Monday, September 29, 2014

"Boxing Rolls", opened to $ 17.3 million, more than ever, the United States opened a Leica

Opening boxing rolls

The third feature of the Leica and boxing Rolls served Focus Features, which was launched at the third place in the United States with an estimate of 17.3 million dollars in life. The film runs with Maze Runner, who landed in second place with 17.5 million dollars since head-to-head. Figures will be released the end of last week on Monday afternoon.

Boxing Rolls to (barely) managed over the previous high of $ 0.16800000 debut of Coraline Laika. Howevever, Coraline opened in 1165 theaters less, and so it was in the theater ($ 7.329 compared to $ boxing average Rolls 4980) significantly higher.

Although he opened a respectable was not able to take advantage of the absence of the latter from the animated films at the box office and audience growth for the movie function stop-motion take dramatic boxing Rolls. During boxing Rolls was also far off target early Aardman Chicken Run, which is the United States was better than always open stop-motion film on each $ 17500000 of Chicken Run and Coraline the weekend, the biggest opening of the year, the latest attempt by Leica.

Boxing Rolls also picked up $ 5.1 million from 17 international territories, and increase the total 17.7 million foreign residents.

"The scarf is missing" by Owen Duffy

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Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, rejection and ultimately the fear of death: black comedy, some of the most common fears in life to discover. Directed by George Takei. Download a PDF file on the film.

Credits
Author / Animation / Direction: Owen Duffy
Narrator: George Takei
Script Editor: Richard Duffy
Music Company: Echolab
Composer: Tobias Norberg, Gavin Little (Echolab)
Sound Designer: Gavin Little Joe McHugh (Echolab)
Post Production: Windmill Lane

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Artist of the Day: Robin Joseph

Robin Joseph

Robin Joseph

Location:
Toronto, Canada
And basic media:
Digital, pencil, ink
Education:
Sheridan College
Major projects:
Mr. Peabody and Sherman [Artist Development, DreamWorks]
Rio, Horton [the development of the artist, Blue Sky Studios] of
The Lorax, Despicable Me [artist development, light]
Read more:
Website / Twitter

Robin Joseph

Robin Joseph

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Hertzfeldt was created without the opening the season premiere, "The Simpsons" tonight

Without Hertzfeldt, 2009 (filming Lin Conzett)

Without Hertzfeldt. (Photo by Lin Conzett )

Night without Hertzfeldt is in the ranks of directors, we set the opening "couch gag" the Simpsons. different artists, the openings have created, include Sylvain Chomet, John Kricfalusi, Michael Socha, Bill Plympton, Banksy, and Guillermo del Toro .

The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean revealed in an interview that the numbers baton has a "couch gag wonderful" and warns that "you will be very sorry if you miss it."

More to come ...

Saturday, September 27, 2014

7 Movies nice sprites graduation

Earlier this month, the Class of 2014 graduates of the School French animated film tapestries and published on the Internet. These seven short films three minutes every five months, was designed and facilitated by the graduates of the program of character animation for three years. As usual for the school of Paris, the work of a sophisticated, cleverly made, and not to be overlooked.


Human catastrophe hell
Director Paula Assadourian , Marilyn Beaube , Deborah Krug , Maxime Delalande , Tipu Gayral and Baptiste Peron


8.9
Directed by Pedro VERGANI


Fog
Directed by Camille Andre , Marion Bulot , Clement Doranlo , Miriam Fourati , Jonghyun Jungboix , Alexis Kerjosse and Sarah Simon


UN some respect
Directed by Simon Mass , Semiramis Mamata , Ann Courtin and Raji Al Rayyan


Walking stick S
Directed by Nadia Mira


Duo
Director Janice Aussel , Elsa Boyer, Marie-Pierre Demessant , Dorian Lee , Laurent Moing, Guitty Mojabi and Aaron Bothman


Edgar
Directed by Eva Ceccarelli , Maud Girard , Mathieu Gouriou Leo Schweitzer and Raphaelle Stoltz

Friday, September 26, 2014

Fashion design challenges for small "boxing Rolls"

Deborah Cook.

Deborah Cook.

It will not be wrong to describe the style of stop-motion film next Leica and boxing Rolls as a pan-European mash-up of selective Victorian, steampunk in German Expressionism. The setting of the film is the city of England in the 18th century called Cheese Bridge where the citizens live under the rule of the Supreme Council of the cortex and white hats, one day after the pesticide crew red hat for the night. To illustrate intolerance and corruption is the foundation of the city, has instilled a narrow not only in the architecture and accessories and distorted, but also the fashion.

