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A kind interview with the creators of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse
…private collections, galleries, and public spaces around the world. His internationally bestselling book, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse, was published in October 2019 and holds the… |
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Ratatouille: The Adventure at Disneyland Paris: Pixar Creative Director Roger Gould talks about an “animated” attraction
…doing in these kind of immersive lands is plunging the guests fully into the worlds of these films, and so, taking inspiration from these movies, to do what we all… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…each other. However, in the story, there wasn’t really an opportunity for that kind of concept to be in the forefront. Because what was needed for the shot was, if… |
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Christian Renaut’s book trilogy on Walt Disney animation comes full circle
…the films you explore in this third volume? CR: The period goes from 1953 to 1967: Peter Pan, Lady And The Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Sword In The… |
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The Croods: A New Age
…what they did in the first one. And the filmmakers know there isn’t much story in all this, because they resort to papering over the cracks with the barrage of… |
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Twenty Questions with the AV Staff
…the moment Superman dons the costume and flies towards the camera for the first time! BEN: The Rescuers, at the Studio 70 cinema, opposite Elstree Studios, in 1977, while my… |
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Composer Germaine Franco on her enchanting score for Encanto
…to her. It’s very simple, in 3/4. And then, when the brothers and sisters are getting their magic, it starts to expand and becomes the Encanto theme, the overall theme… |
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Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving – 10th Anniversary Edition
…on the cover, the slipcase, and it all comes with an insert inside the case containing the code. Ink And Paint: The quality of the animation varies in this disc… |
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Revolving around Revolting Rhymes with directors Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
…you said, the two main teams were located in Berlin and in Cape Town. The authors of the source material – Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake – are very much… |
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A Duet with Glen Keane
…an inspired duet. The unique, interactive nature of the story allows the viewer to seamlessly follow the journey of either of the two characters from birth to adulthood. We were… |
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Studio Idefix #1 – Asterix The Gaul and Asterix And Cleopatra
…had in the designs and the ever ludicrous names will raise a chuckle for the grown ups in the audience. Interestingly, the Druid known as Getafix in the English translated… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez reveals the hidden art of Disney’s late golden age
…the animated features. The first one helped the animators better visualize the characters in three dimensions and therefore portray them and animate them more realistically. The second one tried to… |
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“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn
…Silly Symphonies. How’s that? How influential were they to the features? JB: Studying Steamboat Willie through the early Mickeys, and into the Silly Symphonies, one can follow the growing importance… |
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G.I. Joe: The Movie – Special Edition
…one of the focal characters in the movie as he tries to redeem himself to the rest of the team. Meanwhile, back in Cobra-La we are introduced to the Cobra-La… |
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Studio Idefix #2 – Lucky Luke: Daisy Town and Ballad Of The Daltons
…in 1946 under the title Arizona 1880, with the solitary cowboy named in the title of the strip soon after. In the late 1980s, Disney’s Buena Vista acquired video rights… |
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Pixar Production Designer Harley Jessup “remembers” Coco
…of music in the film, so we tried to be accurate, like in the choice of the costumes in the opening night club scene, but very theatrical at the same… |
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Glen Keane’s Over the Moon: Meet Fei-Fei and her creators
…very important in the development of the film, and not only for the notes themselves. The album cover for Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon was among the… |
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To Infinity And Beyond with Lightyear Production Designer Tim Evatt
Find out how the look of the Pixar film was influenced through research and the creativity of the crew, in our exclusive interview…. |
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Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali
…the side, and suddenly the line that I drew turned in perfect perspective and then I could draw the dancer in profile. I realized this was the fulfilment of the… |
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Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer
…high-speed camera inside a guitar and then play? Then, they record the voice at the same time and then they slow the video imagery down to keep the sound the… |
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Robert Kondo & Dice Tsutsumi talk about “rising” Moom
…industry and blend it with the sensibilities of the Japanese animation industry. Understanding how we connect to the emotional core of the story drives our telling of the story including… |
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Pixar Character Art Director Deanna Marsigliese plunges into the art of Luca
…the modeler massaging the character, me with my drawings, then with the computer. And you’re building the character together. And then, the animators come in. AV: Indeed, on Luca, you… |
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An interview with author Emily Zemler on Disney Princess: Beyond The Tiara
…curious and wanting to go out into the world and find themselves, and then you go do that. That’s really important to them. The way they’re presenting the Disney Princess… |
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The Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book 2 DVDs in June
UltimateDisney reports that Disney has announced The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition and The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition DVDs for release on June 17th. The Sword in… |
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The Legend of Vox Machina
…the look of the characters to move gracefully in animation while managing to maintain much of the features fans have adored over the years. Applying the same approach to the… |
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She-Ra: Princess of Power – Season 1, Volume 1
…the Horde and joins the rebellion alongside Adam and the rest of the rebellion. When she lifts the Sword of Protection into the air and invokes the grace of Greyskull,… |
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Star Trek – Lower Decks: Season 1
…the ensigns of the lower decks, the ones who actually make the ship run, the ones who do all the menial but vitally important stuff, similar to the ship they… |
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Production Designer Rona Liu on Turning Red
…I feel like that came into play in kind of different moments in the film. So, I think the baseline of our interest is very much in line, and then… |
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Showrunner Rob David and Co-Executive Producer Jeff Matsuda on He-Man
…be their He-Man, their Masters Of The Universe, that speak to their world. Our aim was to be absolutely true to the spirit and intention of the original, to the… |
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Around the world with Mila: Producer Andrea Emmes
…it and invite you to share that incredible adventure from the most recent release of the trailer to the release of the very film (and, who knows, maybe to the… |