OptiTrack Releases CinePuck
CinePuck can be attached to any camera rig via multiple mount points to maintain tracking stability. It features an industrial-grade inertial measurement unit (IMU) and ultra-bright wide-angle LEDs to provide real-time productions with high-quality,…
A Few Deep Thoughts About BUGS Courtesy of Animation.Monks
Category: Animation, Character Animation, Short Films, The Inbox · Tags: Andrés Grosso, Animation.Monks, Ankita Panda, Ariel Pistillo, Bas Krol, Bas Wijers, Bharat Kumar, Declan Byrne, Digbejoy Ghosh, Diwakar Chary, Felipe Galindez, Lalson…
FC Barcelona Launches Animated ‘In a Way, Immortal’ NFT – Auction Set for July 29
Additional information related to the auction is available here. FC Barcelona is launching an audiovisual digital artwork called In a Way, Immortal that recreates Johan Cruyff’s legendary stadium moment on December 22, 1973, when the iconic Dutch…
Bliss and MANSON Help Celebrate Nike’s 50th Anniversary
Color: Only PostproductionColorist: Maria Nualart Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2022 “The piece has been created in full CGI combined with live-action footage in which organic morphings convey the link between the object that generated the first…
How The Rhode Island School Of Design’s Hands-Off Approach Has Molded Generations Of Filmmakers
Other alumni include well-known media artists including Takeshi Murata and Ara Peterson along with an array of acclaimed indie artists such as Fran Krause, Caleb Wood, Jesse Schmal, Leah Shore, Michael Langan, Max Porter, Emily Pelstring, Pilar…
‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Reviews Roundup: Positive Marks For The Latest Animated Comic Adaptation
In DC League of Super-Pets, Krypto the Super-Dog is an alien’s best friend, Superman in this case, and the two share the same superpowers which they use to fight crime together. When Superman and …
Bruce Campbell Says ‘Evil Dead’ Animated Series Talks Have Begun
Cronin’s style, Campbell adds, makes for “a very European Evil Dead. I don’t think there’s a handheld shot in the entire movie. He’s very methodical.” Other than his allusion to early talks about an animated Evil Dead,…
NOMINT Welcomes Rocketpanda to its 2D Roster for US/UK Representation
NOMINT’s EP/MD Marilena Vatseri says “We love Rocketpanda and their unique way of telling stories. Not only is Rocketpanda a super cool studio, but when watching a Rocketpanda film you get a rare sense of blissful clarity and that’s…
The Weeknd “How Do I Make You Love Me?” Music Video by Jocelyn Charles and Remembers
Artist: The WeekndLabel: Republic Records, UMG Recordings, Inc. Working in tandem with Somesuch directing duo Cliqua as CDs, animation director Jocelyn Charles creates a sinister, genre-bending music video for The Weeknd that pulls influences from…
Disney+ Reveals Upcoming Marvel Animation Line-Up at Comic-Con 2022
I Am Groot – A collection of animated short films starring everyone’s favorite little sapling launches August 10 on Disney+. And they had a lot to share! Here’s what they discussed: Brad Winderbaum – Marvel Studios’ head of…
Zareh Nalbandian Talks Animal Logic’s Sale to Netflix
ZN: I think the former. I’ve still got great ambitions about what we can do with our studios. We’re committed to a new headquarters in Vancouver that we’ll move into in two years’ time, which will be a state-of-the-art facility…
Disney TV Vets Douglas Bensimon And Edward Mejia Promoted To VP Roles
Details: Disney has promoted Douglas Bensimon and Edward Mejia to VPs of Current Series, Disney Television Animation. Both will report to Khaki Jones, senior vice president of Current Series, Disney Television Animation. Disney Television Animation is…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Andreas Hykade
In a sentence: Like an old blues musician (think Blind Willie McTell), Hykade’s films often use deceptively simple visuals and narratives in order to unearth the dark underbelly and complexities of everyday existence. Other key works: Aside from…
Hyundai “Ocean” Video Installation by Universal Everything
Videographer: Paul Choi (Imagebakery) ECD/founder Matt Pyke at Universal Everything: “‘Ocean’ is an artful representation of recycling ocean plastic into the fabric used in the interiors of the all-electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 car.…
Scholar Signs Director Gerald Ding
So how do you connect with and surprise audiences when expectations are set so high? For Ding, it’s not always about bigger and better. Instead, it’s about not shying away from the cultural climate and listening more. Whether it’s…
Apple TV+ Sets ‘Central Park’ Season 3 Release Date
Bouchard, Gad, and Smith are the show’s writers and executive producers. Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu serve as showrunners and executive producers. Central Park is produced for Apple by 20th Television Animation, a part of Disney Television Studios.…
Talking Editing With ‘Making The Cut At Pixar’ Authors Bill Kinder And Bobbie O’Steen (Video Interview)
Kinder concurs, “A lot of it looks rough. You’d be amazed at how crude some of this stuff looks before it gets polished. And that’s an important lesson about what the editor is doing. They’re taking this raw material that’s…
Cinesite Acquires ‘Leap!’ Studio L’Atelier Animation
Cinesite has acquired Montreal’s L’Atelier Animation, the studio behind Leap! and the newly-completed Fireheart (pictured at top). Details: Cinesite, which has offices in London, Montreal, and Vancouver as well as vfx partner studios in…
Bang & Olufsen x Balenciaga “Speaker Bag” by ManvsMachine
Music: Zelig Sound Client: Bang & Olufsen, Balenciaga Production: ManvsMachineDirector: ManvsMachine Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Limited to an edition of 20, each Speaker Bag is milled from a single block of aluminum to resemble the…
How Six Point Harness Used 2D to Tackle Black Noir’s Trauma in ‘The Boys’
Brooker also believes that nostalgia and trauma are linked more often than we realize. All episodes of Season 3 of The Boys are now available on Prime Video. “Eric wanted them to be very cute, with the idea that what they did became creepy…
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Review
The only shortcoming is to be found in the writing; it’s serviceable but doesn’t do the story or the characters the justice they deserve. Based on the novel of the same name, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is another indie feather in the cap of…