"Twisted many linework in these little suits," says Deborah Cook, costume designer for the film. "It comes from the original conceptual illustrations of the film. Line of work is a kind of well, and it is only through a combination of everything that is brought into our unique look for Cheese Bridge that".

Koch, who has a life of fashion design as a stop-motion film ParaNorman, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Corpse Bride, and work with the production designer, character designer and administrators to develop the costumes for the film. Cartoon Brew during a visit to Le boxing Rolls founded earlier this year , she led us through the process of research and talked to some of the unique challenges in the making of costumes for some stop-motion puppets involved.

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For "atmosphere" of colors used in each time, starts cooking by., The art in this period Did the color palette suits boxing Rolls 1830 Delacroix painting Liberty Leading the People ", and only small pieces of turquoise, ocher and various shades of yellow and brown., And a touch of red is a symbol of where it came from Red Berets" .

Tips substance call "The boxing Rolls".

Tips substance call "The boxing Rolls".

"We wanted a certain originality in this time and we velvet and chiffon and things were, but we support them in something [last]," says Cook. "We use the properties of the two substances." For example, he refers to a puppet in the hands of the white hero movie. "[His] pants have become unfit together at the top, but fell with Lycra."

In terms of construction, and it is something from the seam on the surface with the machine, but fashion dolls mounted on hand always. Cook said: "There may be a few millimeters here and there to be:" Even if there is a double [doll] eggs and any form of unconventional own little be ", but that is a big difference [Stop Motion] If each machine. did and tried to fit each doll look very different, so you really have to align the eye and comfortable to hold. "

boxing rolls suit, documents

While working through the line in the fashion was introduced to complement the surroundings of the character, and also served a functional purpose. "We [lines] in the places that still need to stretch pants when these lines [Symbols] do not move closer together, and when it moves, and it is his department needs. It really helps if they need to out animation to kneel so he has a lot of lines around the knees and around her buttocks. last thing we do in the action [is], we set up the layers so that each person several purposes. they must also spending to the client to the access points to [animation] is not twisted or weaken the movement about fashion. "

boxing rolls suits

'S boxing Rolls, cooking has also conducted extensive research on military clothing and gangs. This was especially a lot of inspiration for white and red hats. "For the white hats is a little distilled [army] and a lot of medals and ribbons Mr. Portley crust (the leader of the white hats) ;. seems the military has its plate before, and has cocks her hat spring." Group clothes inspired red hats, and especially the way their clothes designed and indicators take clothes members of the upper class. "He's still refers to it as the kind of band or as part of the setting of a few, but dedicated their jackets."

Examples of laser engraving on the white hats.

Examples of laser engraving on the white hats.

When working with these small problems, the scale is always a source of concern. If I were to wear out jeans, you can not use the real material, because once that inflated in full size on the screen, the size of the tissue will be wrong. Using a Leica laser engraving, everything from small velvet and lace pressure suit portions of the material, how to create buttons. "You can set how the [Laser] does not go on the scale last on the seen to the eye. Would you like to draw [] and then in size and laser engraving. Then when they meet on the screen, you can choose Details can be reduced in them. "

Laser engraving on the characters white hat done.

Laser engraving on the Lord Portley crust can be done to see in his hat and chest pad.

Boxing Rolls opens in theaters tomorrow. For a closer look of the film costume designs, wath the video below:

Thursday, September 25, 2014

"Christopher Gray in the air" by Felix Masi

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Christopher Grey was in love with Stacy for some time, and no amount of lemon juice can cool his desire. At the same time, Barry Flint bought his son a snake five feet of the animal.

Credits
Writer, director and animated Felix Masi
Soundtrack by Joe Payne
Andy London, Peter Ahern, Justin Cassano, Caroline London, Ian Miller and Erica Perez.
Sound design and mix by Marty O'Brien
Audio post-production: Fonic
Executive producer Christopher O'Reilly
Product Nexus Productions

Makes Christopher GRAY

Disney launches second feature film "Big Hero 6" trailer

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Disney has a full-length trailer was released for the second day of the great heroes of June 1, full movie trailer released in July last year . Directed by Chris Williams and Hal, a great hero 6 November 7th, 2014 will be published.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Greater than ever before, the animation industry by Pixelatl Festival begins today in Mexico

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Pixelatl Festival begins today in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in what promises to be the largest event of its kind in the animation industry, which took place in Mexico ever. I the two previous editions of the Laguna Festival Chroma Festival and Festival took in the last few years, but this year's event is unprecedented in size and scope of the Mexican community conversation.

