Tag: Issue 345
Tech Reviews: DaVinci Resolve 19, Wacom’s Movink & Silhouette Studio 2024
Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 19 Color Panels
Blackmagic is all about its hardware. Many may think of DaVinci Resolve when they think of Blackmagic, but the...
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...
The 2024 Animation Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide
As a busy year of hand-drawn, CG & stop-motion joys draws to a close, here is our painstakingly abridged catalog of delights for everyone...
Beyond the Usual Suspects: Indie Animated Features Offer Refreshing Alternatives to Big Studio Spectacles
We’re deep into autumn, and the time is ripe to appraise the year’s crop of animated features. As award season heaves into gear, films...
‘Teen Titans Go!’ Showrunners & Star Tara Strong Reflect on Its Super Success Ahead of Episode 400!
It’s hard to believe that the perennially popular show Teen Titans Go! is celebraing its 400th episode this month (Nov. 30) on Cartoon Network....
Keeping Artistic Hope Alive: An Industry Veteran Speaks to the State of L.A.’s Animation Biz & the Importance of Personal Art
Hey, Animation Artists!
There’s no sugar coating it — the Los Angeles animation industry has changed. While colleagues, friends and students ask for advice and...
‘The Pink Phink’ Turns 60: A Look Back at The Pink Panther’s Oscar-Winning Debut
“The key to the Pink Panther is simplicity and identification. And there’s something else that goes along with it too, and that’s sophistication.”
— David...
‘Maybe Elephants’ Producers from NFB & Mikrofilm Discuss the Partnership Behind Torill Kove’s Oscar-Qualified Short
In the world of independent animation, few partnerships are as enduring — and as fruitful — as the one between Norway’s Mikrofilm AS, the...
‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Director David Lowery Discusses His New Disney+ Holiday Tale (New Clip)
Back in November 2020, a tiny owl was discovered in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza. Four years later, this real-life event has...
‘Carl the Collector’ Celebrates Friendship & Fun Across the Spectrum on PBS Kids
Over the past few years, we have seen several autistic characters take center stage on both live-action and animated series created for the small...
‘LUKi & the Lights’ Director Toby Cochran Illuminates Us on His Poignant ALS Short
A charming, spirited robot has to face new challenges when he starts to malfunction and is diagnosed with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, in...
‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ Director Julian Glander Gives Us the Scoop on His Out-of-This World Animated Musical
Among the many animated gems unspooling at festivals such as Tribeca and Ottawa this year was artist Julian Glander’s self-produced feature, Boys Go to Jupiter....
The Sky’s the Limit: ‘Girl in the Clouds’ Producer Luc Bossi Sheds Light on the French Animated Adaptation
Among the exciting animated films SC Films will be showcasing at the AFM this year is Girl in the Clouds, an adaptation of Romain...
Fabrique d’Images Doubles the Holiday Fun with ‘Ellie and the Christmas Creep’ at AFM
Since animation studio Fabrique d’Images opened its doors in 2002 in Luxembourg, it has been delivering a wide variety of 2D and CG-animated 2D...
An Animated Passage to India: Director Isabel Herguera Discusses the Personal Inspirations of ‘Sultana’s Dream’
Spanish writer and director Isabel Herguera’s highly original and well-received 2D-animated movie Sultana’s Dream is one of the most intriguing indie works of the...
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ VFX Supe Angus Bickerton Details the Sequel’s Spooktacular Effects
Tim Burton’s long-anticipated sequel to his rollicking 1988 spookfest Beetlejuice has been one of the sweet box-office success stories of the year. The movie,...
The Practical Magic of ‘Spellbound’: How Director Vicky Jenson and Her Team Crafted a Modern Fairy Tale for Skydance & Netflix
An independent-minded young princess from a far-away enchanted land learns valuable lessons about life, love and the vulnerability of her parents in Skydance Animation’s...
Visual Empathy: ‘The Colors Within’ Director Naoko Yamada Illustrates the Aura of Her Acclaimed Movie
The nuns at the Catholic girls’ school in Nagasaki, Japan that Totsuko Higurashi attends in Naoko Yamada’s feature The Colors Within might well sing,...
‘Arcane’ Returns with a Vengeance: The Netflix Show’s Leads Discuss the Powerful Final Season
The word “outlier” might quickly come to mind when thinking about Arcane. No one quite expected the series to transform into the runaway hit...
‘Hitpig!’ Directors Cinzia Angelini & David Feiss Recap Their Cyberpunk Odd Couple Adventure
When an animation project originates from the delightfully twisted mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and celebrated author Berkeley Breathed, the creator of Bloom County...
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