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How Dawn of the Planet of the Apes revolutionized motion capture animation
Joss Whedon talks bringing Ultron to life using motion capture animation
Motion capture improves animation of animals
Motion poster for Finding Dory released
Motion poster for The Jungle Book released
Spielberg says The BFG may be “the most ambitious motion capture ever”
Dinotrux

…home to D-Structs, a massive dinosaur truck (or truck dinosaur?) who hates sharing, and will stop at nothing to stop Ty Rux and anyone else who tries to enter from…

Invader Zim: House Box Complete Set

…was hooked. I couldn’t stop watching and the show quickly became one of my all-time favorite Nickelodeon show, and perhaps one of my favorite half-hour television shows ever. Unfortunately, the…

Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection

…looked, to my little eyes, like it mixed the characters from the Rankin/Bass stopmotion feature Mad Monster Party with the classic stable of Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes gang. I distinctly…

Latest on Disney/Gold/Eisner, plus a Rankin/Bass treat!

…the groundbreaking stopmotion animation television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964″. Arthur Rankin, Jr will appear in person to “discuss his early work with stopmotion animation, his relationship with…

Reminder: Robbie the Reindeer tonight on CBS

CBS is airing a Christmas special tonight at 8:00 PM: two episodes of the stop motion show Robbie the Reindeeer. The show is a production of BBC’s Animation Unit in…

Passion of the Miracle Maker

…a look at an older but often overlooked film based on the life of Jesus, Miracle Maker: The Story Of Jesus, which beautifully blends traditional, computer, and stop motion animation….

Charley Bowers: profile and review of a forgotten pioneer

…Of An American Comic Genius. Bowers’ life is pretty sketchy, though this extensive article reveals all there is to know about this early stopmotion animator and live-action comedy director, primarily…

New Henry Selick interview

Over at Animation World Magazine there’s an interview with stopmotion director Henry Selick, where he discusses a wide range of topics. Selick’s current film The Life Aquatic, in which he…

Mirrormask Trailer

…and dangerous Sphynxes. Her only hope to return home is to find the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power. The movie uses a mix of live action, stop motion, CG…

Trace Pictures gets swanky; leads the pack with 5 BDA nominations

…the increased work flow. About Trace Pictures: Trace Pictures is a mixed media Animation and Design company that combines 2D, 3D, stop motion, live action and more to create innovative…

Nike's Knight moving into feature animation

Studio Briefing for July 20 reports that Phil Knight, founder of athletic footware company Nike, is gearing up to create a stopmotion/computer-animation hybrid animated feature to be released in 2007….

Latest on Trace Pictures

…Trace Pictures: Trace Pictures is a mixed media Animation and Design company that combines 2d, 3d, stop motion, live action and more to create innovative broadcast design and commercial projects….

Corpse Bride puppeteer speaks

…article by Mike Johnson, who gets into the gruesome details of his demanding stopmotion work on The Corpse Bride and tells of an encounter with legendary stopmotion pioneer Ray Harryhausen….

\\Wallace & Gromit\\ leads 2005 Annie Award nominations

…contributions to the art of animation. Cornelius Cole Tyrus Wong Fred Crippen Ub Iwerks Award Corpse Bride (New Stop Motion Technology) Certificate of Merit Larry Loc “Dream on Silly Dreamer”…

\\Wallace and Gromit\\'s Nick Park not deterred by fire

Yahoo! Movie News reports Aardman Animations director Nick Park has stated that last October’s fire that destroyed many of their stop motion production models will not keep him from animating…

Pinchcliffe races home: Caprino Studios Collection on DVD!

Often called the “Walt Disney of Norway” (though his puppet and stopmotion techniques are probably more akin to Ray Harryhausen’s fairy-tales or the Rankin/Bass specials of the 1950s and 60s),…

Caprino animation DVD contest winners announced

Often called the “Walt Disney of Norway” (though his puppet and stopmotion techniques are probably more akin to Ray Harryhausen’s fairy-tales or the Rankin/Bass specials of the 1950s and 60s),…

"Ray Harryhausen Presents" new projects

Reuters, via Yahoo! News, reports that stopmotion legend Ray Harryhausen is “helping to develop” brand-new films, television movies, video games, and merchandise, all within the banner of “Ray Harryhausen Presents.”…