OnePlus x Hasselblad Teasers by BlinkMyBrain (Director’s Cut)
Music: Acapulco Music Final Frontier EP Chris Colman: “Hasselblad cameras have been responsible for some of the most iconic photographs in history. However, we didn’t have the rights to use many of them, so this became an exercise in finding…
Exciting New Stop Motion Kickstarter Project
Play modes: Can be played as a single-player or local co-op. Morten Søndergaard – Artist, poet and author. Wired Fly Animation – lego stop motion commercials and own award winning film production Platforms: Targeted all major game…
Will McCormack & Michael Govier on ‘If Anything Happens I Love You’ (Oscar Shorts Interview Series)
It was such a crazy intimate experience to watch people watch a movie in real time. I don’t know that people have had that type of experience before. I mean, if you’re at a screening of a film, you can peer down an aisle and see…
The Best Animation Instagrams Of The Week: Annie Award Nominees
Michael Moloney is nominated for direction (tv/media) on Cartoon Network’s Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart. Moloney shares the occasional rendered illustration, but he mostly posts storyboards and animatics, as well as tips for story artists. These…
Krystle Timm joins Carbon as Senior Producer
“I love the fresh approach that Carbon brings to each piece of work.” Krystle explains, “I take huge pride in every project I do. For me, it’s all about the people I work with; everyone in the team heading towards the same goal of…
Hank Azaria Apologizes for Portrayal of Apu on ‘The Simpsons’
Laurén Alexa acts as social content producer and journalist for AWN. The actor also said, “Part of me feels I need to go round to every single Indian person in this country and apologize.” In the last year, a number of…
Forginal Industrie Brand Film by Creature Studio
Client: Forginal Industrie Production: CreatureDesigner/director: Jonathan Ramelli, Marie-Celinne Boyer Creature, a tiny motion and archviz studio in Lyon, France leverages their CG talents into a stylish and compelling promotional video for local…
Hanging by a Thread on a Windy Day in Team Salut’s ‘Boom Bam’ Lyric Video
According to the artist, her favorite parts of the video are the dancing figures sprinkled throughout. “I took videos of my friends dancing and imported them into Adobe After Effects. I then went in and did a super quick scribbly sketch of each…
Adrien Mérigeau on ‘Genius Loci’ (Oscar Shorts Interview Series)
Mérigeau’s answers were sent by email and edited for clarity. By the time he started work on Genius Loci, Mérigeau was back in his native France, set up in a studio in the Parisian suburbs. Overcoming his inner “control…
Balancing Indie & Industry: 5 Takeaways From Nick Cross’s GLAS Talk
In the commercial world, Cross is best known for his work at Cartoon Network, where he was art director on the miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014) — for which he won two Emmys — and the in-house shorts program. He also served on the story…
“Swash by Whirlpool” Brand Film by Lumbre
Agency: 9RooftopsCreative Directors: Michael Dunn, Richard VetterExecutive Producer: Matt Gemmill “We took 2D animation, 3D animation, live footage, and fluid simulations and threw them all into the wash together. Put on whatever you have left in…
“Ninja Turtles At Home” Fan Short by See Gee Studio
Sound design: Simon Adams Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2021 · Leave a Comment “That’s the question we set out to answer when exploring new 3D and animation software Zoo Tools Pro, Substance Painter, and Redshift. “We wanted…
Tools Of The Trade: Larry Cutler on Unity
On Asteroids!, we experimented with interactivity by making the viewer an active participant in the story. It was our first show where hand controllers were available. The viewer gets to build a meaningful connection with the aliens and make…
HBO ‘MaraThrone’ Celebrates ‘Game of Thrones’ 10th Anniversary
Laurén Alexa acts as social content producer and journalist for AWN. Begin your ‘MaraThrone’ on April 10 on HBO2 or stream the whole series from the ‘spotlight’ page on HBO Max now. It’s time for a Red Weekend.…
Animating Soft-Spoken Vocals in The White Buffalo’s ‘Sycamore’ Music Video
[embedded content] Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network. Built and run by Goodwin, the SVP of the Marketing, Content, and Experiences team, °1824 is powered by young artists and serves as UMG’s internal creative…
Grom Social Set To Acquire Curiosity Ink Media, Hires Two Former Nickelodeon Execs
Kids’ content platform Grom Social Enterprises has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire L.A.-based production company Curiosity Ink Media. The move comes as Grom plans to enter original programming. Curiosity president Russell Hicks,…
BlueBolt Names Tracy McCreary Managing Director
“Being promoted to MD of BlueBolt is such a fantastic opportunity and an immense privilege,” commented McCreary. “My first challenge as MD, post-pandemic, is to make sure that everyone is safe, happy and adapting to the new way of…
“Conceptions” Short Film and NFT by Greg Cooper
Posted on Friday, April 9, 2021 · Leave a Comment Director/animator: Greg CooperSound Design: Timon Martin “Ideate: A shape with innumerable sides swirls chaotically, gradually giving rise to tangible structures that can be shaped and…
Hyundai “Run Forever” Installation Film by Universal Everything
“Run Forever features on the Creative Wall at Hyundai Motorstudio Busan. The digital artwork is among a variety of arts and cultural exhibits in the space that allows visitors to experience the vision of the Hyundai Motor brand.” Expanding on…
MR. X Provides Bewitching VFX on Marvel Studios’ ‘WandaVision’
MR. X VFX supervisor Ralph Maiers and his team recently wrapped up a 10-month stint on Marvel Studios’ and Disney+’s hit series, Wandavision. He shared some of the details of their work on scenes from Episodes 108 and 109, some of the…
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Grampa I F#$%ing Kill You’ By Devin Crow And Dylan Keim
[embedded content] Tools: Primarily made with Blender. Also used Photoshop, After Effects for the motion graphics, and Premiere for final assembly. “Chronicles the odyssey of the Virtual Businessman, a digital entity on a mission: Get all the…