The Art of District 9
by Daniel Falconer
Dropship Concept CG Model Paintover
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The book includes some excellent concept art by Greg Broadmore.
View more District 9 concepts on Greg’s website
The Art of Toy Story 3
by Charles Solomon
A new book in Pixar’s excellent ‘art of’ series is now availiable to order.
Avatar
Dir: James Cameron
Art Of How To Train Your Dragon
by Tracey Miller-Zarneke
Art Of How To Train Your Dragon Example Page
Avatar Blu-ray
Dir: James Cameron
It has been confirmed today that Avatar will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on April 26th 2010. As yet there is no word of a release date for the 3-D version of the film which will probably be announced when 3-D technology becomes mainstream and more affordable in the home, so it could be a while yet.
UP
Dir: Pete Docter
Pixar’s latest film Up is released on Blu-ray today in the UK. I was looking forward to seeing this as I missed it at the cinema. Written and directed by Monsters Inc. director and veteran Toy Story animator Pete Docter Also includes Pixar’s latest animated short Partly Cloudy
An interesting section in the making of documentary, describes how the story department fleshed out Carl and Ellie’s developing relationship. One idea shows them trading ’punches’ throughout the years to gain one-upmanship over each other! The idea was unsurprisingly discarded as the ‘cross your heart’ concept was deemed more prominent. It just shows that Pixar develop their stories to the full, exploring every possible avenue, while going through many rewrites before deciding on the final draft.
District 9
Dir: Neill Blomkamp
Released on Blu-ray today in the UK. Believe the reviews, District 9 employs some groundbreaking film making from first time feature director Neill Blomkamp Behind the scenes info District 9: Making Of
The Gruffalo was created by Studio Soi and Magic Light Pictures for the BBC. The short 30 minute animated film combines both CGI and Stop-Motion techniques to create a stylistic look which is faithful to the original book
Here’s a great interview with Axel Scheffler as he talks through his initial Gruffalo book illustrations.
If you don’t manage to catch it on Christmas Day, the DVD is available now.
The Gruffalo DVD
Dir: Jakob Schuh & Max Lang
Voice Cast: James Corden, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane
Coraline
Dir: Henry Selick
If you are interested in animation in any way at all, CG or otherwise, I recommend that you buy Coraline on Blu-ray. The film is a masterpiece of animation.
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