HBO Max is perhaps showing early signs of animation deterioration in a post-Discovery merger world, with only two animated premieres scheduled for the next month. Offerings from most of the other major platforms are equally uninspired in September, but hopefully …
Month: August 2022
Beloved Uncooked Egg ‘Gudetama’ Series Coming to Netflix
Watch the official teaser trailer now: [embedded content] Cybersecurity specialist by day, investigative journalist by night. As the premiere gets ever closer, details surrounding the series are beginning to emerge. We now know that the main theme song “Gudetama March” will be …
Korean Animated Influencer Apoki Drops First English-Language Single
If animated pop stars have been around for years, why are they booming now? For one, these characters are being marketed differently than in the past. Meta-internet buzzwords and acronyms like AI, NFT, and influencer appear all over the characters’ …
908’s Mitte Home Product Film Adds New Depth to Water
Sound design: 908audioSound designer: Kai von GlasowVoice over: Martin Baden Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 From the team at motion design and multimedia studio 908 in Berlin: “This product film is an immersion into the water maker Mitte Home. …
Scanline VFX Gets All Wrapped Up with ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4
Scanline used a digital replica of the Creel House to animate the vines and match the actors on-set performances for the moment that the vines grab hold and pin them to the wall. On-set elements helped to integrate the CG …
Demo Duck Animates Isabela’s “Finger Paintings” for 826CHI
Posted on Monday, August 29, 2022 Writer/VO: Isabela Sound Design/Recording: Nick Roth Producer Jarrett Hothan at Demo Duck in Chicago: “We specialize in animation and over the years we have often partnered with local nonprofits, producing pro bono projects to …
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Kangmin Kim
What to watch next: 38-39 (2012). This exquisitely crafted stop-motion work with beautiful background designs continues Kim’s exploration of his family history. Set in a bathhouse, a man goes to soak in a hot tub. As the heat seeps through his …
Luma Pictures Travels to Graceland in ‘Elvis’ VFX
Photogrammetry was used for the digital matte paintings of the Hollywood environment backgrounds, which were created in CG, different than how the Graceland skies were made. “One of our supervisors in Los Angeles went to the Hollywood Hills and stood …
Gerald Potterton, ‘Heavy Metal’ Director, Dies At 91
“The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is saddened to learn of the death of filmmaker Gerald Potterton (1931–2022), who died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec,” reads the NFB release which broke the sad news. No cause of …