One of the main objectives of this event, which is sponsored by the government-funded Pixelatl is to promote a culture that studios Mexican development, production and export of the original IP.

Although the animation industry in Mexico has in the last ten years, more than one service workflow-oriented financial industry is the western Mexican producers and only a handful of TV-series was created in the last decade the original in Mexico. Industry and jobs in its infancy: start growing budgets, thanks to government subsidies and tax incentives, but there are a small number of studios, employment opportunities consistent, making it difficult to build production teams and focus on long-term development makes.

With these objectives in mind, the main component of the festival is the idea Pixelatl up doing. Invited animation and independent directors from around the studios in Mexico ideas, and provided more than 250 projects. From these entries, the last six were selected to present their projects at the event, the project to $ 250,000 pesos (about $ 19,000) will be selected, maintained to produce the project. All participants will have the opportunity to participate in workshops to refine their ideas and meet other studios, producers and network executives.

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And you can control the amount of festivals and the highest in see the list of invitees containing the largest delegation of foreign visitors ever happened invitation to Mexican film. Among the dozens of animation and the owners of the studio execs and personalities of the industry, workshops, lectures, panel discussions and John Kricfalusi (Ren and Stimpy), (will provide Robert Valley Wonder Woman , Gorilla) Stefan Frank ( The Smurfs: Legend Smurfy hollow ), Marty Cooper ( August (de) actually works ), Luis Tacna ( Rio 2096 ), the artist Disney Interactive rendering Zapata, director of the film Portuguese Figo father, Katarzyna Szymon Gromadzka and Wolski Studio Polish Si Ma Jim Parkyn from Aardman, and Augusto Schillaci (VFX Supervisor on the book Fox for life.), I am pleased in the festival, where I give a paper on the creative to participate to learn from the life of the director of Disney Animation and Ward Kimball and lessons.

Pixelatl Festival until Sunday. For more information about the event can be found ElFestival.mx .

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Continue to rip off hundreds of animations Creation Clothing

You can select any animated short T-shirt of the image is passed?

You can choose any of these animated shorts image T-shirt was passed?

Fashion Label made in Los Angeles and hundreds seat in the past sale of goods with images from cartoons and who made put Roger Rabbit and cold world . Is it legal? Is it permissible fair use? Hundreds founded by two students of the Faculty of Law have even some knowledge of how they can borrow without explosion. The legal aspect of claims and sale of spare ill copyrights of other artists is a pattern of questionable work ethic.

One of the conspirators, Jose Lopez, has some knock-offs on his published personal website . He identified "series of drawings done for hundreds over the years. Interpreting some of the old war badges and original works of art." As a Image is taken from the band surprised the fight for the old UPA (which was also used for the cover of my book of modern comedy), while it seems that the insect to be a badge of the Second World War were created by Disney. (Last image Disney is one of the few examples of fair use actual Disney owns the copyrights are not pieces that were created for the Government of the United States.)

Hundreds Algoasin-

This T-shirt on the website is the current path in the vicinity of the emissions of Groucho Groucho Marx toy duck Convince yourself of your life.

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If you have other cartoon characters and animation, the hundreds of "reinterpretation" has identified let us know.

"In the beginning" Arthur Metcalf

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A short film from the hand of a little girl in the creation of the earth.
Directed by Arthur Metcalf.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Winners Ottawa: win first prize "Hipopotamy" Seth Dominion "

"Hipopotamy" by Piotr Dumala won the short films in Ottawa.

"Hipopotamy" by Piotr Dumala won the short films in Ottawa.

Won the director of the Polish Piotr Dumala Veteran Grand Prix Short Hipopotamy in Ottawa International Animation Festival, which ended its support yesterday described the 2014 film Dumala as follows :. "There are a small number of women and children bathe naked in the river they secretly watched by a group of men, which was eventually decided to tackle, in a violent manner, as if inspired by the behavior of hippos."

"Dominion of Seth" Luc Chamberland.

"Dominion of Seth" Luc Chamberland.

Awarded the prize for feature film Luc Chamberland God live action / animated documentary Dominion Seth on the lives of Canadian cartoonist Seth. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, and a function of its world premiere in Ottawa. Chamber says the film in this interview Ottawa Citizen .

