announces selections
…is the result of a limited amount of entries in those fields. One may visit the Animation World Network to read the selections for the Ottawa ’05 International Animation Festival…. |
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Lucasfilm's Singapore animation studio opens
Thursday marked the opening of Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, the 40,000 square feet animation facility located in the Changi area of Singapore. Employing over 35 people from 19 countries, the studio… |
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DreamWorks Animation, Activision launch new deal
Activision, Inc. and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced a new “long-term, broad-based strategic alliance,” says a press release at Coming Soon. The deal is a multi-year agreement providing Activision with… |
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Inaugural Graphic Impact Annual Animation Competition announced
CG Society and the CMP Game Group-owned Game Developers Conference have announced a new competition for computer graphics artwork, the Graphic Impact Annual Animation Competition, reports Gamasutra. This year’s theme… |
