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

Was an animation veteran Jürgen 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:

Jürgen 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

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.

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.

Wheatley Director

Website: FlorianMaubach.de

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

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 )

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. "

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.

Artist of the day: 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]
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"Boxing Rolls opens at No. 1 in the UK and no. 2 in Mexico

Despite the lack of animation films in the top ten full of the American box office, boxing Rolls Leica began spreading in eight foreign territories at the end of last week.

Until the beginning of the first film in the UK to 3.4 million people. The first thing, compared with 13.3 million dollars in the UK on how to Train Your Dragon 2 and the beginning of the Lego movie $ 13.5 million, but similar to the slots in the UK Leica: Coraline by 3700 $ .000 and $ 2.3 million for ParaNorman.

Mexico boxing Rolls bowed in second place with $ 1.8 million. In Sweden, opened in fourth place with $ 168,000 from 111 theaters boxing Rolls, while in Denmark, for the first time in the film in sixth place with $ 83,000 from 55 theaters. Sweden and Denmark the best opening ever for a film Leica in these markets. Total for the film is so far 5.7 million.

Will be released on 26 September boxing Rolls is hosted by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, in the United States.

(Source: Deadline )

"Rick and Morty" pay artists, see the unions and their success

Crew Adult Swim series Rick and Morty ratified the new collective bargaining agreement today with the union animation . The term of the contract will be granted an increase in wages and health benefits and pensions. Agreement is particularly important because the majority of Adult Swim animation production is not Union, paid for most artists, is in studios that produce for the channel programs less than the minimum of the union.

I've Animation Guild, 839 IATSE Local contacts, increasing the staff a few months ago, and has worked with artists from contact with the engineering union organizing campaign. "It is a victory for the incredible Rick and the team Morte" Animation said union organizer Steven Kaplan said in a statement, "they were the driver about it, and their influence in a timely manner. Knew administration artists were a valuable asset to the show., And to their credit, they did do the right thing by quickly to the Treaty. "

He said union representative company Steve Hulett: "I Repping Union for some time, and it was as focused and dedicated team, as I saw later made Artist Management is a serious problem in the competence of the Union Animation, quickly pulled on a contract fair and comprehensive negotiate intensive negotiations in some cases .. but also friendly and professional. "

Rick Murti pipeline and follows standard TV with the history and organization of work in the United States conducted and animation work outside the country (Bardel in Vancouver), and the latter is the position in the United States. American artists. Rick Murti LLC, which operates outside of the building Star Burns Industries in Burbank, California (Produced the first season of the show Industries Star Burns.) And will cover more than twenty American artists currently working on a number of the new agreement.