A complete list of winners is Ottawa in 2014 at:

2014 NELVANA top prize for Best Animated Short Film
Hipopotamy by Piotr Dumala (Poland)

Citation
O Self-butter of Julian Petschek (USA)

2014 GRAND PRIX best animated film
Dominion Seth Luc Chamberland (Canada)

2014 Canadian Film Institute (CFI) Award for Best Canadian Animation
1000 Teller (2004-2014) by Steve Woloshen

Citation
Thirst for Michelle Cournoyer
MTL noise Matthew Guimond

Audience Sony Pictures Entertainment
We can not without the cosmos of Constantinople Bronzit live (Russia)

The best animated short film
Marilyn Myller of Mickey Please (United Kingdom and the United States of America)

Citation
Phantom Alex Greg (UK and Australia)

Leica best experimental animation / Abstract
Keen Schulnik Allison (USA)

Citation
Totem of Caleb Wood (USA)

Walt Disney Award for Best Animation Graduation
Things that do not fit Tim Divall (United Kingdom)

Citation
Somewhere Nicolas Menard (United Kingdom)
Little things of crazy Onohana (Japan)

Best first cycle animation
Leslie dowry A + A Day Christian Larrave (USA)

Best High School Animation
Priorities Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia)

Citation
Totentanz Choi Ye Won, Lee Young and Gwen So Young Park (South Korea)

Best Animation School Showreel
Rhode Iceland School of Design (USA)

Citation
School of Art in Tokyo (Japan)

Best Student Animation, Canadian
Carrot soup by Charles Lavoie, Concordia University

Citation
Lucy and the members of Edlyn Capulong, Sheridan College
MTL rush of Matthew Guimond, Concordia University

The best animated film advertising
Netherlands Film Festival of Animation "Head Festival 2014" by Andreas Hykade (Germany and the Netherlands)

Citation
2013 National Festival of Animated Film "Fight!" Marc James Roels from (Belgium and France)

Best Music Video
Christopher de Bono "unit", which extends Tobias (USA)

Citation
James "Jump" by Ainslie Henderson (United Kingdom)

The best animated series for adults
Crime: The Animated Series of Sam and Alex Chu Lambert (USA)

Citation
Country a part of the sky: the story of the first years of Kim Jong-un by David O'Reilly (USA)

The best animated short film for children
The magic of time before Ken AUNE (Norway)

Citation
Little Bear Anatole Eric Montchaud (France)
Fish Tale Girl by Sergey Melnichenko (Ukraine)

The best animated series for children
Crocodile tears Agnes Lecreux, Stephen de Beul Ben Tesseur (France)

Citation
Show regular, "and the last player lightness" by JG Quintel (USA)
The smell of the carrot by Arnaud Demuynck and Remi Doreen (France)

CBTV: "Journey of Two" by Joshua Mulligan

Our Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival 2014 2014 continues today with a tour of two of Joshua Mulligan College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Drawing idiosyncractic Mulligan is the main source of action. And fine lines of flowers on the other biological, and the formation of shapes and abstract objects detected, including two of the characters. There is an element pleasantly surprised that the viewer goes deeper and deeper into the universe is constantly evolving sin that was created with hand-drawn animation. While the characters in the film are going on a journey both physical and mental in nature, the viewer on a journey that is just and rewarding.

Read for director Joshua Mulligan Remarks section:

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IDEA

The trip started with two characters and drew in my sketchbook. At first I did not know that I move in the position, because of all the lines they shoot. The film was made because I wanted to challenge myself to see if I move the character with many of the lines in detail.

Tools and processes

Journey is a film of two traditional animation short. After the excitement was signed on the paper, I capture footage with Canon EOS Rebel T3i Dragon Frame and. And then the image sequence in After Effects import CC. I cleaned animation stationed in the composition by the level of executives. I then made separately with some method of mixing layers on my scenes. All scenes were then edited together with After Effects CC.

Challenges and Experiences

The biggest challenge was the time of the film was to manage. Animation style is time-consuming and had a few shots at five frames in ink. The most important thing I've learned by solving a short ways to reduce the problem of time, but not the quality of the animation. I have done a possibility was used to have together to carry mobile of characters that do not move in the scene and installation pieces.

Inspirations

Was my inspiration for the film, a desire something that pushed my way out, I knew what I could do to create the artistic skills. He led the first, prove an end to myself that I put Manage my drawing style.

Where do you see within five years

In five years I see myself independently animated work on projects that can go to make music videos, and graphic information education / movement, commercials, films and illustrations of the book, or any type of project seems fun to be a part of it.

