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The Boxtrolls
…previous work. Yes, I can appreciate the beauty, but other than that I just haven’t been able to get into them. Secondly, I’m not a huge fan of stop–motion. Yes,… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…pursuing his bachelor’s degree in fine arts at The Academy Of Art University. He grew up in Washington making stop motion movies with his dad’s video camera, countless flip book… |
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A Christmas Carol
…an early November release date simple being too early to go and see a Christmas movie, my underlying disappointment with the motion-capture process (and let’s stop calling it performance capture… |
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The Incredibles production notes excerpts: Parts V and VI
…“A Bug’s Life” introduced organic environments and characters that squashed and stretched; “Monsters, Inc.” ventured further into the world of round organic shapes and successfully tackled the previously unthinkable realm… |
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Snow White: Marge Champion, a Model Princess!
…was born on September 2, 1919, in Los Angeles. She began dancing as a child under the instruction of her father, Ernest Belcher, a noted Hollywood ballet coach who trained… |
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History gets explosive (and profane) in America: The Motion Picture trailer
A brand new (and very funny) trailer for Netflix’s upcoming comedy America: The Motion Picture has been released, and can be checked out in the player above. The movie is… |
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Emerging motion capture technology
The Orange County Register yesterday reported on a new motion capture technology pioneered by Gene Alexander. Known as “MaMoCa, which stands for ‘Markerless Motion Capture,’ [it] will cut the cost… |
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Harryhausen returns to Clash again
…developed under the guidance of Ray Harryhausen and presented as a unique motion comic film, fans of the beloved original motion picture can immerse themselves again in the further adventures… |
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Beowulf: Director’s Cut (HD DVD)
…use small facial motions that are riveting in live action but don’t translate so well with motion capture. Crispin Glover’s Grendel, on the other hand, is a tour de force… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…Disney’s phenomenal rise to the higher echelons of Hollywood famously “all started with a Mouse”. If you prefer to go back before that, then it’s a cartoon rabbit. Or a… |
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Bolt
…and Byron Howard) were in. A couple of name changes (the Studio unit to Walt Disney Animation Studios, the movie to Hollywood Dog) later, and the production was underway again,… |
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Hollywood Heritage presents early Disney history
On Thursday, June 22, at 7:30pm, Hollywood Heritage will host an “Evening @ the Barn” (the Lasky-DeMille Barn across from the Hollywood Bowl) with special guests Virginia Davis (Walt Disney’s… |
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Despicable Hollywood
November 9, 2009 — What does the future hold for a Hollywood bereft of ideas? Tinsel town seems to have started cannibalizing its own sub-genres, as not one but two… |
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Of Paramount importance: a pair of live-action reviews!
…a look at the flipside of the Hollywood movie business. You’ll find comments on Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection and Tropic Thunder: Unrated Director’s Cut – both of which are well… |
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John Lasseter gets starred on Hollywood Boulevard
Two-time Academy Award®-winning director John Lasseter yesterday received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame from the The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The celebration was emceed by Hollywood Chamber… |
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Hollywood Reporter goes Wild with review
Over at {{link http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002343504 The Hollywood Reporter}}, Frank Scheck has seen Disney’s The Wild – out tomorrow – and has posted a review of the apparently not-screened-for-critics movie. While he… |
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New animation updates from AICN!
…get Peter Jackson’s attention and maybe some jobs on his upcoming {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17026 King Kong}} remake, while ‘MC Hampster’ chimes in with a brief {{link http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=17034 Shrek 2 review}}, and… |
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Bambi II ASIFA screening
Bambi II, from DisneyToon Studios, is being released on DVD in the United States but in theaters in Europe. However, ASIFA–Hollywood members will be treated to a screening on February… |
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ASIFA ARCHIVE: Disney Drawing Exhibit
The ASIFA–Hollywood Animation Archive is now sponsoring the Disney Drawing Exhibit. This exhibit is free to all and features drawings by many master Disney artists including Milt Kahl, Bill Tytla,… |
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Annies online!
…the highest and most prestigious honor given in animation by the animation industry. Today ASIFA–Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA, supports a range of animation activities and… |
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Animation Guild discusses Where the Girls Aren't
{{Link http://www.animationnation.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=6&t=000344#000000 Animation Nation}} is {{link http://www.animationnation.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011742 discussing}} an upcoming event sponsored by {{link http://www.animationguild.org/ The Animation Guild}} and {{Link http://www.seejane.org/ See Jane}} concerning the paucity of women in the… |
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1 week to the London International Animation Festival
…on all the films in the programme and everything else you need to know about LIAF hit the website at {{link http://www.liaf.org.uk www.liaf.org.uk}}. Festival Passes are just UKP £70 (£55… |
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Animated Comic-Con coverage!
…Dreamer, the largest within the group of panels guided by ASIFA Hollywood. For the session, Lund and West were joined by Larry Loc, ASIFA Hollywood board member and Cal State… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…group of panels guided by ASIFA Hollywood. For the session, Lund and West were joined by Larry Loc, ASIFA Hollywood board member and Cal State Fullerton animation teacher. Interestingly, the… |
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Animation supervisor Jamie Beard captures The Aventures of Tintin!
…with the data afterward. You can’t say it’s simply just capturing. It’s frustrating for me and the industry where we’re seen as just motion-capturing. Motion-capturing has no emotion. Performance capture… |
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Stop Staring, start reading
An animator’s guidebook, {{link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0782141293/qid%3D1072479639//102-4687562-8010520 Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right}}, by Jason Osipa, which looks at one of the still-challenging aspects of 3D animation: namely the modeling… |
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The Willoughbys on Netflix: A Chat with Director Kris Pearn
…at the same time. AV: The animation is pretty much reminiscent of stop motion. How’s that? KP: I think the hardest thing, going back to design, is always that translation… |
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Adventure Time: The Complete Seventh Season
…a stop–motion episode guest-directed (and written and storyboarded) by Kirsten Lepore. The visual style of this episode was already enough to set it apart, but it was so well received… |
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Flushed Away: The Animated News Review
…yourself sloshing down the coolest water slide that your local water park or stop–motion animation studio ever dreamed of creating? Well, unfortunately, this experience would not have been possible in… |
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Kubo and the Two Strings
…finally win over a stop–motion curmudgeon like me. Kubo lives outside a Japanese village in a cave with his mother. During the day she sits quietly unresponsive to all stimuli,… |
