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Pixar’s RenderMan licenses drop price
Pixar Animation Studios has announced new pricing for its RenderMan Pro Server software via an announcement which can be read here: New Pricing for Pixar’s RenderMan Pixar Announces Major Price… |
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Scooby-Doo / Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Double Feature
…almost disappeared without trace. But The Flintstones did make a rock pile of moolah, and the studios did what they always do: they gave us more of the same, again… |
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The Art Of Disney’s Tangled: an interview with author Jeff Kurtti
…were influenced by great storybook illustrators like Arthur Rackham, Howard Pyle, and N.C. Wyeth. Walt bringing Kay Nielsen, Albert Hurter, and Gustaf Tenggren into the Studio was certainly not accidental,… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…the biggest gift of all. Apart from the obvious inclusions (you’ll need no recommendation from me to pick up the various big studio DVD releases this year, such as the… |
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Changes in store for ASIFA-Hollywood, Annie Awards
…the status quo. For starters, this includes updating our membership qualifications, establishing a representative voice for every animation studio and creative technique, building an advisory board of animation luminaries and… |
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Real Steel
…and his Studio was recently behind a misguided but no doubt well intentioned remake of Fright Night. There’s certainly a similar vibe going on in Real Steel, the kind of… |
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Margaret Kerry – The Original Tinker Bell
…fixing breakfast to prepare for the audition. When the day arrived, I took my player to Disney Studios and got on the lot, then I immediately got lost. AV: Did… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
…VHS format, saw this as an opportunity to issue even more of its library. Cartoon compilations became a mainstay, drawing on the Studio’s vast catalog of similarly themed shorts (something… |
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Secret Of The Wings Composer Joel McNeely gives wings to Tinkerbell’s latest adventure!
…and an orchestrator, he headed to Los Angeles where he began working as a studio musician in the film industry. A year later, frustrated by his lack of opportunity as… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…mythic premise provided the artists at the studio with an opportunity to let their imaginations soar, producing a truly unique take on the imaginary figures of childhood and the innocence… |
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Disney Historian J.B. Kaufman on the greatest Snow White books of all!
…to achieve an ever higher standard. The result, as we know, was magnificent and game-changing for the Disney Studios and, indeed, for the art of animation itself. The Fairest One… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…their personal issues and makes them better people. Or, in Nemo’s case, fish. But you get the idea. As with many films to emerge from the Disney Studios over the… |
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Great and Powerful concept artist Dawn Brown journeys to Oz!
…us the proper credit. It is the studio’s discretion who gets what credit, if any. So, I am thankful the concept artists were properly acknowledged. One could argue there is… |
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O Brother Bear, Where Art Thou?: Why Disney Channel turned down Brother Bear: The Series
Ten years ago, Brother Bear, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 44th feature, entered theaters nationwide. Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature, the traditionally animated film grossed more than $250 million worldwide, becoming… |
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The Puppetoon Movie
…as The Netherlands and England. After beginning to make films for Holland’s Philips Radio, he relocated to Holland, first setting up a studio in a garage, then later a butcher… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…inspiration at the Disney Studio for years to come. They came back with a broader view of the world. And Walt came back with ideas which would infuse his creations… |
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Great songs never die: how animation students are bringing a fresh touch to Aria For A Cow
…be fun and gather momentum that could transcend the lack of budget and studio support. The only way to get that forward motion is to surround yourself with people with… |
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More Cartoons For Victory!
…the studio’s 1950s style. Ironically, a more traditional look accompanies a cartoon here from UPA, a studio that later became known for its modern graphic style— The Sailor and the… |
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The Seventh Dwarf
…features that the studio put out, this film was not intended to help launch an upcoming TV show, but to make a quick buck off of the Disney brand name… |
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Around the world with Mila: Producer Andrea Emmes
…in theater, she began her career as a singer/dancer at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Hollywood, Trinity Arts Center, as a choreographer for Little Kids Dance Party, casting/production assistant for… |
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Press Release: Sony Pictures Imageworks announces key new hires
…Imageworks, the Academy Award®-winning visual effects and animation unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, today announced four new hires at the studio’s Vancouver headquarters: senior VP, production, Michelle Grady, VP, artist… |
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The Secret Life Of Pets
…Universal have just acquired the DreamWorks Animation studio because Illumination’s approach most matches DWA’s output in its later years, after the initial burst of creativity with the initial Shrek movies,… |
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Pete’s Dragon
Walt Disney Studios (August 12 2016), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 29 2016), Blu-ray plus DVD, 103 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition widescreen 2.40:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Rated, Retail:… |
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“Claymation” pioneer Will Vinton passes away at 70
…Bob Gardiner won an Oscar in 1975 for their short animated film Closed Mondays (embedded below). He then founded Will Vinton Studios which produced shorts and television commercials using his… |
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Arnold Leibovit on producing The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
…he and Disney were very close friends. And that helped me too, by the way, in my relationship with the Disney Studios, and my relationship with Roy Disney and the… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…true when it came to The Walt Disney Company. When 2010 began, Disney had yet to finalize their purchase of Marvel Studios, hadn’t bought Lucasfilm from George Lucas, and it… |
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Glen Keane’s Over the Moon: Meet Fei-Fei and her creators
…origins of the project In 2015, Pearl Studio began hosting an annual Brain Trust summit that invited animation talent and thought leaders from all over the world to gather at… |
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The Croods: A New Age
…a tiny little creature…only to then prove to be lethal anyway. This is studio filmmaking by the numbers, with all the 21st century beats hit, sometimes to overwhelming effect and… |
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2021 Quick Review Recaps
…right with a quick review recap of some of the big studio releases! Since it’s been a while (and for any newcomers) here’s how I rate movies. I give films… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…terrific as it set exciting new standards for the studio, and it’s going to be very painful when it’s time to actually say goodbye to this amazing series when it… |
