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The Chestnut Tree wins La Femme award
…R: Bert Klein, Hyun-min Lee, Don Hahn From Picnic Pictures: The Chestnut Tree is entirely hand-drawn and preserves a rough line style with a watercolor wash for color. The film’s… |
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians Platinum Edition DVD details
…a brilliantly restored 1.33:1 presentation, as well as an all-new Disney Home Theater Mix and standard Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. Extras will include deleted scenes, a “Cruella De Vil: Drawn… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…advances: first through Ub Iwerks’ Xerography and then the computer coloring systems of today. Without these steps it might very well be possible that traditional hand drawn animation may now… |
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Lasseter talks Princess, Toy Story 3, Up
…Frog, Lasseter commented, “It’s going to be great. We have an awful lot of animators at Pixar who have been trained in hand drawn. We all still love the art… |
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Jack Frost: Deluxe Edition
…they found firmer footing by going back to hand-drawn animation with the feature film The Last Unicorn and the franchise series ThunderCats, feel similarly lacklustre, which is to be expected… |
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Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection 6 – Winner!
…Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 6 is available to buy NOW from Amazon.com THE SMALL PRINT: Winning name will be drawn at random. Participants must provide a full name, mailing address… |
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians Platinum Edition DVD details
…feature presentation, extras on this two-disc set will include deleted scenes; a “Cruella de Vil: Drawn To Be Bad” featurette; a “Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and… |
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Chatting with The Chestnut Tree Creators
…Annie Awards nominations. This touching short subject film was executive produced by Don Hahn with further assistance rendered by Eric Goldberg. Check it out for an example that hand-drawn animation… |
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Character Animation Panel Discussion
…animation production. What does all of this mean to the artists, performers, actors and technologists who must work together? How do studios, directors, producers, and supervisors decide which techniques will… |
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Newport Beach Film Festival announces the "Chuck Jones Award"
…globe with original animated works, utilizing traditional hand drawn and/or computer generated techniques, created in feature length and short form may submit their films for consideration. “Chuck Jones lived in… |
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Toshio Suzuki talks Ponyo on a Cliff, Takahata's new film
…about the story and history of Miyazaki Hayao’s new film Ponyo on a Cliff. According to Suzuki, Miyazaki’s hand-drawn feature Ponyo on a Cliff tells the tale of a 5-year… |
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Ratatouille art auction
UpcomingPixar reports that Sanders Art Studio in Ogden, Utah is auctioning few original art sketches from Disney/Pixar’s Academy award winning film Ratatouille drawn by Artist Tim Rogerson. The three sketches… |
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More lightining with Bolt's designer, plus new announcements!
…Emperor’s New Groove and, interestingly, some additional work on the eventual direct to video sequel Kronk’s New Groove, the switch from traditional hand drawn animation to CG and the new… |
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The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Winner!
…Of Narnia: Prince Caspian is available to buy from Amazon.com THE SMALL PRINT: Winning names will be drawn at random. Participants must provide a full name, mailing address and valid… |
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Christmas Contest: The Tale Of Despereaux goodies – Winner!
…modern fairy tale from visionary filmmaker Gary Ross, together with directors Sam Fell and Rob Stevenhagen, The Tale Of Despereaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick),… |
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Christmas Contest: The Nutty Professor on DVD – Winner!
…from Amazon.com THE SMALL PRINT: Winning names will be drawn at random. Participants must provide a full name, mailing address and valid email contact. This information will be kept confidential… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
…or two. Recently, I saw a little sequence I animated by myself at the end of the You and Me Together song, when Jenny and Oliver are getting ready for… |
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The Lion King among greatest Shakespeare movies
…different films based on the works of Shakespeare, places The Lion King at number eight with a rating of 92%. “Richly drawn and beautifully animated, The Lion King stands among… |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary – Winner!
…PRINT: Winning names will be drawn at random. Participants must provide a full name, mailing address and valid email contact. This information will be kept confidential and deleted after the… |
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The frog gets his own trailer
Not much to say here except that the trailer for Disney’s return-to-hand-drawn feature, The Princess and the Frog, is now up at its official site…so hop on over and check… |
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Newport Beach Film Festival Animation Showcase 2008
…feature “a unique collection of short animated films, including hand-drawn and computer-generated works created by cutting-edge and traditional animators from around the globe” shown throughout the regular run of the… |
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Development deal for Heathcliff
…based entertainment products, and more featuring the street-smart cat. The cartoon strip Heathcliff was created in 1973 by George Gately, and is now written and drawn by Gallagher, his nephew…. |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition
…his own right and who here manages not only to pull the various styles and musical attitudes together but makes everything sound like it’s coming from the same place. A… |
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Alchemy of Animation video teaser
…Get a taste for the book by hearing (and watching) Don discuss the three principle types of animation: hand-drawn, stop motion, and computer-generated. (Viewing tip: look for the “watch in… |
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M-I-C-K-E-Y…Happy Birthday, Mr Mouse!
…Willie, as drawn by Ub Iwerks, was the first to find a distributor and is the phenomenal success that launched Walt and his new star on the path to creating… |
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua
…especially the earlier ones which don’t contain much in the way of any spark or life and would have drawn out the movie with a load of mythology hogwash –… |
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Monsters Vs. Aliens vs. Zeta vs. Captain Toontastic?
…only one getting back into hand-drawn animation with The Princess And The Frog, as the news starts to leak out that France’s Studio 1 Animation is apparently prepping the traditionally… |
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Enrico Casarosa’s The Venice Chronicles
…with his fiancee to both get back in touch with his origins and meet with each other’s parents! Beautifully drawn in watercolor, this visual journal stands out with his warm… |
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Scott Pilgrim Vs. animation?
Superman Returns actor Brandon Routh has revealed that his next film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World will be “a mix of real people with some drawn animation”. Collider.com has a… |
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Bolt
…but that don’t always come together in a harmonious whole. Bolt is engaging enough, but the Best Animated Feature nomination still surprises me: maybe it was a goodwill gesture towards… |
