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Disney ends deal with Zemeckis and his Mo-Cap
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Disney has ended its deal with Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap factory, Image Movers. Disney is closing …
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Descendants by Heiko van der Scherm
Writer, director, designer and modeler Heiko van der Scherm took three years to produce his CG short film Descendants. Whoopi Goldberg …
Tostitos Salsa Ad by Nicholas Weigel and Laika
As far as CG spots for salsa go, this one directed by Nicholas Weigel at Laika offers some impressive art direction. An in-depth …
George Lopez to voice Speedy Gonzales in live action/CG movie
From the story in today’s Hollywood Reporter: “We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s — the racist Speedy,” said …
Plumiferos (Free Birds)
This time I’m not going to say a word: Plumiferos premiered in Buenos Aires last Friday. It’s the first CG animated feature to …
Animated Euro-Trash
Each year I’m dismayed at the lack of U.S. distribution for several high quality theatrical animated features, out of the dozens of …
Quantum Quest – the next Delgo?
Here’s a heads up on Quantum Quest – the Movie, a 50 minute 3-D Large Format film with an amazing ensemble cast of recognizable voice …
Trailer Update: Toy Story 3 and Despicable Me
New trailers were released this week giving us a better look at this summer’s potential animated blockbusters. What do you think?:
Pivot
The push back against realism in computer animation continues with Pivot, a striking and confident CG short from The Netherlands. It’s …
See Through by Jokelate
We don’t see much independent animation from China – but you really need to see this one. After working on it alone for three years, a …
BBC Winter Olympics Promo by Marc Craste
This spot promoting the BBC’s Winter Olympics coverage is one of the finest examples I’ve seen of an illustrative style applied to …
Lucas producing CGI “musical fairies” feature
Word is spreading today of a top secret Lucasfilm CG animated musical now in preproduction at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County. All that …
Performance Capture Technology circa 1966: AnimaScope
Mo-Cap, Shmoe-Cap! Move over Robert Zemeckis – your ideas are old hat. Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope in 1917 and, thanks to …
Black Lake by David OReilly and Jon Klassen
An evocative and spare exercise in computer animation by David OReilly and Jon Klassen, who previously collaborated on the U2 music video …
The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman
This is one of the most beautiful short films of the year. Everything you see is CG except for the photographer (shot on greenscreen), …
Homunculus by Sam Stephens
An animated short directed by Sam Stephens from Humble’s in-house directing collaborative Hydra. The film combines photography of …
Meet the Georgian Simpsons ‘The Samsonadzes’
The country of Georgia now has a homegrown yellow cartoon family to call its own: The Samsonadzes. If the clip above doesn’t …
Tuber’s Two Step by Chris Wedge
This is a 1985 student film directed by Chris Wedge, who, of course, went on to become the creative head of Blue Sky and direct Ice Age. …
Whatever Happened to Foodfight?
In 2004, CG animation studio Threshold Entertainment and Motion Picture Magic, a product placement company in Encino, teamed up to …
Avatar, The Animated Film That Wasn’t
I was thinking today, If Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel has enough animation in it to be eligible for Best Animated Oscar, and A …
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