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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma!
…of animation in the marketplace today, traditional, CGI, Flash, stop–motion. They should not be in competition but in collaboration. Audiences love traditional animation. Students love traditional animation. Everyone seems to… |
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Pixar leads this week’s CG pack; plus a Fantastic Fox!
…celebration this week at Animated Views, though good old stop–motion is ready to fight back with the upcoming theatrical release of Fantastic Mr Fox! But with “Pixar Day” this past… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
…of the 1950s and early 60s; outings such as Morris The Midget Moose, Lambert The Sheepish Lion, A Cowboy Needs A Horse, Goliath II or the stop–motion curio Noah’s Ark,… |
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Ratatouille
…six-to-eight would have left ’em wanting more. Although the short contains a few shots created in CG (and even some in stop–motion!), it’s predominantly been hand animated and as such… |
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Earthlight Pictures launches CCTV animation training
…stop–motion work, it’s essentially the same as an in-person class minus the need to travel from home. TelAnimate(SM) was developed by Earthlight Pictures owner, film/video producer and writer John Teton… |
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Where Did These AWOL Animated Movies Get To?
…is available elsewhere. So, let’s take a little look at what we’re missing, shall we? Twice Upon A Time (1983) – two versions of this somewhat experimental George Lucas-produced stop–motion… |
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The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…clownish foil for the ring-bearing Hobbit. But then amongst the pace, Bakshi will suddenly stop for a moment of slow-motion running (there’s a lot of slow-motion running) or a bizarre… |
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Fantasia / Fantasia 2000
…feel the musicians were there playing live. Motion picture sound was still in its early years and only just about to become a teenager, and the quality just wasn’t that… |
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Jason Of Star Command: The Complete Series
…yes there is animation on the show too, in the form of some stop–motion alien monsters. Considering the show’s budget and schedule the monsters actually come off quite well, being… |
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The Return Of 2015: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!
…films from the bigger studios than anything wrong with the movie itself. Aardman’s usual top-notch stop–motion animation was on full display and, while the story was bare-bones, it was also… |
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“Behind The Tatamis” with Kung Fu Panda‘s Directors!
…Pride animated series and former puppeteer on The Muppet Show) and animator Mark Osborne (director of the multi-awarded, stop–motion short, More). They will initiate you to all the mystical and… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…of these upcoming films can be found in the Animated News & Views Forum) The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012 NEW… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…because of the production time, and then we’re bringing up Final Fantasy which was, at the time, trying to develop and push what would eventually become motion-capture. It seemed like… |
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A Conversation with Terry Rawlings
…remember on Chariots Of Fire we had thousands upon thousands of feet of racing, as you can imagine. Would have it slow motion, medium, normal, backwards, forwards, sideways together –… |
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Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)
…Sleeping Beauty’s supplements, the first stop must be an Audio Commentary with Andreas Deja, Leonard Maltin and John Lasseter – not only as one of the best things in the… |
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Big Hero 6
…age and just as the artists did again during the 1990s “renaissance” that saw diversification into stop–motion and computer animation, and Big Hero 6 builds on all that as well… |
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Bee Movie Fun Facts
…as they take off. Then, the wings are put through a motion blurred particle render to create the illusion of super-fast wing motion. (It took months to set up this… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…which looks like hand-colored, animated Alex Raymond drawings. The remaining projects include stop–motion animation, St. George And The Dragon, Time For Beany 3-D Feature Tests, Edgar Bergen Show (animated!), Three… |
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People Choose Pirates
…Mel Gibson for “Favorite Motion Picture Actor,” while Bruce Almighty beat Finding Nemo for “Favorite Comedy Motion Picture.” Visit the People’s Choice Awards’ official site to see the complete list… |
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Secret Origin: The Story Of DC Comics
…book motion picture – that kicked my appreciation into high gear. The Superman comics started to pile up, but as I grew I started to sample more of the other… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpt: Part I – Intro
…“Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “Finding Nemo” comes a story of an American family that takes the animated motion picture into realms of drama and design never seen before. With… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpt: Part II
…Incredibles was born in the imagination of director Brad Bird, a filmmaker who wanted to make a motion picture that would capture everything he’d always loved about the movies: grand… |
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Happy New Year and all the best for 2010!
…whole thing has been spruced up with genuinely amazing visuals and the kind of motion capture that only Weta Digital can accomplish, putting even the likes of some of A… |
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Nemo, Depp, and Curtis lose at the Golden Globes
During tonight’s NBC presentation of the 61st annual Golden Globe ceremony, Disney/Pixar’s Finding Nemo lost to Lost In Translation, in the Best Motion Picture – Musical Or Comedy category. In… |
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Chicken Little trailer debut
…at 12:01am, exclusively on {{link http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html Disney Online}} and {{link http://movies.go.com/ Movies.com}}. It will be available on {{link http://disney.go.com/disneymotion/ Disney Motion}} and {{link http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/motion Movies Motion}} high-quality broadband video”. Chicken… |
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Snow White: The Characters And Legacy Of The First And Fairest Of Them All!
…a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon”. The award consisted of one regular size Oscar plus seven small Oscar statuettes on stepped base and was presented to… |
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\\Chicken Little\\ in Disney Digital 3-D
…selected theatres. This joint effort will create the next leap forward in the evolution of motion picture entertainment, bringing animation to life. This historic debut of an entirely new release… |
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Chicken Little's 3D release and new images
…leap forward in the evolution of motion picture entertainment, bringing animation to life. This historic debut of an entirely new release format will further define, refine, and elevate the film… |
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The Ten Commandments
…it’s been motion-captured, but it certainly has that impression, with facial expressions that run the gamut all the way from A to B, being able to convey the lightest appearances… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…trouble stopping once you start. Also, beginning animators try to cram too much action in too short a space of time. I know I did. Learn the importance of pacing…. |
