Trailer: The Swan Princess Goes ‘Royally Undercover’ in Brand-New Adventure
The Swan Princess is back with an all-new feature length movie, ‘Swan Princess: Royally Undercover,’ available on DVD on March 28.
Category: Music and Sound
Pollen Music Group Plays Integral Role in the Creation of Oscar-Nominated Animated Short, ‘Pearl’
Pollen partners Alexis Harte, JJ Wiesler and Scot Stafford also just won the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for an Animated TV/Broadcast Production and recently received an MPSE Golden Reel nomination for ‘Pearl.’
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CLIP: Going to the Chapel with Signe Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair With Marriage’
New clip from Brooklyn-based independent animator’s follow-up to ‘Rocks in My Pockets’ features the Mythology Sirens, shape-shifting creatures who lure young women into fantasies of everlasting love and blissful marriage.
‘How Far I’ll Go’: The Incredible Journey Behind Disney’s ‘Moana’
‘Moana’ producer Osnat Shurer details the meticulous process of bringing Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Oscar-nominated Polynesian adventure to the big screen.
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Nominees Announced for 64th MPSE Golden Reel Awards
Nominees in the feature animation category are Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory,’ LAIKA’s ‘Kubo And The Two Strings,’ Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Moana’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Netflix’s ‘The Little Prince.’
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89th Academy Awards: The Oscar Nominees React
Contenders in the animated feature, animated short and visual effects categories share their initial reactions to their nominations for Oscar gold.
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Nominations Announced for 89th Academy Awards
Abstract: Nominees for Best Animated Feature are ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘My Life as a Zucchini,’ ‘The Red Turtle,’ and ‘Zootopia.’
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GLAS Animation Festival Unveils 2017 Signal Film
Signal film directed by director, designer and computational artist Albert Omoss features music by San Diego-based duo Pal & Drome.
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Sony Pictures Animation Details Upcoming Feature Slate
Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Patrick Stewart join studio’s voice roster; animated films from Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the horizon.
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Ariana Grande, John Legend to Perform Title Track for Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty and the Beast’
New images, poster and a TV spot support upcoming live-action remake of the classic 1991 animated feature.
Nominations Announced for 53rd CAS Awards
Animated contenders for the Cinema Audio Society’s 53rd Annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing are ‘Finding Dory, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Moana,’ ‘The Secret Life of Pets’ and ‘Zootopia.
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Sing-Along Version of Disney’s ‘Moana’ Sails into Theaters January 27
All-new sing-along version of 'Moana' launching at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on January 20, and in more than 2,000 theaters nationwide on January 27.
Getty Presenting Lotte Reiniger’s ‘Adventures of Prince Achmed’ March 21
Critically acclaimed Stockholm-based musical act Dungen creates mystical and vibrant live score to accompany historic animated film created by pioneering animator Lotte Reiniger.
Pictures from The Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - "Christmas Day"
This week Chris Robinson looks at the bleak but honest and all too real music short, 'Christmas Day'.
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Trunk Animates New Video for Julian Lennon’s ‘Saltwater’
Trunk directors Layla Atkinson and Jock Mooney join forces for the first time to co-direct new video for the 25th anniversary of Julian Lennon’s ‘Saltwater.’
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The Art of Indirection
Transcript of my VR storytelling principles presentation just given at the 7th Int’l Conference & Exhibition on Visual Entertainment in Beijing.
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Fox Developing Hybrid ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ Feature
‘Trolls’ director Mike Mitchell signed to direct the hybrid live-action/animated feature based on the 1962 folk song by Peter Paul and Mary.
145 Original Scores In 2016 Oscar Race
Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
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91 Original Songs Vie for 2016 Oscar
Nominations for the 89th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
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Guillermo del Toro to Receive 2017 MPSE Filmmaker Award
Acclaimed director recognized for his outstanding contributions to the art of cinema at the 2017 Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards Slated for February 19th.
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Qwire Launches qwireMusic 2.0
New version of the qwireMusic cloud platform expands collaboration, licensing and cue sheet capabilities with redesigned user interface and support for Windows OS.
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The Irascible Ron Clements and John Musker Talk ‘Moana’
More than 40 years after joining Disney, the veteran ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’ directors’ latest animated gem hits the theatre.
Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - Nils Knoblich & Florian Maubach
This week Chris Robinson puts the spotlight on the post-apocalyptic chill of Nils Knoblich and Florian Maubach's music video for the German electronic music group, Coma.
Karni and Saul Create a ‘Perfect World’ for Katie Melua
BAFTA-nominated animators direct CG-animated music video for the U.K. chart-topping musical artist’s seventh album, ‘In Winter.’
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Trunk Creates Appalachian Wonderland for Shirley Collins’ ‘Pretty Polly’
Trunk director Layla Atkinson employs rough cardboard and simple drawings inspired by American folk art combined with beautiful lighting to create the music video’s stop-motion aesthetic.
