To create The Monster, Kelly turned to puppetry with a sprinkling of stop-motion and 2D compositing. The production featured over 20 hand-crafted puppets, three of which were different versions of the Monster himself – created with discarded charging cables – …
Johnny Kelly and Andy Gent Unleash “The Monster” for Back Market
Music: Q Department Production: Nexus StudiosDirector: Johnny KellyExecutive Producer: Josephine Gallagher, Camila de BiaggiSenior Producer: Josephine GallagherProduction Manager: Ruyi MeerProduction Assistant: Max BiggVFX Supervisor/Lead Compositor: Germán DiezStudio CG Supervisor: Mark DaviesEditor: Dave SladeArt Directors: Melanie Climent & Callum StrachanCharacter Designer: …
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Priit Pärn (Exclusive Video)
Where to start: Pärn has made a few masterworks, but this anti-cinema ode to the centenary of the artform is my personal favorite. Loaded with cinema references and an assortment of cultural stereotypes and inside jokes, Pärn uses the journey …
Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ Coming to DVD
Whitney is a freelance writer focusing on VFX-driven fantasy film & TV as well as preschool animation. On December 6, RLJE Films will release Shudder’s Mad God, Phil Tippet’s 30 years in the making stop-motion animated horror film, on DVD …
A-Wall’s ‘Autopilot’ Gets Animated
According to the artist, in the first episode, he is moments away from shocking the world once again as he readies himself to skydive out of a plane. But, knowing that it’s too late to back out and still hesitant …
Zhiben “Duo Yuan” Product Film by Frame and Final Frontier
“The creative brief was to convey the theme of protection and active resistance, all whilst highlighting the iconic design of Zhiben the packaging itself, including its unique twist and turn replacement system. Thomas Bay, founder and EP at Frame in …
Cartoon Saloon Producer/Director Nuria González Blanco Gives Career Advice During World Animation Day Masterclass
While admitting that there is an obvious frustration that comes with a project being canceled, she also argued that every job provides a learning opportunity, explaining that: The full video is available above and on the Madrid Ministry of Culture’s …
Kaho Yoshida Toys With Your “Tongue” in New Short Film
Sound design: Ana RomanVoice: Colin Chapin Director/animator/illustrator Kaho Yoshida mixes 2D animation and stop-motion into a very personal film addressing some of the issues she has faced as an Asian woman living in the West. Director/animator: Kaho Yoshida Kaho Yoshida: …
Wētā FX Works Their Smashingly Good Magic on ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’
We also had to create a topographical map to put all those pieces together, like where the bar is in relationship to the beach house, and where the garage is in relationship to all that. That was all based on …