Wheatley Director

Website: Behance portfolio Joshua Mulligan

Monitors Cartoon Brew Student Animation Festival through the generous support of our sponsors possible to provide JibJab , a company that has been shown to consistently support to young talents and commitment. We would also like to express my thanks to our main sponsor of the award, and Microsoft express.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Farewell network hub and the family hello discovery

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It was fun while continued: poor performance of the network hub, equal partnership between Discovery Communications and Hasbro toy manufacturer is turned off. The discovery of holding a majority in the channel, the Discovery family rebranding plans "family network" to parents and children. Hasbro and have six hours of programming on the new channel from 9.00 bis 15.00 clock every day, according to the Wall Street Journal , which broke the story on Wednesday evening.

It was widely expected changes after Margaret Loesch has resigned from his post as head of the Centre in June last year, according to the report, the Wall Street Journal.:

Axis was a source of tension between discovery and Hasbro. Center managers often correlated with Hasbro on the program strategy. Hasbro has partnered with Discovery to increase as a means to distribute the game what to play often farmer in refusing to fully support offers that I got good grades but moved not happen, the leaders of the axis of said current and former.

"There are fewer and fewer channels, where the children and parents to see together," Andrew Warren, Chief Financial Officer of the discovery, at a recent conference. "Our goal and our inevitable there, continue to think about the children day and night for the family." Warren wants to distinguish between Disney family program strategy for the discovery of a family of competing networks such as ABC, it feels mostly girls between the aim.

Hasbro has meanwhile conversations with Cartoon Network provides an outlet for you to play.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Sony unveils CGI Bob examination by Genndy Tartakovsky

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Sony Pictures Animation for the first time only on their YouTube channel test exclusive CG animated film Bob Genndy Tartakovsky. Not known that the start of production, but it always looks like something all day.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

New entries this week on Cartoon Brew employment

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Scouring the work is animation? The New Job Market Cartoon Brew is the place to look. Each week we will highlight the slots recently published on the main page. Discover the new ads in the below:

Position: Designer Released
Company: Nickelodeon
Location: New York, NY

Seeking motivated broadcast designers independent of the Ministry of Nick on-air promotion. Applicants must be passionate about design and work in the position, in a wide range of styles. Tasks include creating a style manuals campaign, logo design, custom style / alphabets and promotion channel / show. The skills include the use of color theory and the selection, combination and type Concepting the preparation and development of ideas.

Position: visual development artist
Company: Moonbot Studios
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana

Visual Development Artist at Moonbot is that has the ability to visualize the story and apply their skills in all areas of design history. This person will have excellent traditional and digital drawing skills, proven portfolio of design and character, and has extensive experience with the Adobe Creative Suite and the drawings of the characters and programming software. Need to multi-task and work in a collaborative environment to be.

Position: Digger
Company: DHX Media
Location: Halifax, Canada

DHX Media editor looking for with a minimum of 2 years experience in production and working with Maya. It has before understanding of experts and inverse kinematics and the ability to create new tools that create come with text and values and methods of rigging platform with individual character deformation and non-deformation.

Location: the upper 3D character animation Maya
Company: Pak
Location: Los Angeles, California

Pak THE seeking talented independent animation great Maya 3D character with the character centered Prime to drive exciting, high quality customers. It is possible for the remainder of 2014 and for the right candidate, and the possibility of booking Perma all.

Position: lighting and compositing artist
Company: Bardel Entertainment
Location: Vancouver, Canada

CG artist seeks responsible for the creation and visualization of the sequence required for lighting / companies. You need to show a wide range of capacities for lighting / companies in general appearance, attitude and personal style and help the supervisors together to resolve technical issues, tools and scripts and plug-ins development. There is a need to experience in the production of movies / TV, and a good understanding of the techniques and principles, skills, written and verbal communication experience in 2D EFX and good lighting / traditional company.

Position: Previs Artist
Company: Nerd Corps Entertainment
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Previs artist tried to explain the storyboards and in the 3D environment, achieved by placing a bridge camera, the composition and selection of the lens. Tasks include 3D visualization storyboard animatic, and the problems of communication and problem solutions that have been created or techniques. Must be in the film industry or animation and knowledge of the language and terminology cinema camera and a sound understanding of cameras, starting and composition, the concepts of perspective, rhythm, timing and Cinematography within the animation have 1 + years of experience

Position: Maya and harmony artists and producers of the line
Company: Atomic Cartoons
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Graphics Atomic busy for the fall and is looking forward to animation and Maya lighters and exchange of artists, the leaders of harmony, editors and producers line for our team. We visit Montreal Thursday, September 18th and Animation Festival Ottawa International Saturday, September 20, if you are an artist, or on the production side, we want to meet you.

