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New motion capture techniques give filmmakers greater flexibility
Variety takes a look at “newer, less-obtrusive options” for performance capture…. |
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Rango wins big at VES
…in an Animated Feature Motion Picture, Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture, Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture, and Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in an… |
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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… |
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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… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
…looked, to my little eyes, like it mixed the characters from the Rankin/Bass stop–motion feature Mad Monster Party with the classic stable of Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes gang. I distinctly… |
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\\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”… |
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Corpse Bride puppeteer speaks
…article by Mike Johnson, who gets into the gruesome details of his demanding stop–motion work on The Corpse Bride and tells of an encounter with legendary stop–motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen…. |
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Watch the beautiful full trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The full trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is now online for your viewing pleasure, and you can check it out in the player above. The stop–motion animation continues to… |
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Ratatouille wins Oscar
…Templeton and Hugh Welchman won Best Animated Short Film for their stop motion version of Peter and the Wolf. Best Visual Effects went to Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris… |
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\\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… |
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The Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007
…http://www.kachew.com/clients/rockinanimation Deadline October 10. SPONSORS Titmouse Inc., S4 Studios, Z-Animation, Parallax Studioworks Inc., Toon Boom, Sprecher Brewing Co., Stop Motion Pro, Animator DV, Ka-Chew!, ASIFA-Hollywood If you wish to be… |
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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… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!
…they contained two stop motion films, (Coraline and The Fantastic Mr. Fox), one digital film, (Up), and two hand drawn films, (The Secret of Kells and our movie). It’s nice… |
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Latest on Disney/Gold/Eisner, plus a Rankin/Bass treat!
…the groundbreaking stop–motion animation television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964″. Arthur Rankin, Jr will appear in person to “discuss his early work with stop–motion animation, his relationship with… |
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Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…but that seems hypocritical. Done well, there is no reason that Popeye could not translate to CGI— or stop–motion animation, for that matter. His creator never designed Popeye as an… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #113: The Boxtrolls – Oh, Mason, Where Art Thou?!
…stop motion animated film, The Boxtrolls! https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV1467045568.mp3 Highlights Nerdy Couch Discussion: Travis Knight – Laika CEO, Producer, & Lead Animator Main Discussion: General info, budget, & the melodic saw. 12… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #101: Shaun the Sheep Movie
Learn more about The Rotoscopers! The Rotoscopers are together for their very first live video show with a discussion and their reviews of the critically acclaimed Aardman Animations stop–motion film… |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…stymies his plans. The Sweatbox Review: Rankin-Bass made its reputation largely on its holiday specials done for television in the 1960s and 1970s, with their stop–motion animated productions generally getting… |
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Watch Oscar nominated short Fresh Guacamole
…ever nominated for an Oscar. Animated in stop motion by PES, the film is about a person making the title dip with some not so typical ingredients. You can watch… |
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With animated Oscar up for grabs, nominees in the spotlight
…does hope to stand next to some celebrities and get in their photos! He also discusses Hugh Grant’s performance, and the effort required to bring emotion to stop motion characters…. |
