From the team at Ordinary Folk in Vancouver: “Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform (CEP) helps companies turn transactions into personal conversations – meaning they can provide customers with what they need, and build relationships that last lifetimes. Client: Twilio Special Thanks: …
Month: January 2023

Choc Chip Animation Riffs on Pop Culture in ‘The Art of Murder’
But Pip has no idea her drawings come to life each night after she falls asleep, or that these fictional characters she loves have to solve the murder of one of Pip’s original characters, OC, of which they are all …

Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Réka Bucsi
Currently working on: “Right now I’m mainly working on developing my first feature film, called The Great Silence. I’m writing the script and drawing and animating concept art. So far there is no funding or producer involved, so I’m doing …

Behold the Game Trailer for “Phyrexia : All Will Be One”
Reteaming with Wizards of the Coast for a third Magic: The Gathering trailer, Paris studio Unit Motion Design constructs a series of dramatic tableaux for the sci-fi/horror expansion Phyrexia: All Will Be One. “To make this trailer, we modeled more …

Hulu Drops Justin Roiland from ‘Solar Opposites’ and ‘Koala Man’
This past January 13, the prolific animation producer and voice actor faced a pre-trial hearing on charges of felony false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud and/or deceit he pleaded not guilty to in 2020. While no trial date has been …

How The Bureau Of Magic Balanced Tradition And Innovation With ‘Lost In Oz’
“[Dorothy and I] obviously look exactly the same, which was completely unplanned,” laughed Boettcher. “They had finalized the character design before I was even cast. There’s something really cool that happens when you start playing a character like this. They …

Lightfarm Warms Hearts With “The Bridge” Short Film for PAWS NY
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 Production: LightfarmDirection: Gabriel Freire, Ramon LimaLook & Dev Supervisor: Arthur BadenPost-production Supervisor: Marceu LoboArt Direction: Giselle AlmeidaProject Production: Beatrice NunesCoordination: Jhonatan LuizStory: Rich Levy, Bernardo Romero, Amy Fortunato, Andrea BistanyProduction: Laura Denham, Jen Martin, …

‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’ Cancelled at Netflix
This is not a great way to start the new year. Yet another animated series has been cancelled as a cost cutting move, this time at Netflix. Dead End: Paranormal Park creator Hamish Steele recently took to Twitter to break …

Pink Floyd, British Film Institute Animation Contest Criticized For Exploiting Filmmakers
The person running this social media is getting paid. Whoever thought of this stupid idea is getting paid. Pink Floyd is getting paid. Why would you make an animator or filmmaker work for free? Exposure ain’t gonna pay your rent. …