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Onward
…and kids visiting the land of the dead are great one-off ideas, but their worlds are inextricably tied to their specific plots. The monster world may be the next most… |
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Inside Job
…into a massive monstrosity. The thing that really makes the look of Inside Job stand out from other shows is the visualization of the conspiracies at the heart of the… |
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Onward: A Musical Chat with Conductor/Orchestrator Nicholas Dodd
…AV: How do you describe their style? ND: They are very much international, western international. They’re not writing in the Oriental or Asian style of music. But they’re international in… |
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Hanna-Barbera, The Recorded History: From Modern Stone Age To Meddling Kids
…then there was the logo in the upper left corner: HBR – Hanna Barbera Records! What? Hanna-Barbera had their own record label?! And their records told original stories, had original… |
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Great songs never die: how art director Amos Sussigan is crafting the look of Aria For A Cow
…in the theater environment, as a source of inspiration? AS: During my first month on the production I spent some time in New York where I had the chance to… |
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Around the world with Mila: Writer (and Director) Cinzia Angelini
…they pushed the loaded bicycles in the dark as more attacks were happening lower down in the valley. They found refuge in a village up high and stayed there finding… |
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Hanna And Barbera: Conversations
…new industry in television cartoons. An excerpt from Michael Barrier’s 1999 Hollywood Cartoons book follows, detailing the duo’s MGM days. Then, there’s a transcript of a California Institute Of The… |
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Sanjay Patel talks about his Super Team
…India. In fact, Mychael had the insight to introduce the bansuri flute for a peak moment where Vishnu anoints the boy. AV: Sanjay’s Super Team is very specific in its… |
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Great songs never die: how director Dan Lund is giving a new life to Aria For A Cow
…the theater community is a lot like the animation community in that people get involved first as a fan, but then as almost a keeper of the torch. Both always… |
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Soul
…that made a movie with a geriatric lead character! The studio that put their most popular characters into an incinerator holding hands as they faced certain death — and we… |
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Warning From Space
…Justice League villain Starro The Conqueror, whom they fought in their first adventure in 1960 – which was actually a few years later! Seeing the frankly lame star-shaped costumes immediately… |
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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Pete Travers talks “wonderfood” VFX in Cloudy 2
…into a 3d CG world. That’s where the “depth styling” came in. AV: Indeed, it’s largely used in the movie. But what is this process, exactly? PT:“Depth styling” is changing… |
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Zack Snyder’s Justice League
…things right by uniting the most powerful humans in the world–Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Moama), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and The Flash (Ezra Miller)–into an elite team in order… |
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Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons
…with even a passing interest in the squinty-eyed sailor should find the text interesting, as it delves into a brief history of the character in comics and animation, then proceeds… |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…interpret the themes however they like. Clearly there are broad messages about love, sacrifice, freedom, and inhibition. Using monsters to explore these themes provides for some fun opportunities! AV: Why… |
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Meet My Dad The Bounty Hunter‘s Dads
…it. If they’re grounded and you believe in them, you’re going to believe in the more spectacular elements of the story. AV: How did you achieve that balance between strong… |
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Mulan
…without being a distraction. In one instance where Mulan and Xianniang encounter each other for the first time, the texture of the landscape around them is very unique and provides… |
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Composer Henry Jackman takes us on a musical journey to Strange World
…them, I didn’t analyze the harmony, I just wrote them as they came and felt happy with them. And because the four chords themselves were so unusual, when it came… |
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Apple’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse wins BAFTA Film Award for Best British Short Animation
…rendered in exquisite hand-drawn animation, celebrates the power of our shared humanity Apple Original Films Academy Award nominee The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse won the BAFTA… |
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Composer Frode Fjellheim on Frozen‘s native spirit
Any composer would tell you this: the first notes you hear in a movie are certainly the most important ones in order to set the tone and the musical identity… |
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Trolls World Tour
…to be no object on the matter. Thanks, website advertising revenue!). Then again, if all you want is a break from the dreary state of the world right now–even in… |
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Director Luiz Bolognesi tells A Story Of Love And Fury
…is synonymous with not accepting things as they are. So I decided to tell the history of America from the point of view of the Indians, working hard in their… |
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Oscar nominees for 2021 films announced
…International Feature) and Encanto (Animated Feature, Original Score, Original Song). The other Animated Feature nominees are Luca, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, and Raya and the Last Dragon. The full… |
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Around the world with Mila: interview with art director Alexandra Kavalova
…AV: How would you describe the art direction of Mila? AK: Mila takes place in the 1940’s. The art direction has a tame palette that reflects the colours of the… |
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Elemental
…first feature started things off when they asked the question about toys. In the 2000s, it was cars that got the treatment. The formula continued in the 2010s when they… |
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Bolt: John Ashton Thomas – one bold, Bolt orchestrator!
…the high degree of skill of the entire team, starting with John, who included engineer Dennis Sands, the ProTools guys, all the incredible musicians, the orchestrators, the music preparation team… |
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Happiness Is… Peanuts – Snow Days
…It’s just as plain as the rest of the disc, a fact made worse when you consider that these shows have no Vince Guaraldi music in them to liven them… |
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The Puppetoon Movie Volume 3 now available for preorder
…Shine Jasper (1947) Cel Animated The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe (1940) The Queen Was In The Parlour (1939) The Good Bear And The Bad Bear (1940) A… |
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The Wild Robot
…website, you’ve probably become aware of the hype surrounding The Wild Robot. Ever since its teaser was first released in the spring, the internet has been excited for it, eager… |
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Apple lands animated short film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
…the BBC, who will premiere The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse in the UK, with the film available on Apple TV+ outside of the UK, this Christmas…. |
