Earwig and the Witch Review
The music is, for want of a better word, perfect. Far from a classical film score, this is much more upbeat and contemporary. The original progressive rock songs (another departure for Ghibli) also add an ethereal feel to the film and are used at just…
Exclusive Bonus Clip: ‘The Croods: A New Age – The Evolution of Contrasts’
Keep the adventure going with The Croods: A New Age and go beyond the film with two exclusive animated shorts, a gag reel, deleted scenes, and activities the whole family can enjoy together. The Croods have survived fanged beasts, natural…
Amazon Japan “Amazon Holidays” Social Films by Onesal
Sound: Syn K.K.Sound Designers: Allan Mawdsley, Rudi Rock, Kaz HagaSound Producer: Nick Wood, Kaz HagaMusic Composer: Yuji Hagiwara, Kaz HagaMusic Arranger: Yuji Hagiwara, Swinky, Kaz HagaOther Music Credits: Ito Taro / Hattori Kouya (Imagica Labs)…
Docke “Everything’s Possible” Spot by Loop
Production: LoopCreative Directors: Alex Mikhaylov, Max ChelyadnikovArt Director: Alex MIkhaylovCG Supervisor: Max Chelyadnikov3D Artist: Dmitriy Paukov, Artemy Perevertin, Daniil Rybkin, Filipp Gorbachev, Roman Senko, E.D.Satan, Vitaliy BabichLighting:…
‘Raya And The Last Dragon,’ ‘Tom & Jerry’ Among First Hollywood Titles To Come Out In China In 2021
China has set release dates for Warner Bros.’s Tom & Jerry and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. The films will come out in theaters on February 26 and March 5 respectively — at the same time as in other territories. Tom &…
Long Live Animation!
The Disney Renaissance The Disney Renaissance Early Cinematic Animation Though the following images barely scratch the surface of the entirety of animation history and the content of my course, I hope they serve as a reminder that the art of animation is…
“The Beauty” Short Film by Pascal Schelbli
Music: Alexander Wolf David, Petteri SainioOrchestration/Additional Composer: Meike Katrin SteinOrchestra: Deutsches Filmorchester BabelsbergSound Design/Mix: Robin Harff “The main challenge for the team was to find a proper way to integrate the CG…
Netflix Teams with Lupita Nyong’o on New Animated Musical ‘Sulwe’
Sulwe joins Netflix’s fast growing original slate of animated features which includes Sergio Pablos’ Academy Award-nominated Klaus, Kris Pearn’s The Willoughbys, and Glen Keane’s Over the Moon. Features…
Don’t Miss Tonight’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards!
[embedded content] Source: Crunchyroll The night you’ve been waiting for! Tonight, February 19, 2021, the fifth annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards will celebrate the best anime of 2020. The event will be subtitled in 8 languages and available for…
Animation Is Key To The BBC’s Efforts To Preserve An Endangered Language
The channel dubs live action, too. But animation provides a major advantage: lip sync is more straightforward. “It never ceases to amaze me how seamless it looks when it’s done,” says Cameron. “It definitely affords flexibility…
Bilibili Acquires Haoliners Animation, Including Tokyo’s Emon Animation Company
Bilibili is building up its animation production capacity. The Chinese streaming titan has acquired the Shanghai-based animation company Haoliners Animation League, including its Japanese subsidiary Emon Animation Company. Last April, Sony acquired a…
Makmak “Back to yourself” Campaign Video by Korb
“Starting with the slogan ‘Back to Yourself’, we used various reverse actions of the Buddha statue collapsing back into itself to represent the ‘Back’ and the Buddha to represent ‘Your Self’. Then we edited the…
‘Constantine’ Series in Development at HBO Max
Laurén Alexa acts as social content producer and journalist for AWN. I said what I said. pic.twitter.com/6EhItsLdW6 — Ben Tweets (@squash_tweets) February 17, 2021 Who do you want to see as the beloved occult detective? Is Matt Ryan…
Disney Drops Official Trailer for ‘Cruella’ Origin Story
The highly stylized reveal immediately brings to mind DC film-style villains: perhaps Cruella will become the family friendly outlet’s Harley Quinn. It is unclear whether we’re supposed to sympathize with the unhinged Miss de Vil,…
Panoply Stays Curious With “Oxymoron”
“Technically this might seem straight forward however the lighter instances are attached to an invisible pyro simulation which gives the busy yet delicate motion without feeling too chaotic. Audio: Human Robot Soul “Also, the lighter model is…
Lion Forge Animation Announces 7 Hires To Creative And Executive Team
Launched in 2019 by David Steward II (image at top), Lion Forge is one of the rare animation studios owned by an African American — and the only one of those that has an Oscar, which it won last year for co-producing the short Hair Love. It is…
Skydance Animation Signs Multi-Year Pact With Apple For Features And Series
The deal will give a boost to the tech giant’s streaming service, which although available in over 100 countries has rolled out a noticeably meager amount of content compared to other streamers. To date, Apple has released just one animated…
Laura Jayne Hodkin and giffgaff Invite Fellow Brits to “Have a Proper Chat”
Agency: Don’t Panic “To help launch the initiative, [we] worked with renowned relationship therapist Simone Bose to create three scientific reasons why chatting on our phone has a real-world impact on loneliness.” Posted on…
Manus Announces the Manus Pro Tracker for SteamVR
The Manus Pro Tracker features USB-C for easy charging and wired use. Fully charging the tracker takes just over an hour. The tracker features an easy-to-use sliding button for turning on, off, and pairing. Source: Manus [embedded content] To improve…
Really Channel IDs by Ink and Giants
“‘Tumble’ is all about the little items that, at first, seem irrelevant but are key in holding everything together. This ident highlights the channel’s uplifting personality. “Inspired by the different professions in the…
What Ever Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?
Original author Anne Choi | Article updated by Animation Mentor A Short History of Saturday Morning Cartoons Networks previously aired cartoons and other live action shows in timeslots that were undesirable—times without potential significant adult…