“Steamboat Willie” Has Been Updated for the 21st Century
The YouTube channel Really 3Dmakes a convincing argument that everything is more hilarious when it’s remade using computer animation.
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“Angry Birds” Feature Will Be Produced at Sony Imageworks Vancouver
The “Angry Birds” feature film that was announced last October will be animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, Canada.
“Palmipedarium” by Jeremy Clapin
Simon knows about ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll. Sometimes, it’s a bit confusing and Simon gets lost.
“A la Francaise,” A Student Film From Supinfocom Arles
It’s an afternoon in Versailles, during the reign of Louis XIV…
Here’s a 30-Minute Video About the Making of “LEGO Movie”
Anyone who is remotely interested in the CG artistry behind “The LEGO Movie” should drop everything and head over to fxguide to watch this half-hour behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
Let’s Talk About the Animation in “The Lego Movie”
Attempting to predict box office results is a fool’s errand, but it’s safe to say at this point that The Lego Movie, which opens this …
Goro Miyazaki Will Direct Studio Ghibli’s First TV Series “Ronia The Robber’s Daughter”
Studio Ghibli will produce its first animated series for television with Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro Miyazaki, at the helm.
“Love in the Time of Advertising” by Matt Berenty and David Bokser
An animated musical love story about a young man who lives inside a billboard and is charged with updating the advertisements. When he falls in love with a beautiful lady living across the highway, he has to use the only method he knows to get his message across. Advertising.
Yes, This is A Computer Generated Character
Stockholm, Sweden-based vfx shop Important Looking Pirates created the impressive animation for this Aco skin care product commercial.
Pixar Makes Painterly CG: New Research Could Change The Look of Their Films
Last summer at SIGGRAPH, Pixar presented a paper offering some clues about one of the major new directions that CG feature animation is headed. The paper, “Stylizing Animation By Example,” explored how filmmakers could achieve more expressive rendering styles that disregard the perfect boundaries of computer graphics rendering and mimic traditional painting techniques.
Things That Didn’t Need to Be CG: Rosie the Robot [UPDATED]
A new series of Brazilian ads for Brilux cleaning supplies resurrects Hanna-Barbera’s Rosie the Robot in CG. The character is removed from her futuristic context on “The Jetsons” and dropped into a contemporary scene of Brazilian upper class domesticity.
New Clip from DreamWorks’ “Mr. Peabody & Sherman”
Here’s a new clip from the upcoming DreamWorks feature “Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” The Rob Minkoff-directed film will open in U.S. theaters on March 7, 2014:
China Produces Its First 3D CGI Feature: “Boonie Bears” [UPDATED]
I’m not sure what’s harder to believe: that China still hasn’t released its own homegrown 3D CGI animated feature or that the first one …
New Markets for Animators: Crime Re-enactment Films
Here’s a new and potentially lucrative market for animators: recreating alleged crimes with computer animation.
Directors Mostly Named Chris Discuss Feature Filmmaking
It’s been a great year for people named Chris.
“SuperBot: A Magnifying Mess” by Gervasio Rodríguez Traverso and Pablo Alberto Díaz
SuperBot, a tiny toy robot, learns that reality depends on the looking glass you are looking through.
(NSFW) “Rosette” by Romain Borrel, Gael Falzowski, Benjamin Rabaste and Vincent Tonelli
The world through pork-colored lenses…
Director Jimmy Hayward Talks “Free Birds”
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in …
Cartier Releases “Winter Tale” Directed by Bibo Bergeron
This year, Christmas has turned into the season of feature film-quality animation spots. First, British retailer John Lewis released a …
Can South America’s Most Expensive Animated Film Compete with American Blockbusters?
The top three grossing films at the Argentine box office this year are all animated: Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, and Metegol. …
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