Animation

Intel and DreamWorks Animation team up to revolutionize 3-D filmmaking

Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release date of March 27, 2009. As previously announced, DreamWorks Animation has committed to producing all of its feature films in stereoscopic 3-D beginning next ….

Feature length Dear Beautiful movie trailer (and the entire original short film)

I hadn’t heard of the film Dear Beautiful before about 20 minutes ago. But after watching the trailer I did some research, and found the original animated short by Roland Becerra, that the upcoming feature-length animation, is based on. WOW! It brings to mind memories of the Animatrix and Akira for me. The original short ….

Batman faces Deadshot in exclusive new Gotham Knight clip

DC Comics’ Gregory Noveck and Bruce Timm introduce a scene from Batman: Gotham Knight, where Batman faces Deadshot, who is known to be a dead aim with his wrist-mounted guns. Batman: Gotham Knight is available today on DVD from Warner Home Video. CLICK HERE to purchase the Anime-inspired direct-to-DVD anthology film, which is made up ….

Star Wars Celebration Japan to feature exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Star Wars: The Clone Wars

When the three-day STAR WARS CELEBRATION JAPAN opens at the Makuhari Messe center on July 19, attendees will be some of the first Star Wars fans in the world to glimpse never-before-seen, exclusive footage from the upcoming CG-animated adventure STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, created by Lucasfilm Animation. In a special digital theater that seats ….

Animation Resources

This page contains an index of web sites to view 3D and traditional animation. Many of the links are also to festivals and competitions that animators can enter their work. SUBMISSION AND VIEWING WEB SITES: A:Mfilms: Showcase of films made with Hash’s Animation Master software. AnimaWatch: Web site that showcases independently created animation. There are ….

The Chicago 10 fight the power

Written and directed by Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture), Chicago 10 presents contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold and original animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unraveling of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Set to the music of revolution, then and now, Chicago 10 is a ….

IMAX 3D version of Beowulf to be released simultaneously with film’s premiere

IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Beowulf, the latest film from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind such box office successes as Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, the Back To The Future series and What Lies Beneath, will be released domestically in IMAX 3D simultaneously ….