AWN: Once you were working with Peele on the story side, how long did it take to work out the guts of the film? When Coraline’s pulled out of the water and transforms, the surface of the water’s all hand-animated …
Month: October 2022

Series Craft: Music As A Tool For Storytelling In Tonko House’s ‘Oni: Thunder God’s Tale’
Johnston: We communicated purely emotionally and talked about characters and their intentions. There was also always the question of point of view. Should the music reflect one character’s point of view, or several? Or should it be the forest’s point …

Popular Cooking Channel Chefclub To Get Animated Adaptation
Now in its sixth year, Chefclub is a live-action cooking channel and website which, according to Mediawan’s internal statistics, pulls in more than 2.5 billion views monthly and boasts more than 110 million subscribers across all platforms. Founded by brothers …

Need for Speed Unbound Reveal Trailer (ft. A$AP Rocky) by Mike&Payne and Realtime UK
“Directing A$AP Rocky on the motion capture shoot was fun, he was a natural.” “We worked closely with EA’s marketing team and in-house cinematic artists as well as the awesome team at Realtime UK to create the trailer in EA’s …

Call for Entries: Annecy 2023
The entry deadline for the above categories is February 15, 2023. Short Films TV Films Commissioned Films Graduation Films Additional information is available here. Feature Films – deadline to submit is March 15, 2023 VR Works – deadline to submit …

Adidas D.O.N. Issue #4 Product Film by Loop
Client: Adidas Production: UpperlineEP: Zach LaPlanteDirector: LoopCG: LoopCreative Directors: Alex Mikhaylov, Max ChelyadnikovArt Director: Alex MikhaylovCG Supervisor: Max Chelyadnikov3D Animation: Vladimir AlekseevFX TD: Artemy Perevertin, Daniil Rybkin3D Modelling: E.D.Satan, Ilya Danilov, Pavel PitaevLighting: Filipp Gorbachev, Max Chelyadnikov2D Animation: Pavel KhrustalevCompositing: …

“Hacking Google” Mini Series Graphics Package by Imaginary Forces
“Detailing the inception and unpacking the deception, we worked with Google Creative Lab developing a subset of 3D graphics for their six episode series alongside their design and animation team. This is the story told through experiences that decode the …

Lighthouse Studios Developing ‘Savage Town’ Animated Series
“With ‘Savage Town,’ Declan, Philip and Jordie have created a compelling story that touches on societal themes that are relevant today the world over, including what happens to those that get left behind, the struggles of the working class, discrimination and gang violence,” …

In ‘The Disney Revolt,’ Jake Friedman Reveals How Walt Disney’s Animators Rebelled Against The Studio (Video Interview)
The publication of the book could not be more timely. In recent years, a resurgent worker’s movement has been picking up steam in the animation industry. From voice actors at Crunchyroll to video game workers at Activision to the Animation …