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Tangled: Illustrator David Gilson’s dream come true!
…design is set…far before the story, whereas you’d better have a story well set to create a world visually from it. That creates production issues because you hire people and… |
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Peanuts Double Feature: A Boy Named Charlie Brown & Snoopy, Come Home
…G, Retail: $16.99 Storyboard: Charlie Brown stars in his first two features. First, he competes in a national spelling bee, and seems poised to achieve glory prior to a typical… |
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Warner Bros. (2011), Warner Home Video (June 7, 2011), BD + DVD, 84 mins, 16:9 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $24.98 Storyboard: While Hal Jordan mentors young Arisia… |
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Mars Needs Moms, but Earth needs Director Simon Wells!
…developed while doing storyboard and design work for both Back to the Future sequels (1989-90). After the closing of Richard Williams Studio, Wells moved to Steven Spielberg’s Amblimation, where he… |
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Mars Needs Moms
…supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.40:1 widescreen, 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated PG, Retail: $49.99 Storyboard: When young Milo’s mother is kidnapped by Martians, he stashes away on their spaceship and launches… |
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‘Twas The Night Before Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Rankin-Bass (1974), Warner Home Video (October 4, 2011), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 24 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Rated G, Retail: $24.98 Storyboard: Santa decides to… |
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Iron Man Anime
Madhouse (2011), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (April 24, 2012), 2 discs, 287 minutes plus supplements, 1.85:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Not Rated, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Tony Stark plans retirement as… |
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Madagascar 3 directors talk story, stars get interviewed
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted hits theatres in just two days. The San Antonio Express-News has a look at how they came up with the ideas for the sequel with… |
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Margaret Kerry – The Original Tinker Bell
…but the story was lackluster compared to the original. The soundtrack, however, had several decent songs. The movie begins with this number, “The second star to right/ shines in the… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…widescreen, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Set in the bustling city of New York, as well as the backwater swamps of Devil’s Bayou, The Rescuers introduces… |
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Rise of an animator: Pierre Perifel reveals secrets of the Guardians
…way of directing. DreamWorks often looks to story artists to direct their animated films. At least, all of the directors I worked with were story artists. Story artists occupy a… |
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Disney Historian J.B. Kaufman on the greatest Snow White books of all!
…that Disney brought to animation and storytelling over the Silly Symphony years. Now can you explain the importance of the film in American film history as you say it? J.B…. |
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New Smurfs 2 Trailer Gives Away More Story
Sony Animation is working on a sequel to Smurfs, the movie the some love to hate and others just love to love. A new trailer for the sequel, Smurfs 2… |
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APRIL FOOLS STORY: Disney decides to put iconic characters in Star Wars
Disney has been mostly silent about what it plans to do with Star Wars, hinting at new movies and directors. In an official press release, Disney has decided to reboot… |
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Now Playing: The Lone Ranger and more
…is not cutting the story down. At least a full thirty minutes could have been shaved off the first two hours of the film. As it is, for long stretches… |
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Disney releases animation app
…that let you apply what you’ve learned.” Disney Animated features: • The Story of Animation: How Disney animated films are brought to life, from early concept and story development through… |
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Robin Hood: 40th Anniversary Edition
…Retail: $36.99 Storyboard: It’s a foxy Robin Hood and his merry men-agerie as the famous English outlaw’s stealing from the rich to give to the poor exploits are turned into… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…$29.99 Storyboard: Charles Dickens’ classic story of little orphaned Oliver is given a delightfully contemporary Disney twist, swapping the action from ye olde Victorian London town and planting it firmly… |
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Director Stephan Franck tells The Legend Of Smurfy Hollow
…US comics would just pop up randomly on the newsstands. I loved the efficiency and economy of that storytelling. The fact that the story was told visually first, and that… |
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The Smurfs 2
Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation (2013), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (December 3, 2013), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 105 mins, 1.85:1 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG, Retail: $40.99 Storyboard:… |
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How To Train Your Dragon 2
…to start these things discussing story. But here, I’m going to start with the animation. DreamWorks has really out done themselves with this film. The artwork here is gorgeous —… |
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Phineas And Ferb Star Wars
…own story reflects aspects of the larger Star Wars story. It all begins with a slight continuity tweak, with Perry stealing the plans for the Death Star and delivering them… |