Visit CartoonBrew.com/Jobs to all job vacancies to see.

Mexican studio Anima Vera function "Top Cat CGI

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Mexican product animation Anima ESTUDIOS announced the production of Top Cat begins, the sequel to God in 2011 reached the highest cat :. Film designed both based on the Hanna-Barbera TV character of the early sixties animation of Ed Benedict.

"It is not a sequel but a companion document for the first Top Cat and CGI will be, and not as the original 2D" Anima, Executive Vice President Jose Carlos Garcia de Letona said diversity.

Although the film in 2011 was only 27 movies of the most successful Mexican box office, the film was the sales in Mexico this year, earning 8.2 million dollars of the Mexican audience. In Mexico, the film has made almost as good as Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked was the best of the American family photos and Hoop, The Adventures of Tintin, The Muppets, Happy Feet Two and Gnomeo and Juliet.

Begins the older cat from Andres Couturier and the first 7 August 2015 Mexico lead. The studio also announced that it comes in pre-production on the film adaptation of the TV series in the late sixties DePatie- Freleng here an angry film, which was created by John Dunn.

Here is an excerpt from the first feature of Top Cat Anima is made:


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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

And co-creator of "Auto Jurgen Klubien her debut album First English

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Was an animation veteran JĂĽrgen Klubien professional unbelievable in the animation industry, and work on some of the greatest animated films of the last thirty years, including the tail Americans, The Little Mermaid, The Nightmare Before Holiday Birth Lion King, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story 2 , and How to Train Your Dragon was. planned on Leica not in the film to do, Jack and Ben .

In the mid-1990s Klubien yellow car in Pixar, an idea that eventually turned into a monster cars deductible Pixar began. Has this project led to a heated argument with Pixar controversy, contributed as much to the completion of the film. He said last year that in the interview : "I'm John Lasseter wrote to me about the story, how to make a movie, with all the credit for himself" (Klubien receives the "original story" and the screenplay credit on the film.).

But Klubien impressive career in animation is not really the point of this post. Throughout his career, the American animation, hidden Klubien a secret: It is well-known pop singer in his own country, Denmark. The Danish registration groups since the early eighties, but this year, and finally gave musical skills to the American public with the release of her first album in English known cowboy spirit .

Two videos from the following album. (The first few times contain NSFW.) And polished pleasant to listen presence and performance of music:

Klubien continue to play in his country. Some of the shots from a few weeks ago when he appeared on the reality television series AF Poppen Danish topping:

JĂĽrgen follow on Facebook and learn more about his work in JorgenKlubien.com . If you read Danish, this article seems very informative.

Of stones in the pockets ", Latvia a foreign language Oscar entry selects

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State chooses Latvia sing Baumane rocks in my pockets and entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.

Feature uncompromising Mixed Media Animation team Baumane explores the history of depression in her family. Committee chose Oscar Latvia movie because of the "international language and personal history, and director to seek the courage to serious personal problems," says The Hollywood Reporter .

See also: Write rocks in my pockets

Dozens of countries all offers for film Oscar in the foreign language category. These entries are at the bottom of the list of nine films, and finally five candidates are selected for the Oscar.

Latvian director chose New York-based Baumane unconventional manner for the premiere of his film, which was successful. Instead of the detection function for a major festival for animation they created in the prestigious Karlovy Vary earlier this summer in the Czech Republic. In the history of the festival 68 years old, the rocks of the first animated film was an official selection competition and ended up winning the International Critics (FIPRESCI) Award of the festival.

Zeitgeist Films began rocks in my pockets distribution in the United States earlier this month. The film will be distributed by the internet YEKRA .

Rendering a dozen countries at least animated feature films for the Foreign Oscar consideration in the past, but always nominated animated film and the only one for :. Waltz with Bashir countries Israel following list Cartoon Brew cartoons made in the category of the rocks in my pockets.

