Dobro Illuminates Tatarstan Documentary with Sculpted CG Segments
Posted on Sunday, January 29, 2023 “To accomplish this goal, we chose ancient wooden Chinese miniatures as the basis for our inspiration, so we built the entire visual story in this style.” Client: RD-Studia From the design…
SERGE BROMBERG SENTENCED IN 2020 FIRE CASE
Lobster Film, founded by Bromberg in 1985, specializes in the restoration and distribution of vintage film. The prosecution contended that as an experienced film restorer, Serge was well aware of the danger of fire with nitrate film. The…
Ordinary Folk Elevates Customer Engagement for Twilio in New Explainer
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…
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 suspect. Though Nirali and Anokhi…
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…
‘The Voice In The Hollow’ Is A Stunning Stylized CG Short, And The Filmmakers Documented The Entire Production
In this video, Ortega and Ma share the remarkable true story that inspired their short – anyone with an interest in anthropology or archaeology is sure to be fascinated – before diving into the aesthetic and narrative choices made for their…
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 set, he faces…
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…
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:…
‘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 the news that the series had…
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. One can only…
Film Adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s ‘Hunter’s Run’ in Development
Said Martin to Variety, “I’m so pleased that after almost 16 years, ‘Hunter’s Run’ will be made into a film. I’m bursting with excitement for the rich sci-fi universe I helped create with my dear friends Daniel and…
Mother and ManvsMachine “Put Peanut Butter In It” for Reese’s
Posted on Friday, January 20, 2023 Agency: Mother From the team at Mother London: “In this new campaign for Reese’s, we’re exploring the underreported psychological urge to put peanut butter in stuff. Our aim is to help people…
Kobi Vogman “Spices” Up Wordtune With Stop-Motion
Client: AI21LabsProduct and Marketing lead: Amos Meron “However, as the main idea behind AI21Labs is to create AI tools for the benefit of humankind and not tools that make the human element unneeded, my first suggestion was that making a…
Joe Cappa’s ‘Ghost Dogs’ Probably Aren’t Anybody’s Best Friend, But You Should Watch This Short Anyway
Filmmaker Joe Cappa has uploaded his first professional short Ghost Dogs (2020), which enjoyed an impressive festival run including stops at Fantasia, Fantoche, GLAS, Ottawa, and Sundance, to name a few. [embedded content] Meanwhile, our puppy…
Stephen Colbert Boards ‘The Chronicles of Amber’ Series Adaptation
The Chronicles series is said to have influenced George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones saga, which comes as no surprise as one of Zelazny’s novels is literally titled Lord of Light. That can’t be a coincidence. Commenting on the…
Inaugural Niigata International Animation Festival Unveils Its Competition Lineup
Niigata was established as an annual event dedicated to elevating animated features from around the world. This first competition lineup fits well into that mold, including films from a diverse group of countries: We’re two months away from the…
Nickelodeon Animation Agrees to Voluntarily Recognize Production Workers
The Animation Guild has an existing collective bargaining agreement with Nickelodeon Animation Studios that covers more than 400 artists, including CG technicians, storyboard artists, character designers, and writers. No negotiation dates have been set…
AI Art Has a Looooong Way to Go
Can Artificial Intelligence (a.k.a. regular computing) generate art? The jury is still out (even if the US copyright office is not). I’m skeptical and an idea popped into my head last night; can ‘AI’ generate something even remotely…
Stash 157 Kickstarts 2023 With a Bolt of Inspiration
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