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SIGGRAPH 2004 Awards
…Film, Television and Radio School The scene is Korea in 1951. It is little Manuk’s birthday, and he is playing on the village streets, imagining his father’s daily life as… |
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Brother Bear sequel and TV series coming soon
The Laurel Springs School website mentions that Jeremy Suarez will once again be providing the voice of Koda the young bear for an upcoming Brother Bear II as well as… |
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CGI: changing the way students learn about filmmaking
…filmmaking. In fact, Pixar’s Suny Behar believes that his experience with 3D compositing, in combination with his cinematography skills, made him more attractive than the average film school graduate when… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts III and IV
…parents have to cheer “slow down” when he enters a school race, the filmmakers cast rising eleven-year-old Spencer Fox who makes his feature film debut in The Incredibles. Meanwhile, for… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts V and VI
…Sayre and the technical team decided to literally get physical. Copies of the classic medical school book, Gray’s Anatomy, were handed out to all the digital sculptors (modelers who design… |
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UK TV animator Ivor Wood dies aged 72
…in the mountains outside Lyon. From school, Ivor moved to Paris in order to study at the École des Beaux Arts. After competing his studies, he worked in a factory… |
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Jobs Talks Pixar's Future
…significantly higher mid-week performance, successful because the film’s release period was when kids tend to be off from school. Jobs credits Nemo‘s extremely successful DVD release to the fact it… |
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Animated characters from different networks join forces
The {{link http://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/ We Are Family Foundation}} has announced their partnership with some of the biggest names in children’s programming to create a DVD to be distributed in schools to… |
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The Emperor's New Groove TV series coming to Disney Channel
…series transplants the main characters from Groove into a new setting: the Incan public school system. Deposed emperor Kuzco must now pass all of his classes and foil the scheming… |
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\\Cars\\ move causes Pixar stock slump, but may help company in the long run
…preliminarily estimate this move could increase lifetime film revenue by $50 million by exploiting seasonal factors, namely that summer theatrical releases play better during the weekdays due to the school… |
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Disney Channel's upcoming animated series and movies
…the school’s newest boy; and The Proud Family Movie (August 2005), in which Penny and her family fall into the trap of a mad scientist, who is bent on getting… |
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Eleven-year-old Thomas Adams on mission to 'Save Our Looney Tunes'
…the “descendants” of the current Looney Tunes, set in the year 2772. Adams, a fifth-grade pupil at Holland Hall, an independent college preparatory day school, suggests that the Loonatics, such… |
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Fairy tales linked to violent relationships?
…primary school children and women who have been involved in domestic abuse has revealed that those who grew up reading fairy tales are likely to be more submissive as adults…. |
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Timberlake joins Shrek 3; Sequel's plot revealed
…a rebellious high school student who does not want to be king. Thus, Shrek must teach the teen how to act like royalty, according to Shrek 3 producer Aron Warner,… |
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Conspiracy Theory Rock
For a biting, satirical look at corporations run amok told as a parody of a School House Rock educational cartoon head on over to Compfused.com. “Watch this and take a… |
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More Disney DTV titles on the way
…The Emperor’s New School. In addition, the article mentions that currently in the works at DisneyToon Studios are the following projects: Cinderella III, The Little Mermaid III, Brother Bear II,… |
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Detailed plot for Shrek 3 revealed
…Lilian, is about to graduate school. Artie turns out to be young King Arthur and Shrek and Donkey and Puss have to convince this extremely rebellious young man, who’s being… |
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Postman's knock: Pat to deliver to America
…He-Man, signed a deal yesterday with US media group Time Warner. The children’s show will be shown on pay-TV channel HBO Family this autumn. The pre-school animation will be shown… |
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Hero Kids to premiere at the 2005 Cartoon Forum
…each, has been recently acquired by TVE Television Española. The action spots on the young students of a superhero school, directed by the mindless Director Kirby and the strict Miss… |
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Interview: Shane Acker, creator of 9
…Burton-produced movie. Topics in the discussion include Acker’s history at the University of California, Los Angeles film school; his becoming a polished animator; his work on Lord of the Rings:… |
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Making Ginja Ninja Cool at this year's MIPCOM
…Chan! And adding to the old-school feel is the heavy animation influence, something that will come even more to the fore in the animated spin-off \\Ginja Toons\\. For the early… |
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Charlotte's Web teaser site online
The teaser website for the live-action/computer animated Charlotte’s Web is now up. At this time, only a “Back-to-School Kit,” a gallery, a cast list, and an opportunity to register for… |
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Family films becoming less family-friendly?
…Louis University School of Medicine, states, “All the animated films involve violence or threats of violence… The problem is when kids don’t have anyone to help them process these things.”… |
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Disney Channel animated movie schedule for November 2005
…Winnie The Pooh, Mulan, Mulan II, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, Recess: School’s Out, Kim Possible Movie: A Sitch In Time, and Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama…. |
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Ollie Johnston to receive National Medal of Arts
…TN Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, school of fine arts/museum, Phildelphia, PA Tina Ramirez, dance company artistic director, choreographer, New York, NY The National Medal of Arts, established by Congress… |
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Brad Bird to receive first ever Texas Avery Animation Award
…that the Oscar-winner will be honored at the Deep Ellum Film Festival on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at North Dallas High School, the alma mater of legendary animator Tex Avery…. |
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Meet John Aquino, animator for Walt Disney Feature Animation
MQ7.net brings an Inquirer News Service brief biography of John Aquino. The inspirational read recounts how a visit from a Disney animator to Animaction, the Santa Monica-based animation school, changed… |
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Barbie to hit 2006 with two new DTV movies
…now with a new “toon-shaded” CGI look, in her sophomore year at high school. Meanwhile, Barbie Fairytopia Mermaidia, coming March 2006, continues the franchise began by 2005’s Barbie Fairytopia. The… |
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Animation scheduled for Disney channels
AWN releases helpful info regarding the January schedule for Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and ABC Kids. It is especially worth noting Disney Channel’s premiere of The Emperor’s New School, debuting… |
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UPDATED: Disney acquires Pixar
…in Disney Animation. Our story and production processes are derivatives of the Walt Disney ‘school‘ of animated filmmaking,” said Dr. Catmull. “Just like the Disney classics, Pixar’s films are made… |

