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More than meets the ears with Transformers: Earthspark composers Crush Effect
…Earthspark marks Crush Effect’s first foray into composing, and the creative team gave them the freedom to compose a cinematic, synth-heavy score for the series pulling sounds from modern cyberpunk,… |
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Welcome…to Moana orchestrator and song arranger Dave Metzger!
…“team player.” He is just as at home composing broad lyrical music for a 100-piece symphony orchestra as he is laying down synth grooves for contemporary urban tracks. He was… |
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An Animated History of Dungeons & Dragons Adaptations
…exemplified by Sheila having the Cloak of Invisibility or Eric using the Griffon Shield that projected a protective force field. It wasn’t so much winning battles as it was surviving… |
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Disney Historian Christian Renaut on The Best Of Disney’s Animated Features
…is to dive into the making of those memorable sequences. Renaut is well-known for his first book, From Snow White To Hercules, published by Dreamland in 1997, with a foreword… |
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Production Designer Matthias Lechner attacks The Sea Beast
…for that. Our Tech supervisor actually grew up on a ship for several years. So, he really, really knew what he was doing. And Sony works on live action films,… |
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To Infinity And Beyond with Lightyear Production Designer Tim Evatt
…for the 2020 Oscar-nominated animated short Kitbull. Here’s our conversation. Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for the film. Animated Views: From set designer to production designer for the first… |
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Production Designer Carlos Zaragoza puts a smile on The Emoji Movie
…emojis into 3D characters? CZ: We designed 250 unique emoji characters for one single scene in the interior of the Company amphitheater. That was a huge challenge for the character… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
The production of the animated short Aria For A Cow is clearly off the grid, and for more than one reason. In our two previous articles, we’ve been following the… |
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Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about “rising” Moom
…the heart, and a wonder for the eye. With the most up-to-date medium, Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi prove once more their mastery and genius, through their love for the… |
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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…the messages to land for an adult as much as for a child. She was extremely intelligent, and very humble. And those two things make a very profound combination for… |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…be there for decades to come, for generations to come. The love and craftsmanship that everyone puts into it is just astounding. For the Imagineer Art Director Beth Clapperton, who… |
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Glen Keane’s Over the Moon: Meet Fei-Fei and her creators
…because she’s still grieving. And as she gets the song, she realizes, like, ‘Okay, I have to do this for my mom, and for myself, for my family.’ She gets… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3
…Volume 3 is not a true movie per se, but rather a collection of shorts, complete with opening and closing titles/credits. This is important to note, since the titles for… |
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Composer Germaine Franco on her enchanting score for Encanto
…Recently, she scored Kung Fu Panda Land Of Awesomeness for Universal Studios Beijing, and completed two feature films for Universal Animation, Curious George: Go West, Go Wild and Curious George:… |
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Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon
…of granting wishes, set off on a hilarious adventure through modern day Shanghai in pursuit of Din’s long-lost childhood friend, Lina. Their journey forces them to answer some of life’s… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…a spinoff angle that felt forced in, and an over-the-top and embarrassing attempt to canonize the main character, there’s no denying fans of the show deserved better. Feel free to… |
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MeTV generates nostalgia with Toon In With Me and Saturday Morning Cartoons
…of the great things about Toon In With Me is the show’s obvious respect for the cartoons. This isn’t some stereotypically corporate product looking for the cheapest way to fill… |
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Showrunner Rob David and Co-Executive Producer Jeff Matsuda on He-Man
…and then have to overcome these challenges. We’re looking for someone who starts off at zero but has great potential, great heart and reaches for infinity. So, for us, it… |
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Didier Ghez’s They Drew As They Pleased series goes full circle
…thought lost forever would suddenly be rediscovered. I have so many other projects that I am eager to tackle, though, that the feeling that wins out is sheer happiness to… |
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“It’s been Dave Metzger all along” – the art of arranging WandaVision theme songs
…they sang in their demo. For the recording, we appealed to other singers, but as they’re used to singing in most of their movies, they blended in with these singers… |
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“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn
…a class I’ve been teaching at Bridgewater State University for seven years. I was looking for a topic to write a book about, and writing a book for a course… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…illustrations would influence him and his artists for years to come. b) He became aware for the first time in a direct way how popular his creations were outside of… |
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A Duet with Glen Keane
…“What would you do with this?” I knew that it was going to be about drawing for me, because that’s where all the ideas come for me. I went away… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…then in the United States for Paramount. He also did a number of advertising films for clients such as Philips and Horlicks. His shorts utilized the puppet replacement technique 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
…Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film, seven Annie Award nominations, and an NAACP Image Awards nod for Outstanding Short Form (Animated) film. The winners of the 2023 EE… |
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Composer Dan Romer dives into the music of Luca and Ciao Alberto
…maybe for the last twelve years. He played every violin and viola on Beasts Of The Southern Wild, except for the fiddle. And Tara has been playing cello for many… |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…stop-motion at the time. I’ve always loved the art form and wanted to take a break from working for the big studios and create something of my own. The art… |
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Pixar Production Designer Harley Jessup “remembers” Coco
…Good Dinosaur. Harley Jessup began his animation career designing The Adventures Of Thelma Thumb for Sesame Street, which served as a training platform for his work as production designer on… |
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Revolving around Revolting Rhymes with directors Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
…recently won a Children’s BAFTA, 2 European Animation Awards, a Cristal at Annecy, and was also just nominated for the Annie Awards and the Academy Awards for Best Animated Short…. |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…involved in the project? What interested you in it? Amos Sussigan: Aria For A Cow has been around for a long time. The first time I had a tour at… |
