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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…to experiment. As for expressing feelings, we rely on most of the same techniques for simple characters as for complex characters: timing, posing and caricature. You don’t need complex characters… |
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Escape from Planet Earth opens in theaters
Escape from Planet Earth opens in 3,288 theaters today, featuring the voices of Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais and Jessica Alba. Families eager to learn if the computer animated… |
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Hotel Transylvania Art Director Noëlle Triaureau sheds light on the monsters’ domain
…in lighting. One of them is Art Director Noëlle Triaureau. The same as Dracula, Noëlle comes from Europe – he’s from Romania; she’s from France. Her first training was in… |
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Celebrate 20 years of Disneyland Paris with a new book!
…and over 500 photos detailing and illustrating its story in both English and French texts. The book will be available at the Park itself and via mail order (email: dlp.mail.order@disney.com)… |
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Disney’s The Avengers drops jaws with massive $200 million opening
…Chest, by almost $70 million. The Avengers has also been a huge success with critics and audiences alike, with a “Freshness” rating of 94% at RottenTomatoes.com and an A+ CinemaScore…. |
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The Avengers tops all Disney films
…Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, earned over it’s entire theatrical run. Domestically the film has just passed Star Wars to become the #5 grossing movie of all time, according to Hollywood.com…. |
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The Art of Brave: an interview with author and Pixar story artist Jenny Lerew
…animation art and history, The Blackwing Diaries. She is also the author of Scrambled Ink, a compendium of original illustrated stories, and has worked as a director and story artist… |
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Welcome to Neon Alley!
…an amazing market decision they will show anime from other vendors with everything from drama to comedy to action. The price is $6.99 with hopes to stay low. NeonAlley.com will… |
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First images from Paperman now online
The first images from Disney’s upcoming animated short Paperman have been revealed by EW.com. The short, which uses new technology to make CGI animation look as though it was drawn… |
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The making of Disney’s Treasure Planet
A treat for fans of Disney’s underrated, Oscar-nominated animated feature Treasure Planet can be found today on Blu-Ray.com. The site has an excellent–and very long–look at the making of the… |
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First look at new Pixar short Partysaurus Rex
The first images from Pixar’s new Toy Story short Partysaurus Rex have surfaced online and can be seen at EW.com. In the short, Rex gets drafted for bath time and… |
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Hotel Transylvania composer Mark Mothersbaugh’s DEVO-tion to animation
…the world of scoring for filmed and animated entertainment, interactive media and commercials. As an award winning composer, his credits include Moonrise Kingdom, 21 Jump Street, Cloudy with a Chance… |
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Still more South Park on the way
…remaining. In addition to being aired on Comedy Central, the shows will also be made available online over at SouthParkStudios.com, and can be seen in HD on XBox Live, Amazon… |
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Madagascar 3 coming home in Ocotober
Blu-Ray.com has the first official details involving the DVD and Blu-Ray release of DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. Extras on the Blu-Ray will include audio commentary and deleted… |
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Hotel Transylvania breaks box office record
…rom com Sweet Home Alabama, which had held the crown for 10 years. Although Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie comes out on Friday, Hotel Transylvania is expected to see solid legs for… |
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Hotel Transylvania Production Designer Marcelo Vignali’s “Suite” Time!
…medium, and it’s a lot more effective to make those changes when you’re on the computer. So, I absolutely respect the computer and really enjoy working with the computer. But… |
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Down Under with Rescuers composer Bruce Broughton
…for us, an opportunity to talk with one of the creators of Down Under, composer Bruce Broughton. One of the most versatile composers working today, Bruce Broughton writes in every… |
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Secret Of The Wings Composer Joel McNeely gives wings to Tinkerbell’s latest adventure!
…was coming up with Tinkerbell’s sister Periwinkle’s theme. I wanted it to be complimentary to Tink’s theme but different. I took a page out of John Williams’ playbook who composed… |
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The Muppets
…against type in a comedy musical movie, making his eventual, unique “song” and final breakdown moment that much more surprising. When it comes to the cameos, I agree that things… |
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Production Designer Rona Liu on Turning Red
…more about her experience on the latter, which was intense artistically as well as personally. Animated Views: Turning Red is so original that it’s been often commented as a fresh… |
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The trailer for The Dark Knight Returns: Part 2 swoops online
The trailer for Warner Bros. Animation’s upcoming The Dark Knight Rises: Part 2 has just made its debut at MTV.com. The sequel to the just released Batman film will see… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…after college he found work as a runner in a production company where he became particularly interested in the challenges and inspirations of committing visual stories to film. After absolving… |
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Fantasy cartoons The Owl House, Amphibia return to Disney Channel in March
…expected to premiere sometime next year. LEAKS BE DAMNED! OWL HOUSE IS BACK BABY!!!! MARCH 19th alongside AMPHIBIA! Get ready. 🦉 pic.twitter.com/jsse30lfez — Dana Terrace (@DanaTerrace) February 11, 2022… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…cartoony with the characters, obviously. We had to just push the realistic envelop with the animation. That’s what we did. Every single animator that was coming on the show, we… |
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Disney Director of Development Maggie Malone on The Art of Wreck-It Ralph
…the film Tangled, based on the Rapunzel fairytale, did an incredible job combining a modern, comedic sensibility with Disney’s fairytale legacy. From character voice in the writing, to all the… |
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Don’t be a jerk! It’s a SpongeBob Christmas with Screen Novelties!
…animation was directed by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh and produced by Chris Finnegan of animation collective Screen Novelties, whose whimsical approach to filmmaking combines classic cartoon dynamics with puppetry… |
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Rise of the Guardians opens today
…today. So far the movie has been met with holiday spirit from critics, who gave it a 76% “freshness” rating over at RottenTomatoes.com. Although no one is expecting it to… |
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The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 1
…ran an hour with commercials, and appear to have had juiced-up budgets that allowed for more detailed backgrounds to be created, making the final result a little more impressive despite… |
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Composer Dan Romer dives into the music of Luca and Ciao Alberto
…deeper into the musical making of those two gems in his company. Dan Romer is an award-winning composer, songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles. His score includes four-time… |
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An author named Charles Solomon about a boy named Charlie Brown…
At Animated Views, we can but celebrate that celebration of fifty years of Peanuts TV specials proposed by Chronicle Books. A long-awaited compendium, The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation… |
