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New Rise of the Guardians poster
…look at all of the major characters in the movie. Guardians tells the story of Jack Frost, who joins an elite team of supernatural characters–including Santa Claus and the Easter… |
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Docter and Peterson go deep into Up
Newsarama has a two-part interview with Pete Docter and Bill Peterson, who (not so coincidentally!) are the men behind today’s DVD and BD release of Up. The piece goes into… |
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Enchanted
…artists themselves, Andreas Deja and Mark Henn, among others. Although we have a ways to go before classical animation, in the shape of The Princess And The Frog, is back… |
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Up:rising with Story Artist and Dug’s Special Mission‘s Director Ronnie del Carmen!
…the Philippines, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising. He went on to work as an art director for print and television campaigns in the advertising industry,… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season One
…and attention is given to having the surrounds pitch in during battles in particular, but also with ambient sounds. Subtitles are available in English (SDH), French, and Spanish, and there… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…his first animated feature as a director last year, the futuristic time-traveling adventure Meet the Robinsons. Cal Arts alumnus, former Disney storyboard artist and then story supervisor, he knew about… |
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Adventure Time: Islands
…and they all make fiends well enough again to see Whipple help them further along on their journey. Next, Finn is marooned on a Mysterious Island, where he meets an… |
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Monsters, Inc.
…in a short clip. The Original Treatment is also available for viewing here, and this is done very nicely as a 13:40 storytelling experience with original storyboards edited to a… |
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Renaissance
…the giant, all encompassing Avalon Corporation comes to light, where what started as a cure for disease becomes a search for immortality… The Sweatbox Review: I am not, frankly, a… |
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Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman
…were an assistant. I should explain that back in those days the animation crew were fairly large. There was an animator and the animator would have assistant animators, and those… |
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Moana: Ultimate Collectors Edition
…advances in simulating authentic-looking animated hair, in a 14-minute Play All selection. Moana co-composers Mark Mancina and Lin-Manuel Miranda are pretty big names around the modern Disney Studio, and They… |
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Looking at the Critical Role animated Kickstarter campaign with Sam Riegel
…WillinghamPrynoski had been an animator on MTV shows such as Beavis and Butt-Head and Daria before forming Titmouse with his wife Shannon in 2000. Originally a small T-shirt company, they… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume Four
…Accident at Home (1956) and How to Have an Accident at Work (1959). These shorts feature Donald making very poor and unsafe decisions at home and at work and blaming… |
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Co-director Chris Renaud on No Time For Nuts
…and really started investigating and learning what the job was about and making animated feature films. So, I’ve always had an interest in animation. But as far as working in… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…if any of them had seen a rabbit. Angelo jokes that he has indeed, and puts his arm around his invisible friend “Harvey”, a reference to a film that did… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…any, coming across with just the right amount of frustration and triumph). Scamp’s love interest, Angel, is played here by Alyssa Milano (yes boys, THAT Alyssa Milano). She’s how one… |
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The Lion King 1½
…the game is a fair amount of fun…and not as easy as it may seem at first! Be aware that the questions are picked at random (which is a good… |
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Mickey And The Roadster Racers
…with jokes and everything else coming forward at a breakneck pace. One episode, for instance, is centered entirely around Mickey chasing a runaway tire around town. Another involves Minnie and… |
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VIEW Conference announces additional speakers added to stellar line-up
…the collaboration we see among our speakers and our attendees,” said conference Director Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez.“ VIEW has become not only a place where ideas are presented, it’s a… |
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Official trailer for Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
…Night Live) as Chip, Andy Samberg (Palm Springs) as Dale, and KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk). Also joining the cast are Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Eric Bana (Dirty… |
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Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection
…on, but there’s something about all those nicks and scratches when one is viewing a rough cut that adds a charm that is lacking here. However, stick around, for after… |
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Top Cat: The Complete Series
…on this set are pretty impressive and a great step up from the first Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection wave. Case Study: One thing you have got to enjoy about these Hanna-Barbera… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…Thief. Because his design is so simple.’ The other thing I remember about the Richard Williams class was what a great performer this guy is. An animator is supposedly an… |
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Didier Ghez uncovers the hidden art of Disney’s early renaissance
…why Walt called him a “jack-of-all-trades”. He was an animator, then a layout artist and a character designer. He also worked on the theme parks (from Disneyland to EPCOT!), and… |
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Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams
…this was animation, and he again took the bold step of planning and overseeing the film as if he would a live-action feature. Rosen had started out as an independent… |
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300: 2-disc Widescreen Edition
…the top and historical, though it is acknowledged by all that this is “filtered through Frank”, who admits with a glint in his eye that he’s “never been accused of… |
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Chicken Little
…as a live-action music video and twice as the same animated karaoke and sing-along clips with included lyrics on screen. Lastly in this section, there’s a Disney Channel Cheetah Girls… |
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Rex Steele – Nazi Smasher: Limited Edition
…any old Hanna-Barbera show, or reminiscent of any cut-out animation shorts…movement is all fluidly achieved and the cost-cutting (some shots perhaps hold still for a beat too long) never gets… |
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The Triplets Of Belleville (Sony US Edition)
…boss (always drunk, short and stubby) and his henchmen, all alike, broad-shouldered and appropriately dark and menacing caricatures. Buildings and props all follow the look, with exaggerations in design, which,… |
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure Special Edition
…locations were right around my corner? Patch’s London Adventure is aimed an audience age a little lower than its predecessor, and the story reflects this. It’s a simpler affair, with… |
