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Tangled
…in particular to advance the look of CG, wanting to use its rendering capabilities to create moving, living paintings as its frames of animation. An early test revealed the inspired… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet’s director Kelly Asbury Opens His Secret Garden!
…sound and music – becomes the blueprint. That story reel is in a constate state of revision and is the tool used to test whether a movie is working. Basically,… |
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Thor: Tales of Asgard
…Disheartened and furious, Thor heads to Odin’s throne room demanding that his father let him test his skills outside the kingdom. Odin refuses, stating that since Thor turned his training… |
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Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology
…differently in the Lester version, but at least Lester actually shot the scene. Here, Donner has had to rely on screen test footage, from where Reeve had been cast and… |
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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…shots look tame in comparison! AV: What were the challenges of the new movie, animation-wise? VN: The greatest challenge was defining the new characters, such as Finn McMissile and Holley… |
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Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!
…that we were doing something Shakespearean and so we continued to look for ways to model our film on that all time classic. Shakespeare is the greatest dramatist in history…. |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
…Thing Loaded? Disc One – Blu-ray 3D: Essentially the same configuration as the Diamond Edition released last year, Beauty And The Beast’s latest disc package now includes a Digital Copy… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…were you approached to work on The Adventures of Tintin? JB: I was working at Weta Digital. We had just finished King Kong. I saw we were doing tests for… |
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Two New Superhero Projects Starring Deadpool and Green Arrow
…Rob Liefeld has neither confirmed or denied that eight minutes of test footage has been completed. There isn’t a release date yet, but the script will be R-rated and true… |
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John Carter of 1936
Several different sites have featured stories on this very cool look at rare test footage and artwork from a 1930’s animated version of John Carter of Mars, from the Danton… |
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The Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Volume One
…uninterrupted piece running its full 85 minute length. Part interview, part retrospective, Extremes And Inbetweens is testament to the life, work and vigour of the legendary cartoon director, from animation’s… |
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William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg read The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore!
…got started.” So we started working together. We made a short test animation for what has now become Rise of the Guardians at DreamWorks. It will be coming out this… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…And The Tramp is pure gold Disney, and as close a tribute to man’s best friend as any could hope for. Is This Thing Loaded? The latest upgrade in the… |
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DC Nation Block – Week 1
…for kicks: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power…Green Lantern’s light!” Green Lantern: The Animated Series… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…The Ugly theme) and you’ll get a pretty good idea of the direction and tone the film takes – though it’s a testament to how well the original Lion King… |
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Iron Man Anime
…by solving the source of mankind’s greatest conflict. (His premise is up for debate, but this is what he hopes.) In addition, Stark announces plans to retire as Iron Man… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…animation. While the folk art dolls would be computer animated, the human characters would be traditionally animated. “I didn’t want the latest plastic CG look, since at that time, computer… |
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Home On The Range
…reviews from critics. Whereas The Emperor’s New Groove just about passed the test, and all holes between its original dramatic intentions and eventual comedic result were covered up, Home On… |
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ParaNorman: an art in the making, with filmmakers Chris Butler and Sam Fell
…of the first shot or the first test when the characters first come alive. In our case, it was the first time we saw the 3D color printer tests of… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…a 30 second test with Trey Thomas, the animation director animating Victor and Sparky in the attic. I also shot tests of different interiors and exteriors to establish and find… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…asked them to do two animation tests. One was based on eyes study. Eyes animation from live action reference. What makes an eye move naturally? That means studying very carefully… |
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Up: 3D Edition
…Pixar’s then-latest outing… By the tenth time out of the gate, audiences had a pretty good idea of what to expect from the Pixar brand and with Up I simply… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…journey of discovery to find him… The Sweatbox Review: Theatrically re-released around a month ago as Disney’s latest catalog title 3D conversion, it seems audiences were wary this time of… |
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The Best Of 2012: Apocalypse NOT!
…along those lines, with the latest CES pretty much predicting that home 3D is dead in the water. Is it a surprise? What with having upgraded our TVs to stereo… |
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Turkeys bumped up an entire year
…lot sooner than expecting, Cinema Blend is reporting. The site is saying that the reason behind the bump was a possitive response to early test footage, and that Saturday Night… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…had worked for The Lion King, a small phenomenon all over again when it got a surprisingly successful 3D makeover a couple of years ago ahead of its latest home… |
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Cook to voice Planes’ Dusty
…a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit. Dusty’s courage is put to the ultimate test as he aims to… |
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Directors Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco introduce The Croods
…from its earliest conception to the finished film. They also offer the latest on their other endeavors, including DeMicco’s work on the live-action/CGI Hong Kong Phooey and Sanders’ involvement with… |
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Amazon adds another kid’s series to original slate
…of the Blue Enterprises SEATTLE—March 6, 2013—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios, the original movie and series production arm of Amazon.com, today announced that it is greenlighting a test pilot for the original… |
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New 2D shorts star the Mouse
…short Croissant de Triomphe is already online and can be watched here. Two more shorts Yodelberg and No Service will premiere soon. http://cdn.videos.dolimg.com/xd_shortform/mic/xd99999/c51600-hxd99999_pmic-test-h264b_aac_480x320_350x64.mp4 Visit Disney Videos to view in HD… |
