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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
…often than not, films in the fantasy genre tend to play with such seriousness that they run the risk of being droll and stiff. The other direction is to spoof… |
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Inside Animation Supervisor Victor Navone’s mind
…to join the team in 2012. At the time I was working on the first version of The Good Dinosaur, and I was really excited about both of these films,… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with Visual Development Supervisor Cesar Alejandro Montero Orozco
Our journey accompanying the creation of Mila continues. After the story and the character design are set, it is time to create the definite look of the overall film. That’s… |
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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…was your first move? The sound? The themes? DV: It was kind of all of the above. When we got the job, they called us and we were hoping to… |
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Inside Job
…into a massive monstrosity. The thing that really makes the look of Inside Job stand out from other shows is the visualization of the conspiracies at the heart of the… |
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Onward
…and kids visiting the land of the dead are great one-off ideas, but their worlds are inextricably tied to their specific plots. The monster world may be the next most… |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
…that the runtime feels more like an ostentatious luxury than a necessary requirement. Looking past all that, most of the other aspects of the film are pretty great. The brilliant… |
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Onward: A Musical Chat with Conductor/Orchestrator Nicholas Dodd
…will you keep from the experience? ND: First of all, I always love the first moment with the orchestra. And then, there’s this cue, right at the end of the… |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…work of Pascal Campion has been a great source of inspiration for the use of light and color. Most of the inspiration came from the use of lights, the staging,… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
…with the help of a friend escaped with the bicycles, the kids still on their Pajamas and all that they could carry. The street they took is very steep and… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…one called Nutty Numbers – a compilation of silly novelty songs. Then there were the amazing Power Records, including their exciting book & record sets; these told stories of comic… |
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The Lion King: Diamond Edition
…to say that this is still one of the best looking animated features from any Studio out there, knocking the spots off of the competition of the time (and since)…. |
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Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…animation vehicle. Sarah met up with them, took them to a day of theater and gave them her stamp of approval. AV: Where are you now in the production? DL:… |
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Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…theme of the story. Lighting the candle, keeping it lit, light changes representing the transformation of the temple from something grey, dead and lifeless into something vibrant and celestial, ultimately… |
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Soul
…all knew if any studio had the guts to actually kill some of their characters off it would be Pixar! So I applaud them for even taking the risk on… |
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Hanna And Barbera: Conversations
…of the studio, examining the warts and celebrating the victories. Scholars will appreciate the many viewpoints offered, and fans will enjoy learning the secrets behind their favorite cartoons. I heartily… |
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Warning From Space
…sincere message of warning: mankind much change its destructive ways or risk the consequences. Naturally, the film then reminded me of 1951’s The Day The Earth Stood Still. But hang… |
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Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons
…a DVD set of these cartoons, and I can confirm that the quality ranges from poor to good, and none of them can match the best of the theatrical output…. |
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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
…the look of the scene or objects in the scene based on distance to camera. The farther an object was from camera, the more impressionistic it became. This was very… |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…fun and lots of monsters! For more details about the making of House Of Monsters, visit Dawn Brown’s You Tube channel here! The Art Of Oz The Great And Powerful… |
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League
…running out and Steppenwolf’s army threatening the very existence of mankind, the five of them might not be enough to stop them. And a certain recently deceased caped hero may… |
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Meet My Dad The Bounty Hunter‘s Dads
…to shoot a lot of times from the kids’ point of view up at the dad or the dad looking down them. But always keeping a kind of kid-eye level…. |
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The Best of the 2010s
…theaters in 2018. Other smaller productions, like The Book Of Life and Klaus, galvanized groups of devoted fans. And international releases such as The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, Song… |
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
…so many fanboys on the internet accusing them of being used for the sake of shying away from being a video game flick, which was ironic considering The Super Mario… |
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Oscar nominees for 2021 films announced
…list of nominees follows… The Animated Short nominees are Affairs of the Art, Bestia, Boxballet, Robin Robin, and The Windshield Wiper. The Visual Effects nominees are Dune, Free Guy, No… |
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Mulan
…in his place. The animated feature saw her fighting Hun invading China. The live-action feature sees her taking on Rouran warriors, one of the leaders Böri Khan seeking to avenge… |
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Composer Henry Jackman takes us on a musical journey to Strange World
As legend has it, the destiny of the people of Avalonia is to reconnect with the world beyond the impassable mountains that surround their home. When Avalonia is in danger,… |
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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
…of the film. Remember the sound of Lebo M’s chant during the Lion King sunset? Or the native chant at the beginning of Brother Bear? For Frozen, the creators of… |
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Apple’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse wins BAFTA Film Award for Best British Short Animation
…rendered in exquisite hand-drawn animation, celebrates the power of our shared humanity Apple Original Films Academy Award nominee The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse won the BAFTA… |
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Trolls World Tour
…ways, each taking a magical musical string with them in order to protect their culture. Now Queen Barb, leader of the Rock Trolls, is invading her neighboring kingdoms on a… |
