Month: February 2023

Sony Picture Animation, Imageworks, Crunchyroll Relocating To Mid-Wilshire In 2024
Details about the move: Sony Pictures Animation (SPA), its vfx branch Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI), and anime distributor/streamer Crunchyroll will leave their offices at the historic Culver Studios in Culver City, California, when their leases end in May 2024. The …

PROPER Beats Up on the GoBox for YETI
Production: PROPERCreative Director: Chapman BullockCG Lead/AD: Lars SneldersGeneralist: Tommy Jansen Client: YETIDirector: Paulie Dery, Ginny GoldenProducer: Arlo Rosner “Water in an animated spot like this is always a technical challenge. I find it extremely difficult to get fluid simulations to …

Aardman, Cartoon Saloon, La Cachette Among Studios Working On ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume Two
In a release, executive producer James Waugh said: Disney+’s animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions will be back with a second season this spring, coinciding with Star Wars Day, which takes places on May 4. “Sith” Rodrigo Blaas (El Guiri …

Framestore Sets Sail on ‘1899’ with New Virtual Production Tools
Most of the LED wall content was CG, as opposed to plate photography augmented with digital skies. “We are selling an emotion with the visual effects work and that’s why it’s important to understand what you are trying to say,” …

Director Toke Madsen and The Animation Workshop Release “Mano” Short Film
Simmering with understated tension and atmosphere, Toke Madsen’s graduation film demonstrates a mastery of character subtleties and narrative timing while wrapping it all in classical light and impressionist rendering. Soundtrack: Telepa-TSound Engineering, Mix And Editing: Rasmus Stæhr, Mikkel Juhl Toke …