Sundance Film Festival: Spotlight on Animation
Mary Ann Skweres focuses the spotlight on the animation that appeared at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Slamdance: 'Bush vs. Bin Laden' and 'Blood Will Tell...' and More
Mary Ann Skweres highlights some of the top of the crop of animated shorts from this year's Slamdance Film Festival.
Music for Animation: The Golden Years
Mary Ann Skweres looks back over the rich history of music-writing for classic cartoons.
Sundance Film Festival: The Future of Animation is Now
Mary Ann Skweres finds creative risktaking, diversity, aesthetic innovation and independent artistic expression at Sundance.
Slamdance 2007: The Ballad of Animation
Rick DeMott travels to the online animated communities to find out more about the growing corner of the animation business from leaders like Neopets and Habbo, as well as newer sites, such as Urbaniacs.
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery 2006: 'Intersections'
Mary Ann Skweres explores a few of the digital works being exhibited in SIGGRAPHs upcoming Art Gallery devoted to the theme Intersections.
MoCap Education: It’s Come of Age
Mary Ann Skweres reports on what students need to know for planning a motion capture education. Includes QuickTime movie clip!
Audio for Animation
Mary Ann Skweres looks into an essential part of the animation production process sound.
3D Visualizations for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Mary Ann Skweres reports on vital 3D visualizations for forecasting and tracking of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Includes QuickTime clips!
Sundance: Animation Spotlight
Mary Ann Skweres shoveled her way through the snow and crowds of Sundance to discover the spotlight on animation.
Slamdance Animation Competition — A Reel Winner
Mary Ann Skweres travels to Slamdance and finds the reel winners of the animation competition.
'BloodRayne': Taking a Stab at ‘Vampire Vision’
Mary Ann Skweres discusses CGI vampires on BloodRayne with director Uwe Boll and vfx supervisor Doug Oddy.
Creating New Worlds: The Tools Behind CG Environments
Mary Ann Skweres looks into the new tools that are empowering artists to create more lavish and realistic CG worlds.
‘Animation Invades Live Action’ at the Academy
Last night (Dec. 6, 2005), the Science and Technology Council of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Animation Invades Live Action in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The presentation was billed as an animated performance and dealt with issues brought on by the digital revolution the technical and artistic advances that have impacted not only animation, but also live action.
'A Sound of Thunder': Combining the Futuristic with the Prehistoric
Mary Ann Skweres speaks with A Sound of Thunder visual effects supervisor Tim McGovern about the challenges of bringing Ray Bradburys prehistoric and futuristic sci-fi classic to the big screen.
SIGGRAPH 2005 Overview: Electronic Theater & Animation Festival
The Career Coach gives strategies and tips on how to work the job fair, especially at SIGGRAPH 2005.
'Sky High' — The Superpower of Visual Effects
Mary Ann Skweres unmasks the secrets identities of the visual effects heroes behind Sky High.
SIGGRAPH 2005 Art Gallery: Threading Time
Mary Ann Skweres talks with the people behind putting together SIGGRAPH's Art Gallery and what we can expect in the future in the world of digital art.
Hitchhiking Along the 'CG' Galaxy with Cinesite
Mary Ann Skweres hops aboard The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy with the clever, creative vfx crew at Cinesite.
The Power of 3D in Biomedical Visualization
Mary Ann Skweres examines the connections between the visual effects industry and medical visualization.
