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Stop Motion: Wall-E Meets Michael Jackson
Kyle Roberts sent his masterful works of stop animation art to our 3D animation team here in Mediafreaks. Suffice to say we won’t be making a blog post here if we didn’t dig how the 3D character of Wall-E gets to have a showdown with the Prince of Pop, Michael Jackson. See it for yourself [...]
Continue reading...Green Day 3-Pack Joins Rock Band DLC Line-Up on Tuesday, December 15th
15. December 2009
Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks ( VIA, VIA.B), and Warner Bros./Reprise Records today announced at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards that they are collaborating on the standalone title video game Green Day: Rock [...]
Continue reading...Starz Animation Toronto Details Animated Adaptation of Yes, Virginia
25. November 2009
Starz Animation Toronto will animate the beloved Christmas story of “Yes, Virginia” for a 30-minute holiday special, presented by Macy’s, set to air on CBS on Friday, Dec. 11/09 at 8pm, Head of Studio David Steinberg announced today. The 3D animation studio is producing the animation for the television feature in conjunction with The Ebeling [...]
Continue reading...Princess and the Frog Event Goes Bicoastal
12. September 2009
In celebration of Disney’s newest animation musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, Walt Disney Studios is opening its Burbank gates to the public for a once-in-a-lifetime advance special engagement, welcoming Disney fans to experience its newest animated musical comedy Nov. 25- Dec. 13, 2009. The advance special engagement will also be featured in Clearview’s historic Ziegfeld [...]
Continue reading...COMEDY CENTRAL Releases ‘Important Things With Demetri Martin”
22. August 2009
“Important Things With Demetri Martin” is a stream-of-consciousness sketch and variety show from comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode focuses on a single topic through the prism of Demetri’s specific point of view, whether it’s Brains, Chairs or Coolness. Released via COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, “Important Things With Demetri Martin: Season One” [...]
Continue reading...Disney Studios active at Comic Con
3. July 2009
Don Hahn of The Walt Disney Studios announced an inspiring panel discussion at Comic-Con International with acclaimed animators about the life and influence of Disney mentor, teacher, and artist Walt Stanchfield. Open to animators and animation enthusiasts alike, the panel discussion celebrates the launch of the new book, DRAWN TO LIFE: 20 GOLDEN YEARS OF [...]
Continue reading...Toon Boom Releases Studio 5
3. July 2009
Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Toon Boom Studio 5, completely rebranded and now positioned as the multi-technique animation software for learning and creating animation. With its new stop-motion animation capability, Studio 5 is the best tool for 3D animation studios. Become familiar with the main styles of animation, including stop-motion, traditional, [...]
Continue reading...The Penguins of Madagascar Top Children Show for May
17. June 2009
Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon animation series, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR (Sunday, June 14, 10 a.m. ET/PT) averaged 3.7 million total viewers (P2+) and ranked as the week’s top kids’ show with P2+ on all of basic cable with the repeat performance of “The Hidden/Kingdom Come”. The Penguins Saturday morning play (”Little Zoo Coupe/All Choked Up”, June [...]
Continue reading...Interpretations of Cyborgs in Sci-Fi Films
4. June 2009
One of the more colorful elements of science fiction films in Hollywood is the introduction of robots. However, in trying to take the futuristic appeal to a higher level, most science fiction films portay these robots in a more humanistic manner – through the introduction of cybernetic organisms or more popularly known as cyborgs. Through the [...]
Continue reading...The Motif of Time Travel as 3D Animation Visual Effects
3. June 2009
As confusing as time travel may be as a device for narratives, it has been one of the hallmarks of special effects by 3D animation studios for full-length feature films. At its core, time travel constitutes a bending of the laws of physics by enabling people and objects to move forward or backward in the [...]
Continue reading...Science Fiction: The Engine behind Summer Blockbusters
2. June 2009
The tradition of anticipating (Western) summertime full-length feature films with the best special effects spectacle from the top 3D animation studios of Hollywood will never establish a deep following if not for the invention of the literature genre science fiction. Sci-fi, as it is more fondly called by movie and literature fans, encompasses a broad [...]
Continue reading...Ugly Americans, Jamie Foxx’s Foxxhole star in Comedy Central’s new shows
18. May 2009
Comedy Central has announced its 2009-2010 development slate, which includes a seven-episode order for the cartoon animation series Ugly Americans. Developed and exec produced by David Stern (The Simpsons), Ugly Americans is a half-hour animated series based on an original idea by illustrator Devin Clark, who will serve as a producer. Ugly Americans takes place in [...]
Continue reading...Masterclass with Pixar Artists
12. May 2009
VanArts will be presenting a two-day intensive Masterclass in Montreal with Story Artist Matthew Luhn and Animator Andrew Gordon from the mainstream giant 3D animation studio Pixar. This is a one-time special event to be held in Montreal, Canada. This seminar is designed for animation industry professionals, students or enthusiasts. Skill sets covered are not software-specific, [...]
Continue reading...Cut-out Animation: Cut for the 21st Century
12. May 2009
Before computer software was an integral part of animation, much of the creation of animated content hinged on painstaking and thorough attention to detail and technical skill. To help save the time of animators in the past, they developed the technique of cut-out animation. Cut-out animation follows the same principles of stop motion animation – only [...]
Continue reading...Limited Animation: Cost-Cutting or Art Style?
7. May 2009
There is another style in animation which may not get enough attention from people who are new to animation – limited animation. Although its name may imply a style of animation which is a cut below a quality animation, limited animation is certainly not a mediocre style. Limited animation refers to a technique which illustrates cartoons [...]
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