Tag: Houdini
International Flavors: A Look at This Year’s Student Oscar Animation Winners
The Student Academy Awards changed things up in more ways than one this year. The 2024 ceremony was held in London, far across the...
Poetry in Motion: ‘The Art of Weightlessness’ Director Moshe Mahler Discusses His Award-Winning Animated Documentary
Seven years ago, writer-director Moshe Mahler became interested in using motion-capture technology to explore the world of Bill Shannon, a performance artist who was...
Let the Games Begin! The Animal Champs of ‘Athleticus’ Return for the Summer Olympics
Nicolas Deveaux’s whimsical animated series Athleticus has been featuring animals competing in athletic races since it was introduced in 2018. Produced by France’s Arte...
She’s Back! ‘Dora’ Dives into All-New Adventures on Paramount+
It’s been 24 years since Nickelodeon’s clever, bilingual heroine Dora the Explorer and her best monkey-pal Boots changed the preschool animation landscape forever. Created...
Germany’s VFX Confab FMX Shares Conference Programming Highlights
Germany’s popular VFX confab FMX has announced some of the lineup for its dynamic 2024 sessions, scheduled for April 23-26 in Stuttgart and available...
Creature Feature: Behind the Scenes of Apple TV+’s ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’
As a way to honor the previous installments of the MonsterVerse established by Legendary Entertainment, Toho Company and Warner Bros. Entertainment, show creators Chris...
‘Tabby McTat’ Producer Barney Goodland Introduces Magic Light’s Purrfect New Special
BBC audiences are treated to a new animated adaptation of a children’s book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler this Christmas. Produced by Magic...
Student Academy Awards: All About the Animation Medalists
It’s hard to believe that the Student Academy Awards, the pinnacle of recognition for young filmmakers, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The...
How the Duo Behind ‘Curses!’ Combined History & Humor in One Spooky Series (New Clip)
Animated shows playing with horror themes and spooky characters seem to be quite the rage this fall. Premiering only a few weeks after DreamWorks’...
‘Dew Drop Diaries’ Producers Introduce Us to DreamWorks’ New Fairies on the Block
Tinker Bell is getting some major competition this month as DreamWorks Animation is introducing a group of three-inch-tall fairies in its new preschool show,...
Watch: AnimSchool Studios’ Offers a Peek at Wild, Wild ‘MechWest’
The talented team at AnimSchool Studios has delivered a great-looking pilot for their new CG-animated action-adventure series titled MechWest. The imaginative new show takes...
CBS VFX Blazes New Trail for TV Effects in ‘Fire Country’
Drama and action ignite with the help of explosive visual effects work in the new CBS series Fire Country. The producers relied on the...
How ‘Canary’ Directors Dallaire & Therriault Let Their Animated Vision Soar
The classic story of "the boy who cried wolf" is refitted into a modern, CG-animated tale of unlikely friendship and tragic loss in Canary,...
Tech Reviews: Conjuring More Visual Magic with Houdini 19.5
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. ’22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 323)***
SideFX’s Houdini 19.5
I’m pretty convinced that the amount of stuff that...
Goodbye Kansas Crafts a Rags-to-Riches Tale for Ubisoft’s ‘Skull & Bones’
The cinematic trailer for Ubisoft's latest AAA game title Skull and Bones, released on July 7, tells a rags to riches story about the...
Breakdown: Digital Domain Helps Create a Marvelous Reinvention of ‘Ms. Marvel’
For Marvel Studios’ latest episodic series, Ms. Marvel, the production faced an interesting, and somewhat rare challenge, revealed today in a new breakdown video from Digtal Domain, which...
Exclusive: ‘Jurassic World Dominon’ VFX Supe David Vickery Unleashes the Dinosaurs Again
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)***
Twenty-eight years after the release of Steven Spielberg’s ground-breaking movie Jurassic...
Exclusive: Annecy’s Eclectic VR Program Delivers the World of Tomorrow, Today
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)***
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival has long strived...
How Digital Domain Built and Destroyed Two Universes for ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios pushes the boundaries of reality – and then keeps going. With broken universes, environments wrapped...
Cannes: ‘Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia’ Sparks a New Adventure for a Familiar Heroine
***This interview originally appeared in the May '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 320)***
For the past three decades, Thorsten Wegener has been producing high-profile...
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