Semi Permanent Conference Titles 2022 by Laundry
Client: Semi PermanentFounder: Murray BellCreative Director: Mitchell Oakley Smith “We aimed for a vivid yet slow, almost frozen moment, approach to amplify the gravitas of the emotional weight this has all been on us.” “So,…
Production I.G to Adapt ‘Heavenly Delusion’ Manga
Whitney is a freelance writer focusing on VFX-driven fantasy film & TV as well as preschool animation. The official “Heavenly Delusion” (“Tengoku Daimakyou”) website revealed that Production I.G, the animation studio behind…
All Aboard the Soul Train With Golden Wolf and Craig David
Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Drawing inspiration from the work of Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, the animation team at Golden Wolf and British singer-songwriter Craig David deliver an environmental message for European rail booking platform…
Typography Meets Architecture in Airbnb Spot by Buck and House Special
“We wanted the viewer to feel like they went around the world in a day. To achieve this, we carefully crafted the lighting, to begin with a sunrise and ending with a sunset over an idyllic landscape. “So we made two sets — one with very…
Bring The Bug Spray And Check Out Juliette Laboria’s Student Short ‘Pests’
Laboria is an alum of Paris’ École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD), where the short was produced. In a director’s note accompanying the film, she explains: Sound design adds another layer of discomfort…
‘Eternal Spring’ Revisits 2 Decades of Religious Persecution Though a Survivor’s Drawings
What Loftus was most intentional about spotlighting wasn’t all the story’s gory details, but rather the healing process Daxiong and the other detainees he spoke with were going through during production. But for all the detail and…
20 Spooky Stop-Motion Classics To Get You In The Mood For Halloween
George Pal, another workaholic madman, used a process in his cartoons called replacement animation, where he and his team would create different individually carved wooden puppets for each frame of animation to allow for greater flexibility of movement.…
VFX Legion Delivers Key Shots for ‘Quantum Leap’ Reboot
Legion’s creative team included Hattin as the VFX supervisor; Smalley as VFX producer; Blake Anderson as CG supervisor; Matthew Noren as senior VFX coordinator; Joseph Soloway as VFX QC coordinator; Nolan Conrad as digital compositor with Eugen…
The North Face “Summit Series Footwear” Product Film
Client: The North Face Sound Design: Kambiz AghdamSound Engineer (Interviews): Henry Michels Swiss director Maxime Durand and Montreal art director Vincent Raineri push the interview-based brand film into new and visually dynamic territory for The…
Constructing ‘Wendell & Wild’: A Conversation with the Legendary Henry Selick
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 plastic, which is really…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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 Guild…
Skydance Media Secures $400M Investment As It Expands Animation Operations
Skydance Media has secured 0 million in funding from a strategic investment round led by investment company KKR with previous backers the Ellison family, Redbird Capital Partners, and Tencent also contributing. Details: One of the objectives of this…
Exclusive Clip: ‘The Great North: Code Enough Code Said Adventure”
Season 3 brings new adventures, hidden Yeti’s, and special guest stars, including Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), and legendary chef Guy Fieri in a very special Halloween episode! In the exclusive clip,…
“Washi” Art Film Interprets the Process of Making Traditional Japanese Paper
Production: Blay StudioDirector/animator: JM Blay “Washi is a solo project that I spent almost a year on (in between projects) using Cinema 4D and After Effects with plugins X-Particles and Red Giant, everything was rendered with…