First a few quick snaps: Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) and Donachala Daly Lou Romano (center) gives a young artist some advice. Craig McCracken (right) and his wife Lauren Faust (left) look over some of their notes. For a Friday afternoon of an inaugural event it was pretty spectacular. This was supposed to be the “slow day”, but [...]
http://www.physorg.com/news171132916.html Amazing!!! I'm pretty sure this is the same technique that Donnachada Daly uses in his non glasses 3d images too..that weird magic eye effect. So it was'nt a crystal after all perhaps'?? - Researcher uncovers secrets of Kells 'angels'September 2, 2009 By Lauren Gold --> Professor John Cisne looks at folio 85v in "The Book of Durrow," a manuscript...
Really amazed by this expo, very well organised, and so many animation superstars walking around here! I was sorry I had'nt brought any of the comics with me, and then I met Niklas Anderson master layout dude who worked with us on Kells and he said he saw them for sale in the expo. I walked around and there was actually a big pile of both volumes at Stuart Ngs table. Amazing! He got them in France....
AMPAS has announced the 10 animated short films that will compete for Oscar nominations. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category. The shorts shortlist follows: • The Cat Piano Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation) • French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films) • Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping...
Every year, the BBC airs a Children In Need charity fundraiser. This year they produced a stop motion music video which, for cartoon buffs in the UK, is a pretty big deal. It collects around 120 characters (approximately) from children’s shows from the last 30 (or more) years. It features classics like Paddington Bear, the [...]
I got into a discussion with a friend last week about the horrible theatrical cartoons of the 1960s. I call them “drive-in cartoons” because I see no use for them except to be filler at drive-in theaters, allowing time for kids to get concessions or for teenagers to make-out before the main feature. Almost all [...]
As part of ABC Family’s annual 25 Days Of Christmas programming, the network is set to host Walt Disney Pictures Presents Pixar Short Films, a collection of 20 of the company’s computer animated cartoons airing together as a two-hour event for the first time on television. A press release and information on all films in [...]
The future looks golden (like a sunny summer day) for Partly Cloudy ! Of course, I’m making a reference to a certain golden statuette that Pixar’s latest theatrical short will possibly be in the running for. Yup, that means the Best Animated Short Film Oscar category has been shortlisted and, as usual, Pixar is being considered. Partly Cloudy is among nine other short ‘toons which...
Your Friday linkfest ... Years in the making and still not done ? Less than a month before the scheduled release of James Cameron's new movie, "Avatar," some scenes from the costly special-effects extravaganza remain unfinished. Pressure to complete the project by the Dec. 18 release date has risen to the point where crews are working "24-8"—that is, eight days a week—said...
Cars Toons is back with an intergalactic bang! Unidentified Flying Mater , part of Mater’s Tall Tales, follows the rusty-but-trusty tow truck as he encounters and quickly befriends a UFO named Mator. Radiator Springs’ go-to-guy rushes to the rescue when his space friend is captured by the military! As usual, Lightning McQueen finds Mater’s story a little hard to believe. Catch the...
My final 3 films are all anime. Angels Egg (Jpn) ( wiki ) This early film by Mamoru Oshii , writer of Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell, is almost unheard of outside Japan, and having the chance to see it is a rarity. Made with the artistic modelling of Final Fantasy's Yoshitaka Amano , it is an experimental, almost surreal piece about a young girl, clad in rags but face and hair powder white, who leaves...
Disney/Pixar's latest triumph isn't quite the all-out masterpiece it has been hailed as, its soggy central act lifted by an outstanding opening and exciting climax, but it looks and sounds beautiful and is serviced well enough on its Blu-ray debut.
Of course, motion capture has been around since the days of Out of the Ink Well, Snow White and Gulliver's Travels . Then it was called "rotoscope." Now it's digitized and goes by the handle "Mo Cap." Whatever the name, SAG looks to be discussing the procedure with movie producers in 2011. ... [T]he Screen Actors Guild is investigating how thesps perform the work -- a signal the...
Here are five things that excited me over the past week! 1. Star Trek on DVD - The latest Star Trek movie, rebooting the franchise after breathing new life into the characters and its universe, came to DVD and Blu-Ray this week. J.J. Abrams' science fiction film was largely successful and critically-acclaimed, with great casting and wonderful action effects. 2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon in theaters...
Featuring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Ron Perlman, Jon Kassir, and Kelly Hu, Afro Samurai follows a warrior on the path to avenge his father’s murder. Set in feudal Japan, this anime series depicts a journey in which the hero encounters love, betrayal, loss and brutality.
Bruce Springsteen Everybodys Got a Hungry Heart Music Lyrics Video The "Everybody's Got A Hungry Heart" episode of Japanese anime series Battle B-Daman is named after the lyric in the song. Everybodys Got a Hungry Heart” Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen “Everybodys Got a Hungry Heart” is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. Read More From Orginal Site
Keanu Reeves is taking an intergalactic mission again. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star has signed on to the 20th Century Fox' live-action film version of the Japanese anime series "Cowboy Bebop."