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Our post on Andy Serkis's inflammatory rhetoric about the limited role of animators on his motion capture performances generated a robust, often heated, discussion in the comments. By far, the most informative comment was provided by 3-time Oscar winner Randall William Cook, who was the animation supervisor and designer at WETA on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that was released between 2001 and 2003.
Believe it or not, one of the best online sources for animation history buffs is YouTube. Amazing and rare materials, often digitized from private film collections, is posted regularly on the streaming site. You just have to know where to look.
The Oscar-winning Louisiana animation studio Moonbot recently announced that it is developing multiple feature-length film projects. It has acquired the film rights to two YA book series: the "Olivia Kidney" trilogy by Ellen Potter, which it plans to do as a live-action/animation hybrid; and "The Extincts" by Veronica Cossanteli.
Animation is overtaking the streets of downtown Montreal’s entertainment district, the Quartier des Spectacles, and various cities in Scotland in honor of Norman McLaren's centennial.
On Sunday April 13, as part of the Bird’s Eye Film Festival, the Barbican art centre in London is set to hold an event to mark the centenary of animator Joy Batchelor. Speaking at the event will be Joy’s daughter Vivien Halas; author and former Channel 4 commissioning editor for animation Clare Kitson; BFI animation curator Jez Stewart, and film critic Brian Sibley, whose work includes books on Disney and Aardman.
Danish animator and director Niels Krogh Mortensen is on a mission: to create "the world's most responsive, intuitive and powerful software for doing one thing, and one thing only: hand-drawn animation."
As part of its recent upfront presentation, Nickelodeon released new art from their previously announced series: "Pig Goat Banana Cricket," "Bad Seeds" and "Welcome to the Wayne." If their new slate of shows look comedy-centric, it's the result of Nick's market research, which revealed to them that children rank laughter as more important than vacation, family meals and holidays.
Miley Cyrus's new "Bangerz" concert tour launched in Vancouver on Valentine's Day, with the concert's opening number featuring animated visuals by John Kricfalusi.
Last week Steven put Garnet on a pedestal"and quickly learned she has flaws. This week in “Giant Woman,” he was fixated on the idea of what Amethyst and Pearl could be if they fused and became the “ultra powerful being” known as Opal.
Todd Vaziri, a compositing supervisor at ILM, has written an enlightening piece about the subtle use of the dolly zoom in a shot during Pixar's "Ratatouille."
Disney Interactive is making a move into sponsored content. They recently launched It’s a Small World: The Animated Series, an …
Filmmaker and artist Allison Schulnik debuts a new work at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut this month.
Can you believe he even existed? Did we conjure him up in a strangely unexplainable collective?
For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and shock audiences with the novelty of sexual cartoon imagery.
IN THE EARLY 1980S, CARDON WALKER JR. AND I produced the "Disney Family Album" series for The Disney Channel. It was one of the very first series funded by the Channel, and the first to get any kind of critical acclaim thanks to our nomination for a Cable Ace Award for Best Documentary Series. But we had an even bigger ambition, and that was to land the Great White Whale of Disney myths, the life story of Walt himself.
Seven animated features lead the nominations for ASIFA-Hollywood's 41st Annie Awards.
When life handed Liz Miele some lemons, she decided to make lemonade. It’s what pushed her into stand-up comedy 11 years ago and what …
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced this afternoon that 19 animated features have been submitted for consideration …
Even if you haven’t watched a new episode of The Simpsons in years, make time for Guillermo del Toro’s reimagining of the show’s opening …
Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 opened in the United States this weekend in first place with a gross of $34 …