1953 France, Johnny Giant Killer
1975 Belgium, Tarzoon Shame of the Jungle
Romania in 1982, Quo Vadis Homo sapiens?
1986: Hungary City Cat
Japan in 1994, Boko Boom
1997 Croatia, Lapitch Little Shoemaker
1997 Japan, Princess Mononoke
1999: Argentina, Manuelita
2002: Chile, Ogu and Mampato in Easter Island
2005 Luxembourg, Reineke Fuchs
2007 France, Persepolis
2008 Israel, Waltz with Bashir (eye)
2011: Singapore, Tatsumi
2013: Uruguay, Annina

If you're wondering how an entry in the foreign language category of the Oscars in the country choosen also a film in competition to disqualify in the category of long cartoon.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

CBTV "last part" of Florian Untermaubach

2014 Student Animation Festival of Cartoon Brew still with the last part (lookup) by Florian Untermaubach. The film was produced Kassel Art Academy in Kassel, Germany.

The last part is the story of the knight who defends his house and the knights of the other women, and the reward he receives.

Like the story itself, and graphics and animation Untermaubach parts of courtesy. The film is characterized by distinctive morphological characteristics: color to black, white, gray limited and rebates are limited to a handful of the film's length. In addition, the device is used generously, moving in rhythm and everywhere around the stage. Drawn the widespread use of the camera in the film by hand both new and effective, discloses a deserted ruin manners, while promoting a general feeling of unease and confusion of history.

Read on for comments director Florian Untermaubach more:

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Began to develop the film with a group of graphics. Fares and in the various stages of his life. In the beginning there was a strong knight beautiful. In the following figures, he began to gain weight. In the last image, it was just a ball of humanity. I wonder how that could happen, and began to create a story about these charges. At that moment I saw the movie Mondo Cane and I was of the section on men who fascinated to feed their women. I think that this scene with some other observations I made, such as people interact they the main source of inspiration for the short term were.

Tools and processes

I use the Cintiq 12WX and PST program for computer animation and entertainment and coloring. I have After Effects, the masks, as well as an audio file set, and export the final movie.

Challenges and Experiences

Lookup was (last part) was the first film to me more narrative. There are many things I did in the first time. In collaboration with the musicians and noisemakers, instructions to other work on the film, and to work on the project for almost a year. But I think a story that anyone can follow to say, to find especially a good ending was the biggest challenge for me. It took a long time, a different history and purpose to try the storyboard. Through the creation of highly detailed animatic, I have the history with crude animation.

Inspirations

Like I said, I'm mainly inspired by scenes from the movie Mondo Cane in 1962, but also the comic book series by Christophe Blaine Socrates, with beautiful hand-drawn characters. During a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in Kaunas, Lithuania, and found a large sculpture of the Lithuanian artist. The king was sitting on his throne fat carries a scepter and orb. For me, the sculpture has a perfect design.

Where do you see within five years

In fact, I really do not know where I'll be in five years, you know. Within two years I will be studying from college, and my goal is to continue to work on my home movies and find a job in the field of animation in Germany or elsewhere.

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Website: FlorianMaubach.de

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Rick and Morty "co-creator Justin Roiland" Pirates of the Union "

Justin Roiland. (Image via Shutterstock).

Justin Roiland. (Image via Shutterstock ).

Etihad, the Los Angeles Animation Guild hosts this past weekend helped artists overworked and underpaid Rick Murti Adult Swim for the ratification of the new collective agreement . This is a fascinating story, rarely decide a team of TV series such as Rick and Morty, meet to tackle in the middle of production on the poor working conditions. Sticking together, and it has achieved the desired results.

The person who does not appreciate the efforts of the organization, but was Rick Murti and co-creator Justin Roiland. Following the publication of the story on Saturday, went to Rick Roiland Murti subreddit Animation Guild and called "unprofessional", "unnecessary", "desperate" and "inappropriate." Then select his feelings, he wrote, "the curse of the Union." Messages Roiland with the rest of the wire used to removed a day .

In Roiland Reddit diatribe, he said, and show runner, I was surprised that he which artists represented in the program was taken Animation Guild:

The problem here is that the Union went to the old studio (Star Burns) and the new studio (Rick Murti LLC) has no idea. As we discovered, this was from a strong Union arming the crew. We had very little time to set up an agreement with the Union. Was very tedious and unnecessary at all. To the deal at the weekend together is just crazy. We will have just landed a good deal, regardless of what time of the heavy identifying of the Union. Leaving behind a very bad taste in my mouth.

Animation Guild today responded with a long message on his blog explains that the reason the case was to be be set in a rush for Star Burns did not help me and told them that a fictitious company was founded, about the second season of the series to produce. Wrote the company representative Steve Hulett union, the Star Burns calls to him not back, and it was only after he petitions Artists Association Council with the National Labor Relations who told them that she was more transmission Star Burns n 'production. Was established, a second company called Rick and Morty LLC for the express purpose of the second season is currently in production.

