There are also occasional breaks where a very 1990s-looking Watch Forever channel, clearly modeled off the TV Guide channel of the era, scrolls a daily schedule of real and invented film and series titles. Hartle also mentioned that there are …
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 …

Liu Jian’s New Feature ‘Art College 1994’ Added To Berlin Competition Lineup
The hand-drawn 2d feature was produced by a team of teachers and students at the China Academy Of Art (CAA), where Liu is a professor. Production took five years. According to the Academy, the film possesses “aesthetics that exhibit distinctive …

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 …