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ASIFA-Hollywood screening for Raggedy Ann & Andy
ASIFA–Hollywood has announced a special screening and panel discussion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Richard Williams’ Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, writes Cartoon Brew. The event is… |
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Stop-motion features at the Oscars
The Hollywood Reporter takes an interesting look at the differences between stop–motion features and CGI, comparing Coraline, Mary And Max and Fantastic Mr Fox to the likes of Up, Cloudy… |
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Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection
…Hungarian Rhapsody (and a score by Frank Churchill) for the next short, Hollywood Bowl, featuring more caricatures. One gets the feeling Lantz had a spy in Disney’s organisation, because if… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…with their unique stop–motion animation style. While probably most notable for their Asterix and Tintin animated adventures, French animation has been present in the last decade with films such as… |
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Shrek 2 to be awarded "Hollywood Animation Award" at this year's Hollywood Film Festival
The Dreamworks SKG Fansite reports that at this year’s festival, the Hollywood Film Festival’s Board of Advisors will honor Shrek 2 with its “Hollywood Animation Award.” The Hollywood Film Awards… |
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More DreamWorks promoting for Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
…{{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_qt_640.mov QuickTime}} – {{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_wm_500.asx Windows Media}} – {{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_rm_500.ram Real Player}} Hi-Res Trailer: {{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_qt_480.mov QuickTime}} – {{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_wm_300.asx Windows Media}} – {{link http://www.dreamworks.com/trailers/gits2/gits2_trlr_rm_300.ram Real Player}} Med-Res Trailer:… |
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ASIFA's 2D Expo; Looney bonuses promised
…and says “wait’ll you see the list of bonus materials”! Also on the site, Jerry is promoting {{link http://www.asifa–hollywood.org./current.html#2D ASIFA–Hollywood’s 2D Expo}}, to be held this Saturday, June 26. It’s… |
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ASIFA-Hollywood to commemorate birthday of cartoons
To celebrate the 100th birthday of “animated cartoons,” the ASIFA–Hollywood Animation Archive will have an open house on April 6th. The Big Cartoon Database offers a breakdown of the celebration,… |
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LA SIGGRAPH presents The Making of \\Chicken Little\\
…and head south on Highland to Hollywood Boulevard. Turn right onto Hollywood Boulevard and the theatre is on your left. Parking The Hollywood & Highland Parking Facility (6801 Hollywood Blvd.)… |
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Regis and Rudolph star in stop-motion music video
…The Regis Philbin Christmas Album. Featuring appearances by Kelly Ripa, Live executive producer Michael Gelman and Donald Trump, the short bears a stop–motion resemblance to the 1964 Rankin/Bass adaptation of… |
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Stop-motion Holidaze coming in mid-November
The stop–motion Holidaze: The Christmas that Almost Didn’t Happen is scheduled for a direct-to-video release this November 21. The special will be sold through its online domain and Wal-Mart stores,… |
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Watch the evolution of stop-motion animation
From Vugar Efendi at Vimeo: “With the release of Kubo and the Two Strings, it is a perfect moment to go back in time and see the evolution of stop–motion… |
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Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
…Academy Award nominees for the 2006 ceremony. Instead, they included one cel-animated film from Japan, and two films using what some might call the rather antiquated form of stop–motion animation…. |
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Henry Selick bringing stop-motion back to Disney
…with Disney/Pixar to make stop–motion features for the studio. John Lasseter’s decision to bring Selick back to the studio is seen as another boost for the painstaking hand-crafted technique. The… |
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A Miser Brothers’ Christmas
…National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Mini Ninjas. The making of feature is called “What Makes Stop Motion Go” (23:17) and it focuses on recreating the stop–motion world of Rankin/Bass. It… |
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Solomon and Matheson's stop-motion film: Hitler to be killed by Automatons
Ain’t It Cool News has the scoop on a project from writers Ed Solomon (Men in Black) and Chris Matheson (A Goofy Movie). In the stop–motion project that has already… |
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ParaNorman creators discuss stop-motion animation
Some of the cast and crew of ParaNorman discuss stop–motion animation with Reelz — the process, how long it takes to make, and the appropriateness of the medium for this… |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
Sparky returns to screens in Tim Burton’s stop–motion update of his own 1984 live-action featurette and here Jeremie speaks with cinematographer Peter Sorg to see how they brought the visuals… |
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\\Elf\\ pays tribute to Rankin-Bass holiday specials
…Comin’ To Town\\) by using stop–motion animation instead of computer generated effects, according to {{link http://www.animationmagazine.net/article.php?article_id=1762 Animation Magazine}}. When Will Ferrell converses with a stop–motion snowman, he was shot on… |
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Monster House: Widescreen Edition
…the motion capture files to make for compelling animation. It’s not impossible to do this, but limits of time and money make it difficult; and you must have experienced motion… |
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If it walks like a duck: Donald Duck to get star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
…WALK OF FAME!! HOLLYWOOD, CA – (July 30, 2004) Donald Duck, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year will be honored with the 2,257th star on the Hollywood Walk of… |
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Winnie the Pooh gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
…Johnny Grant. Winnie the Pooh joined the greats of Hollywood when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday morning, April 11, in front of the Disney… |
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Second Shrek the Third Trailer
…following formats: Shrek the Third – Trailer #2 QuickTime http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_sml.mov http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_med.mov http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_lrg.mov Real Media http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_sml.rm http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_med.rm http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_lrg.rm Windows Media http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_sml.wmv http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_med.wmv http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_med.wmv Ipod and PSP http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_ipod.zip http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_psp.zip Flash FLV http://www.shrek.com/downloads/trailers/shrek3_trailer2_480.flv… |
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Jungle Book DVD Clips
…300k Windows Media Broad Stream http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e34764&bitrateid=10&vendorid=458&type=.asf 56k/28k Windows Media Dual Stream http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e34764&bitrateid=9&vendorid=458&type=.asf 500k Quick Time http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e34764&bitrateid=8&vendorid=458&type=.mov 300k Quick Time http://www.totaleclips.com/Player/Bounce.aspx?eclipid=e34764&bitrateid=7&vendorid=458&type=.mov Bonus Clip – “Voice of Mowgli†Father – director Bruce… |
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Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award
…in animation led him to co-produced the stop-mo feature James and The Giant Peach (1996) and this year’s CG production, 9. Most recently Burton co-directed the stop–motion Corpse Bride (2005)… |
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The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!
…animated releases in movie theaters, 2010 again brought every medium to the screen, from stop–motion and CGI to motion-capture and traditional hand-drawn, with an impressive list lining up for Academy… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…“subscription”? 11. Traditional cel animation, CG animation, stop–motion animation, or motion capture? DAN: I’ve managed to find a beauty in each one that I often dislike the notion that I… |
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A History of DreamWorks Animation: Part Two – There Is Now A Level Zero
…the lead, they released films that covered all forms of animation – hand-drawn, stop–motion, and computer generated – in an attempt to compete with the industry elite in Disney, from… |
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Flushed Away
…Aardman and their partners at DreamWorks, since the movie is another winner from the stop–motion masters and better than the recent influx of computer animated fare from both DreamWorks and… |
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Henry Selick keeping very busy, talks \\The Wall and the Wing\\ and \\Moongirl\\
…a CG world. With stop–motion, I generally think that smaller, more confined worlds work better”. Also on tap for Selick is the stop–motion feature adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s \\Coraline\\, Tim… |
