DeAPlaneta Entertainment has signed a remarkable deal with Fantwild Inc, the most influential animation company in China, with renowned animation brands including Boonie Bears, Boonie Cubs, and Chicken Stew, among others. Thanks to this important deal, DeAPlaneta Entertainment will be the Licensing Agent and will manage all Media & Digital Rights of kids animated series Adventurer[…..] […]
Category: Interview
Talk to Director Jennifer Stafford
What elements of a script sets one apart from the other and what sort of scripts get you excited to shoot them? Jennifer: A piece of advice that has always stuck with me is, “if there’s a project you feel like you know a secret about, that’s the project you should do.” For me, this[…..] […]
How Do You Adapt A Aideo Aame For The Screen?
“Arcane – League of Legends” Riot Games What makes a successful video game adaptation? Should you take on board all the codes of gaming or move away from them? And what about French know-how in this particular field? We asked Pascal Charrue, co-founder of the animation studio Fortiche Production (the Arcane – League of Legends[…..] […]
RUMPUS ANIMATION: CREATING SANCTUARY
Deep under the Sargasso Sea, a determined flying fish (Jane Fonda) and sassy European eel (Camila Cabello) run a gauntlet of perils before they are welcomed into a protected sanctuary by a kind whale (Simon Pegg). Bristol-based animation studio, Rumpus Animation, teamed up with Greenpeace on this new star-studded short film, Sanctuary, which tells a[…..] […]
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF GROWTH AND CREATIVITY
Launched in 2003, Freefolk are a team of Emmy winning creative artists, technicians, producers and problem solvers. Working with clients in the advertising, film, TV and music industries they provide full-service post-production and VFX offering high-end colour grading, 2D and 3D visual effects, shoot supervision, animation, design, direction and concept. Their most recent film and[…..] […]
BLUEBOLT: VFX JOURNEY THROUGH THE YEARS
Richard Frazer, VFX Supervisor and Tracy McCreary, Managing Director of BlueBolt Founded in 2009, BlueBolt is an award-winning independent visual effects company based in central London. The studio provides high-end CGI to the global film and television industry, specialising in compositing, computer graphics and digital matte painting for film and television productions. BlueBolt recently completed[…..] […]
“Mexico’s stop-motion success is due to a lack of resources”
“Mexico’s stop-motion success is due to a lack of resources,” say Cinema Fantasma duo behind ‘Frankelda’s Book Of Spooks’ Roy Ambriz and Arturo Ambriz’s Cinema Fantasma is behind the hit HBO Max series Frankelda’s Book Of Spooks. The Mexico City-based animation producers are in Annecy with the feature Frankelda And The Prince Of Spooks which[…..] […]
“Executives hardly realise the demand for anime,”
“Executives hardly realise the demand for anime,” says ‘Onyx Equinox’ creator Sofia Alexander Sofía Alexander is a rising star of Mexican anmation. Born in Quintana Roo, she is the creator, illustrator and executive producer of Onyx Equinox, anime streamer Crunchyroll’s first original series that launched in 2020. She is serving as a jury member for the[…..] […]
EXPANDING INTO THE HEART OF BIRMINGHAM
Rowan Bray, Managing Director, and Jess Nottage, Technical Director of Clear Cut Group talked about the opening of their new post-production facility. Jess Nottage, Technical Director, and Rowan Bray, Managing Director of Clear Cut Group Clear Cut have recently opened a new state-of-the-art facility located in Digbeth, Birmingham, equidistant to The Custard Factory, The Banana[…..] […]
ROUNDTABLE POST PRODUCTION: NEW AGE OF CONTENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Marcus Alexander, Executive Director of Roundtable Post Production Roundtable Post Production is an independent post production facility, based in London, which specialises in High-End Theatrical and High-End television projects. Whether it is the challenge of tracking master archive on a feature documentary, working with other vendors to deliver VFX pulls or despotting film scans so[…..] […]