Coraline Production Artists Panel

Did you miss the Coraline production artists panel at Gallery Nucleus last week? Sean Szeles recorded the discussion and has posted it …

The Ranft Bros. in Coraline

I mentioned in an earlier post that there is a nod to the late great Disney/Pixar storyman Joe Ranft (Lion King, Toy Story, Roger Rabbit, …

Coraline Opens Today

The first animated feature out of Laika, Henry Selick’s Coraline, opens in theaters today. Jerry loved the film, I haven’t seen it yet. …

Mister Trash Can

Every year, US households and businesses throw out 251 million tons of trash and our second biggest export to China is trash! Good …

Mary and Max trailer

As mentioned previously on the Brew, Adam Elliot’s Mary and Max opened the Sundance Festival this month. Collider.com has just posted …

Mary and Max opens Sundance

The Sundance Film Festival in Park City started last Thursday night, kicking off with an independent animated feature by Adam Elliot. The …

“Bubblicious” and “Unboxed”

Following up on the piece about the 3D papercraft/cut-out trend, here are two new works that are more-or-less from that school of …

Coraline sneak peek

I’ll keep it brief: Go see this film! I saw Laika’s Coraline tonight and, despite the publicists request to embargo reviews for three …

Krazy Kat stop-mo

Chris Diaz led me to the YouTube link (embed below) for that Krazy Kat stop motion that I mentioned in this post last month. I could …

2008 Gobelins Student Films

French animation school Gobelins has released the latest batch of their student films. From a purely technical standpoint, the quality of …

Pulsar by Katushi Bowda

By far the coolest thing I’ve seen on YouTube all week is this Japanese short from 1990. From the video description: “This is not clay …

A Conversation by Matt Saunders

A Conversation is a piece combining stop-motion and digital compositing that was created by student Matt Saunders. It shows lots of …

Stop Motion at Silent Movie

The next several Saturday nights at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles will feature a rare festival of vintage stop motion animation …

Philips Broadcast of 1938 by George Pal

There is a beautiful copy of George Pal’s advertising short Philips Broadast of 1938 currently available on the Europa Film Treasures …

“In Our Talons” Music Vid by Alan Poon

“In Our Talons” is a stop-motion music video directed by Alan Poon (repped by Circle Productions) for The Bowerbirds. It has a lovely and …

BBC2 Ident by Guilherme Marcondes

I love this new channel ident for BBC2 directed by Guilherme Marcondes (of Tyger fame). I also love the behind-the-scenes photos that …

British Style Genius Opening

Paul Greer, who is the head of 3D at British design studio BDH, offers a description of how they made the title sequence for the BBC TV …

$9.99

$9.99 is a new clay animated feature-length movie opening in Los Angeles for an Oscar qualifying one week engagement on December 12th. …

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