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How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote as he pleased…
…and whimsy of the hundreds of concepts of flower dancers developed by the three artists is stunning. While the project was eventually abandoned, a lot of the ideas developed were… |
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Didier Ghez uncovers the hidden art of Disney’s early renaissance
…descriptions and illuminating interviews – one of the most touching ones. It offers a rare view of the Disney Legends who helped shape the nature of character and story development… |
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The Incredibles: Collector’s Edition
…Bird to direct, this Pixar production shifts gears in a number of ways: the story is obviously on a grander, fantasy scale (out with the antics of toys in the… |
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The Lego Movie
…nature of that toy, which unlike a board game with rigid rules allows for endless creativity, is exactly the kind of toy ripe for a jump to the big screen…. |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…The Little Mermaid in 1989, and the continuous celebration of that film’s return to the traditions of Disney animation, leading to the Studio’s renaissance of the 1990s, it’s often an… |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
…are traveling through time – if that’s not enough of a giveaway that you’re not at school, I don’t know what is.” Reel FX is out to make history of… |
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Ponyo
…for his friend that will decide the fate of the Earth. Throughout my viewing of the film, I was fully focused on the events, often in awe of what I… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…from the story, but at the same time, it kind of still is that story. I’ve always been interested in how much of the 60s film was in there, which… |
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D23 Expo 2024 Exclusive
…of the series that tickled the interest of fans. But what pulled them in was the sudden performance of “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” by the cast Kathryn Hahn… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…Storyboard: Inspired by the great comic stories of Carl Barks, Uncle Scrooge McDuck and his nephews embark on adventures that take them around the globe as they face off against… |
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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…$19.99 Storyboard: Disney’s two-part feature recounts the tales of two fabulous literary characters, Kenneth Grahame’s Mr Toad of The Wind In The Willows, and Washington Irving’s Ichabod Crane and The… |
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Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection
…animated translation of the storyteller’s work to retain one of his less than traditionally happy endings. Interestingly, despite the apparent downbeat nature of each of the films so far, there… |
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The Art Of The Good Dinosaur and Funny! 25 Years Of Laughter From The Pixar Story Room
…of The Good Dinosaur follows that tradition of Pixar’s quality books. Indeed, it proposes another collection of beautiful artwork, be it sketches, storyboards, color scripts, models, sculptures and more. One… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…overwhelming, not just because of Toy Story, but his work as a creative consultant for the studio as well. Though a figure of controversy even before last year’s story broke… |
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APRIL FOOLS STORY: Two Pinocchio sequels in the works
…The Whale’s Story, which will retell the story of Pinoccio through the eyes of the whale. The synopsis for Pinocchio 1 3/5: The Whale’s Story is, “Monstro, who claims to… |
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Ariel’s Song: Tony Pulham, a fortunate art director under the sea!
…the task of the art director: imagining the look of the locations where the story will take place. In the case of Ariel’s Beginning it’s the job of Pooh’s Heffalump… |
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Bolt: Joe Moshier – one bold, Bolt designer!
…my desk when I was gone and they saw a bunch of my own model sheet-type of expressions and poses. Funny story! So, the next day, they offered me chance… |
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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2
…This just goes to show the popularity of these storylines with fans of the X-Men TV show. The third season even offers extensions of the storylines included here, including more… |
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Fantastic Four: The Complete 1994-95 Animated Series
…of the Fantastic Four, including a homage to the cover of Fantastic Four #1, and appearances of various versions of their costumes that are true to the evolution seen in… |
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Batman Beyond: Season Three
…do still show off a nice blend of cutting-edge music and tech-inspired sound effects. No subtitles are offered. Final Cut: It’s not quite a home run, but Season Three of… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…his small group of storyboard artists did that. Actually, Paul & Gaetan Brizzi did the first pass of the boards. They did the first run-through on storyboard and then the… |
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The Princess And The Frog’s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 3: The Orlando Features
…do that.” So, I had that opportunity and that was a lot of fun. They had shot some wonderful footage of authentic, not the kind of touristy luau kind of… |
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Superman/Shazam!: The Return Of Black Adam
…show off a bit of creativity on behalf of the storyboard artists. I’ve left out just enough to leave some surprises, but really this featurette is pretty much just as… |
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ParaNorman: an art in the making, with filmmakers Chris Butler and Sam Fell
…composition or depth of field. At times, we did things that weren’t officially correct for 3D for the sake of a proper dramatic use of the depth of field. Even… |
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Rise of the Guardians director Peter Ramsey assembles the Guardians of Childhood
…really know? And do the legends know each other? Rise of the Guardians presents the answers to those questions, with the story of how Jack Frost became a Guardian of… |
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Open the door to The Art Of Monsters University!
…look at the conception and production of Pixar’s latest blockbuster. Featuring character sculpts, color scripts, storyboards and more, The Art Of Monsters University explores the process of creating this new… |
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Son Of Batman
…having a son with Talia, the daughter of his enemy Ra’s al Ghul, had been first put forth in an out-of-continuity story in 1987, with versions of that character appearing… |
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Animator/Director Nassos Vakalis invites us to his Dinner for Few
…catastrophic change. Sadly, the offspring of this profound transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents. Vakalis wrote, directed and animated… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #47: Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation – It’s Direct-to-video for a Reason
…Disney App Panel!, Richard Sherman and Alan Menken concert. • Pixar: MU Short: Party Central, The Good Dinosaur, The Pixar Theory, Inside Out, Toy Story of Terror, Finding Dory. •… |
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Finding Dory swimming onto Blu-ray in November
…Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL•E) and co-directed by Angus MacLane (Toy Story OF TERROR!), the film is produced by Lindsey Collins (co-producer WALL•E) and executive produced by John Lasseter. Victoria Strouse… |
