Ideas/Commentary

Should I Post My Film On-Line?: A Filmmaker’s Perspective

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 17, 2011   6:23 am

TV

First Look: Fox’s Animated “Napoleon Dynamite”

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 17, 2011   3:01 am

Fox has released a trailer for their upcoming animated Napoleon
Dynamite series based on the 2004 indie live-action comedy of …

Music Videos

“Believer” by Jen Stark

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 17, 2011   1:29 am

The meditative quality of Dan Deacon’s “Believer” is combined
with paper sculpture visuals in this music video by Jen …

Animators

“Fear Me Not” by Malika Whitaker

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday May 17, 2011   1:00 am

Sensual rotoscope animation about “overcoming the fear of
commitment”, Fear Me Not by Malika Whitaker:

Pixar

Crucified Woody

by Jerry Beck   Monday May 16, 2011   9:00 pm

Reader Andres Silva shared with me this photo he snapped at a
children’s playground in Ecuador.

Events

San Diego Comic-Con Has Competition: Introducing Trickster!

by Amid Amidi   Monday May 16, 2011   6:28 pm

TV

Seth MacFarlane to reboot “The Flintstones”

by Jerry Beck   Monday May 16, 2011   1:25 pm

Nikki Finke is reporting that Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) is
going to reboot The Flintstones for both television series and …

Bad Ideas

Are you wetting yourself in anticipation of “Cars 2″?

by Jerry Beck   Monday May 16, 2011   10:00 am

If so, Huggies has some “training pants” for you.

Disney

Ursula’s Laugh in Foreign Languages

by Amid Amidi   Monday May 16, 2011   1:03 am

My favorites are the actresses who slip a snort in the middle.
Evil tends to work best with a touch of unhinged …

Shorts

“Tango for Jansjo” by Carlo Vogele

by Amid Amidi   Sunday May 15, 2011   11:24 pm

In his spare time, Carlo Vogele, an animator at Pixar, created
Tango for Jansjo, kind of a sensual Luxo, Jr. starring Ikea …

Cartoon Culture

“The Ambiguously Gay Duo” go live!

by Jerry Beck   Sunday May 15, 2011   11:01 pm

Couldn’t let the weekend pass without sharing the latest episode
of The Ambiguously Gay Duo from this week’s Saturday Night …

Bad Ideas

DreamWorks Makes Bird Films, According to the “NY Times”

by Amid Amidi   Sunday May 15, 2011   3:28 pm

The New York Times shows how not to make an animation reference
in this front page article about the parakeet boom in …

Student

“Give Me Space” by Brian Carter

by Jerry Beck   Saturday May 14, 2011   9:00 am

Here’s another of my favorites from this year’s Cal Arts
Producer’s Show, held last Thursday in North Hollywood: Brian …

Animated Fragments

Animated Fragments #6

by Amid Amidi   Friday May 13, 2011   4:36 pm

Read THIS if you want to know more about Animated Fragments.
Subscribe to our channel on Vimeo to see all the …

Disney

Boycott Disney’s “Aladdin”

by Amid Amidi   Friday May 13, 2011   3:44 pm

The war against terror didn’t end with Osama. Now it’s time to
go after the root of Islamic terrorism — Disney’s 1992 …