Dan Harmon. (Image via Shutterstock)

Dan Harmon. (Image via Shutterstock )

Search reveals that Rick Murti LLC, which was founded in April of this year, began by Rick Murti Co-creator Dan Harmon, who also happens to be a partner in Star Burns Industries . So yes, while the demand of the union Roiland workshop listed incorrectly in the petition to the unions is true, it is dishonest to say that "the time we found out about it ... We had very little time to reach an agreement with the Preparing the Union. " Old and new Studio Studio has one of the same principles, not to mention it works in the same building. Roiland says that Dan Harmon withhold the same information?

Demand Roiland she had no time to negotiate on other grounds as well as maintain. For example, he called the studio to give artists them a classic meet unions scary "debate . said artists, offered, among other things, that union animation a plan for the poor state of health. course offered their own business of any health plan that also one of the reasons was that artists wanted to organize. regardless of what she said for artists, towards a meeting of the trade unions against Rick Murti pattern LLC hosts that they very well the organizational efforts of the artist, it is not necessary wait until the last minute to find an agreement.

In another comment away now, and Roiland continue to point the finger at the Union Animation, claiming they were artists want to hit him:

I had no idea anyone unhappy. Said nothing to me. One minute it's just as before, the next minute there is a foot in front of the door. Also. Cool. This union officials really know how people work and get edgy. Also not completely useless on a show like ours. I love you and I care about my team. If you know that they are not satisfied that we have done something.

But the artists who work in the show, are those who have asked the Union for help. Representative Union Howlett wrote: "The team is not satisfied with their treatment (they were in week 60 hours, which was much lower than the minimum mark to 40 hours weekly wage) contacted us early and it was the summer we have several meetings before voting on all measures for the employment. "

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Hand forced Animation Guild showed after Star Burns / Rick Murti LLC Council on the National Labor Relations that they can not make the effort, unions, because they targeted the wrong studio. Hulett continues:

[W] e have again set to square one with cards for delegates and a new application, and to know that we have not too much time to do it, or go to the team and explain the situation and see what you want to do.

We had a meeting with most of the long creative staff "Rick and Morty" on the evening of Thursday, September 4th the dealer and ask them what they want to do. Make a blow was to capitalize on the contract of the company one of the discussion topics. After much back and forth, almost all agreed in the meeting that work on the Monday following the leave (September 8). I had never involved the arm of the Association of entertainment.

We were told that the word reached the Vote Rick Murti LLC and after a short time, that's probably true, because then the move with alacrity to sit down and negotiate with the union. Called their lawyers on Friday afternoon and decided to start negotiations a deal "in good faith". She also asked not agree, the team draw on Monday.

What we do not. (We have not set a deadline for an agreement, but we have never agreed to waive an alleged strike.)

We then negotiate with the company over the weekend. Monday morning, and the representatives of the company asked not to return us to shoot the team. He said we do not do it again, he says: When we reached the point in time we have a proposal to the staff and see if they do not want to take the stones or. Fortunately, the Community and the Union is an agreement in principle to 11:00 clock [Controller] Steve Kaplan and I went to the "Rick and Morty" crew about 11.20 clock. They were waiting on the sidewalk for us, and we went through a lot of points. If you are ready to ratify the voice of the employee contract. Does was a strike.

Ultimately, it is a triumph of animation artists who work in the trenches. And a few dozen artists working on Rick Murti and do not receive special treatment. You simply get the same wages and benefits of thousands of other artists working in the animation industry enjoyed in Los Angeles. Roiland even admits that he is fine with his crew enough is compensated. "I am delighted that the team has its advantages and all the other benefits that come with the unions, I just do not like how it all went down"

Animation Guild performed exactly as it was intended, leading to better working conditions for the artists is to reach all the power they have in this case. In this case, the influence they have is a group of artists who rebelled because of poor working conditions. Turning anger Union Roiland. Instead of blaming the Animation Guild, to improve the lives of artists, the union needs to make thank Roiland to do what any responsible employer would have done in the first place.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Artist of the day: Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Location:
Bremen, Germany
And basic media:
Digital, pencil, ink
Education:
HAWK Hildesheim
Major projects:
Rage of Bahamut card game [photographer]
Kingdom Conquest 2 online game [artist] many personal
Conference monastery Animals (Animals United) movie [visual development artist, the surrounding Entertainment]
Read more:
Blog / ArtStation

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst

Saskia Gutekunst painting