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Kellyann Lamb, Scott Gagner on A World of Barriers
…the Adobe brand is, what their brand promise is, what their expectations are, and how to live the Adobe brand. So we created an educational piece that was an animation… |
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Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT
…AV: What advice would you like to offer anyone wanting to work in the animation industry? KM: There are so many factors of animation. But to me, it’s always about… |
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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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Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…to, and participating in, this interview and fielding many questions afterwards. His love and in-depth knowledge of the art, science, and history of animation is readily apparent in any conversation…. |
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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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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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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…I came up with three story ideas. One about an old man playing with an elevator in his apartment building. Another about an old man feeding his sandwich to a… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Three: Musical minstrels Alan Menken and Danny Troob!
…Andalasia to be that animated kingdom and for a long time, they were talking about it being actually a parody of what Howard Ashman and I did. And I thought:… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane
…for Walt Disney Television Animation Canada, a studio he joined just as it opened. He’s also worked for different studios such as Nelvana (Max & Ruby) and Yowza Animation (Osmosis… |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…he first met Narnia‘s genius creator C.S. Lewis, as he, his mother and his brother left America to flee an alcoholic and violent husband and father. In England, Joy Davidman… |
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The Black Cauldron: Gold Classic Collection
…title and give us an all-encompassing special edition, featuring this final cut, a documentary on the film’s making and re-editing, and an original in-progress work-print, showing what was cut and… |
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Peter Pan: Return To Never-Land
…Then again, this really is Jane’s story anyway, and the movie was originally known in production as Peter And Jane. At first, similarities to Spielberg’s 1991 live-action Hook are inevitable,… |
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Monsters, Inc.: 2-Disc Collectors Edition
…Monsters Inc, for a couple of very funny extra gags! Finally, there is a Monstropolis Art Gallery, a look at all the concept and final artwork created in building up… |
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure
…Adventure is aimed an audience age a little lower than its predecessor, and the story reflects this. It’s a simpler affair, with a cut and dried villain that we all… |
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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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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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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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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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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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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… |
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New Hardy, Scanner Reviews; Snakes On A Plane; Post Updates
…well basically because it isn’t very good as a film. What New Line and director David R Ellis had was an extremely catchy title and enough concept to make 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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Howard Ashman, and 304 Dalmatians!
…is anamorphic enhancement, one would have to be awfully big fans to rush out and basically buy overpriced versions of what you already have. Have a great weekend, and stay… |
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Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies, or Monte Carlo Or Bust!
…French Alps, a stopover at a multi-room lodge, that brings all the main characters together and allows for much mistaken identity, room swapping and farcical frolics. Add to this an… |
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Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)
…achievements – an honest Quentin Tarantino joins Rodriquez for his moment on the more technical second track, which is again as before (and with Bruce Willis dropping in for his… |
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure‘s director and producer take us to a Once-in-a-Blue-Moon experience!
…shots are computer generated there are many talented animators animating each shot and character. RI: What are the advantages of treating the fairies’ world in CG? And what are the… |
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Star Trek (2009)
…a movie about Kirk and Spock’s formative days in the Academy, but all we get is their intro and a jump to their first adventure. Call me feeling cheated, but… |
