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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…did my PhD in Theoretical Robotics, then I returned to animation through Computer Graphics. I then started animating and directing commercials in London (at a company called Digital Pictures), then… |
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RumpelDeals revealed, Pied Piper posted
…the dwarf hawks his new website, RumpelDeals.com. Next up, ComingSoon.net has a video that introduces us to the Pied Piper who, in the Shrek world, turns out to be a… |
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Iron Man Armored Adventures: Complete First Season – Winners Announced!
…for the suggested retail price of $29.93. Iron Man Armored Adventures: Complete First Season is available to buy from Amazon.com THE SMALL PRINT: Winning names will be drawn at random…. |
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Tombstone
…Earp) to the comedic (Bob Hope’s Alias Jesse James and The Three Stooges’ The Outlaws Is Coming) and the plain outlandish, showing up in sci-fi (Doctor Who: Gunfighters, Star Trek:… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane
Enchanted had a script, a champion at Disney that pushed it through a green light, and legendary composers lining up to write for the project’s damsel in distress! But what… |
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My Life With Charlie Brown
…he wrote in compilations of other comic strips for his illustrious friends in the field. An interesting Chronology of major events in Schulz’s life follows the Introduction. From there, the… |
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Iron Man – Complete 1994 Series: Ultimo! (DVD Clip)
Iron Man: The Complete 1994 Animated Television Series is available to order now from Amazon.com [AMZ]B0036EH3XO[/AMZ]… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle
…Companion is available to buy now from Amazon.com With all our gratitude to Frank Walsh for his generosity, time and kind help, and to Tim Sovay. All onset pictures, blueprints,… |
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Dalmatians 101: Marc’s wife Alice Davis talks about her Legendary husband
…Wickes before. They were very well acquainted and he loved the comedy that she did. She was a wonderful comic. She did a great job. Ms. Gerson was a star… |
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How Dean Wright and Wendy Rogers brought FX to Prince Caspian
…Prince Caspian: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion is available to buy now from Amazon.com With all our gratitude to Tim Sovay, Wendy Rogers and Dean Wright for their great help…. |
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Shrek Forever After opens
DreamWorks Animation’s final installment in one of the most profitable animated franchises of all time comes to a close today with the release of Shrek Forever After. The sequel seems… |
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Frank Walsh: Setting The World of Narnia
…commitment and above all enthusiasm. However, creating a team for me is not choosing just people I am comfortable working with, but what they bring to the team. Individual talent… |
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Who Discovered…Lyricist Glenn Slater?
…a musical comedy environment, and now supervised by legendary animator Eric Goldberg (Aladdin‘s Genie). That’s where composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater [both right] enter. Five songs were planned,… |
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MacCurdy, Snyder join Technicolor for Berkeley Breathed project
…DVDs (including Blu-ray Disc); and a leading global supplier of set-top boxes and gateways. The company also operates an Intellectual Property and Licensing business unit. For more information visit Technicolor.com…. |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…always wanted to be a comic book artist as I grew up loving American comic books and European comics, too. AV: Like Tintin, I guess! TG: Yes! Tintin was the… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…computers. In fact, today, you can go out to any computer store and purchase the very same computers that we use here. You can go out and purchase the same… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!
…complementary technology in addition to traditional stop-motion/hand animation? HS: We don’t think we actually achieved a very fluid motion, so thanks for the compliment. It was basically made the same… |
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Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!
…I know what these guys can do and how they sound. AV: You also composed the music for the Ratatouille videogame. It’s very unusual to have the same composer doing… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…come back to the original writer. At some point, you come to a crossroad and you think: “why isn’t this working?” and you go back to where you began with,… |
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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…internet and cable network. This creates a need for more advertising-related animation content. I started my career working on TV commercials, so in a way, I’m coming full circle. I… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: On The Trail (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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The Great Mouse Detective Mystery In The Mist Edition: Basil’s Calculations (movie clip)
…animated action when The Great Mouse Detective comes to DVD on April 13, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. In the greatest little mystery in Disney history, the renowned… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Three: Musical minstrels Alan Menken and Danny Troob!
…Troob! Alan Menken: Composing An Enchanted Score Every Disney heroine has her own minstrel to sing her story or compose songs for her. Aurora has hers, Maid Marian has Alan-a-Dale,… |
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Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue: Sneak Peek
The worlds of Fairies and Humans converges for the first time in an all-new magical adventure, Tinker Bell And The Great Fairy Rescue, debuting on Blu-ray Combo Pack (includes Blu-ray… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…As you say, we did have a number of “callbacks” to earlier Disney films, not so much for comedy, but as a way of acknowledging the Disney legacy and comment… |
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The Paintings of Peregoy at Suspended Animation
…of The Walt Disney Company, Peregoy was recently named a “Disney Legend.” Peregoy is the twelfth artist currently represented in the Suspended Animation Gallery, which exclusively carries personal art pieces… |
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Eric Goldberg takes us on a Character Animation Crash Course!
…marvelous, and will be for years to come. AV: What can you say regarding your work on The Princess And The Frog? EG: I’m having fun. More info to come… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…supervisor’s role is not to come in and direct the story. The director is the director of the story. The story supervisor’s role is to come in and help the… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons 1980s Collection V1: We Wanted Hits (DVD Bonus Clip)
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1980s Collection Volume 1 is available to order now from Amazon.com [AMZ]B0037XPPAW[/AMZ]… |
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Ariel’s Song: Robert Reece, a fortunate writer under the sea!
…is commercial. That’s always going to be the balance in the movie business, though. It is art combined with commerce. Hopefully, you create something that you’re proud of and it… |
