The Use of the Dolly Zoom in “Ratatouille”
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."
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."
The winners of the 2014 BAFTA film awards were announced today.
Visitors to Disneyland Paris will soon have the opportunity to experience life as a rat scuttling along the baseboards of a charming Parisian restaurant, sniffing out crumbs and bits of discarded food.
Attempting to predict box office results is a fool’s errand, but it’s safe to say at this point that The Lego Movie, which opens this …
ASIFA-Hollywood announced the winners of its 2014 Annie Awards ceremony tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall. Disney's "Frozen" won the prize for best animated feature and best directing. Disney's "Get a Horse!" won for best short.
Last month a Japanese TV crew traveled to Pixar where director Isao Takahata was treating the studio's artists to a screening of his new Studio Ghibli film "The Story of Princess Kaguya."
John Kahrs, who left Disney abruptly after winning the Oscar for "Paperman," has landed at Paramount's new animation group.
Dan Scanlon, the director of Pixar's "Monsters University," tweeted the perfect response to not being nominated for an Oscar.
See which animated features, shorts, and VFX films from 2013 are nominated for an Oscar!
Disney's "Frozen" won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature tonight.
Disney's recent trademark lawsuit against Phase 4 Films and their movie "Frozen Land" has reignited discussion about 'mockbusters,' the portmanteau used to describe a genre of home video that is dedicated to tricking customers into mistakenly purchasing a low-budget imitation of a popular movie.
Three animated features and three shorts were nominated today for the 2014 BAFTA Awards.
With the 25th Annual PGA Awards right around the corner on Jan. 19, the Producers Guild of America has chosen five films to compete in …
Beginning next Thursday and continuing through January 25, the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will present the film series "Animation for Adults."
New books about "Adventure Time," Mary Blair, Alex Toth, Disney Golden Books, Pixar, and DreamWorks will be published in 2014.
This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for its Golden Globes award. The 71st edition of the Golden Globes will be presented on Sunday, January 12.
Earlier this year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." This month we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ralph Bakshi's holiday special "Christmas in Tattertown," which premiered December 21, 1988 on Nickelodeon. The two projects are not entirely unrelated. Bakshi credited the success of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" as the reason that he was able to get "Tattertown" greenlit for production.
British illustrator Ronald Searle (1920-2011) has had an immeasurable influence on the animation industry. It’s hard to quantify his …
Seven animated features lead the nominations for ASIFA-Hollywood's 41st Annie Awards.
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in …