Aardman Releases Pythagasaurus Short
Aardman Animation has released the new short film called PYTHAGASAURUS, directed by Pete Peake.
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Tom And Jerry Classics Race Their Way Onto Blu-ray
Consumers will be in pursuit of Warner Home Video’s (WHV) latest Tom and Jerry Blu-ray and DVD release featuring 37 re-mastered, cartoon shorts available on Blu-ray hi-def for the first time October 25, 2011.
Nine Nation Animation Animated Anthology Needs Your Help To Get on Netflix
Nine Nation Animation, World According to Shorts' critically-acclaimed selection of international animated shorts, is now available on home video.
Anima Brussels Announces 2012 Dates
The next Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival, will take place in Flagey from February 17 to 26, 2012.
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DOK Leipzig Film Festival Celebrates New Records
Various new records are being announced by the organizers of the 54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, which is now coming to a conclusion. The record attendance is particularly impressive.
Cortoons Calls for Entries
Cortoons, International Animated Film Festival, is opening registrations for its ninth edition, that will be held next March 2012 (14-18th) at Palladium Theatre in Rome (Italy).
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The Looney Tunes Show Volume 1 DVD review
What to do with these characters has been Warner Bros.’ challenge for years now. The classic theatrical shorts have matured from classic to just plain old. (Masterpieces all, but old just the same.) Attempts to bring them up to date have given us excretions like Loonatics, so-whats like Baby Looney Tunes and faux old-time toons like Carrotblanca. Under exec-producer Sam Register, they’ve finally gotten it right: contemporized their merrie menagerie while keeping their core personalities intact.
Workshops and Masterclasses Set for VIEW Conference
Weta Digital’s Wayne Stables, Digital Domain’s Eric Nash, Pixar's Sharon Calahan, ILM's Scott Farrar, ILM's Roger Guyett, DNeg's Gavin Graham and PDI Founder Glenn Entis are some of the speakers slated to present next week at VIEW, Italy's largest computer graphics conference.
The Gift of Christopher Walken Keeps Right on Giving
If you've ever gone down in flames trying to impersonate Mr. Walken, this video is for you. Or if you like zombies.
Let's Hope This is Fantastic VFX...Let's Hope
Now, I love kids just as much as anyone. Well, that's really a lie. I like kids that take out the trash the first time asked and can be trusted around my scotch. Which is to say, there are no kids that I like. However, this short video has me hoping someone who knows their way around a vfx shot had a hand in its making.
7 Animated Ditties Take on Wall Street Greed
The folks at Buzzco Associates have taken on big business and the pervasive economic and political dissatisfaction spilling over on Wall Street with a set of 7 animated shorts. In the time-tested spirit of political humor, where one can only laugh when faced with daunting issues that are anything but funny, each short is based on a traditional nursery rhyme, spinning topical issues together with little childhood ditties we all know and love. The latest film, Itsy Bitsy Spider, was just released last week.
Teach Yourself Animation - The Tools Part 1
Learning 2D animation on your own is very doable. This first of a four part series on the tools of the trade looks at mark making in a digital world.
CTN is Bringin' it On to Pass it On - One Artist at a Time!
Coming November 18-20, 2011 to Burbank, California, CTN brings you a variety of business, creative, technical and inspirational presenters from various walks of life to reaffirm that CTN-X as that jewel in the crown, that "one of a kind" show where we get to rise out of the production trenches for 3 whole days to experience visual stimulation, fantastic connections and powerful inspiration.
Happiness is…Peanuts: Snow Days Arrives on DVD
Let Snoopy and Charlie Brown brighten your holidays with seven merry-making Peanuts DVD titles available from Warner Home Video (WHV) this fall. Among the animated classics offered to consumers is Happiness is…Peanuts™: Snow Days, a new title making its debut on DVD October 18, 2011. Several iconic Peanuts holiday classics will also be available in stores including: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown; A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving; A Charlie Brown Christmas, among others.
Pixar's Andy Schmidt Headlines 18th Bradford Animation Festival
Bradford will be getting animated this November as Bradford Animation Festival (BAF) returns for its 18th year.
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Banff World Media Fest Program Competition Launches
The call for entries for the 2012 Banff World Media Festival Program Competition is now open.
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Nice Shoes Brings Haunting Effects To Exhume Short
Exhume, the latest short film from Parts and Labor, is a complex blend of the post-apocalyptic and the pre-war, of remembering and forgetting, of the living and the dead.
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Corny Cole: Draw Every Day
Zoe Chavet profiles the career of famed animator and educator Cornelius Cole III.
World's First Tintin Presentation coming to VIEW Conference
Wayne Stables, visual effects supervisor at Weta Digital for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin has chosen to give the world’s first presentation of that studio’s work on the film at the VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy.
Montreal Stop Motion Film Fest Unveils The Official Lineup
The third Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival is proud to announce the release of its official program for 2011.
FLIP Int'l Animation Fest Returns this October
FLIP International Animation Festival returns this October bringing an eclectic mix of experimental animation for all ages to the West Midlands.
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The Animation Critic's Art Part IX: Mistakes in Directing
Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman delves into bad directing… even from master directors like Chuck Jones.
Tricky Women: Women In Animation
A compilation of essays on women in animation, Tricky Women: Women In Animation is a very welcome addition to current critical writing on the subject.
SCAD Announces 2011 Savannah Film Festival Competition Films
The Savannah College of Art and Design is excited to announce the competition film lineup for its 14th annual Savannah Film Festival, scheduled for Oct. 29-Nov. 5 in historic downtown Savannah, Ga.
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Aardman Animator Taps RocketHub for Short Funding
Aardman animator Sara Barbas has turned to RocketHub.com to secure funding for her new short film titled FINAL CALL.
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