By Ramin Zahed | December 28, 2018 Beloved Danish animator, comic artist and musician Børge Ring has passed away at age 97. Best known for directing the Oscar-winning short Anna and Bella (1984) and the Oscar-nominated Oh My Darling (1978), Ring also worked on an impressive list of animated features, such as Heavy Metal, The[…..] […]
As we get ready to ring in the new year, it’s good to know that 2018 is going down as the largest grossing year at the domestic box office, with an estimated total $11.5 billion in tickets sales. The previous record was 2016’s $11.37 billion total. Of course, most of the revenue was generated by[…..] […]
By Animation Magazine | December 25, 2018 This year, we said goodbye to many talented men and women who made the world a better place by working on some of our favorite shorts, TV shows and movies throughout the years. We honor their memory on these pages and thank them for leaving us with so[…..] […]
In the first part of AWN’s two-part interview, the director of Paramount’s new ‘Transformers’ sci-fi action adventure shares how love, empathy and connecting with others lies at the heart of his new film. By Johannes Wolters | Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 1:38pm On one hand, LAIKA CEO Travis Knight’s helming of Bumblebee, Paramount’s latest[…..] […]
Oscar-shortlisted short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly explore the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss. By Jennifer Wolfe | Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 12:00pm From Cartoon Saloon, the Kilkenny, Ireland-based studio behind Oscar-nominated animated features Song of the Sea and The Breadwinner, Late Afternoon is a poignant short film exploring memory loss. The[…..] […]
By Animation Magazine | December 26, 2018 A new year means lots of brand new animated TV shows, movies and events are awaiting us to experience them one by one. Some of them have more buzz than others, and a few will probably disappoint us — but that doesn’t mean we can’t be all bright-eyed and optimistic[…..] […]
CGGE: Can you briefly introduce our personal experience to our readers? Tao: I was originally engaged in film and television editing and post work. I participated in the production of the first full CG animated film in China at Shenzhen Global Digital, serving as a post-production film editing and lens management. When the production of[…..] […]
Author: Wu Honglian When people mention pandas, people will think of Sichuan and China. Because, the panda is a symbol of Sichuan and China. But the most famous one is the 3D animated film “Kung Fu Panda” from DreamWorks. As one of the earliest 3D animators in China, I always hope to make[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | December 21, 2018 ACM SIGGRAPH has announced the newly formed Computer Animation Festival Advisory Board, which will be chaired in its first term by Jason RM Smith, a former festival director. The organization puts on the Computer Animation Festival twice annually, and now aims to grow the event around the world. “The[…..] […]
Produced by Nexus Studios, new twist on the classic fairy tale combines interactive characters, voice recognition and Augmented Reality. By Jennifer Wolfe | Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 2:58pm LONDON — Expanding the potential of storytelling through technology, Tuna Bora’s charmingly realized AR story Little Red the Inventor was created for Within’s new Augmented Reality[…..] […]
