WALL.E
Dir: Andrew Stanton
Released today in the UK, WALL.E on Blu-ray which features some great extras, including Pixar’s latest great animated shorts Presto and BURN.E
One of the most facinating extras on the disc is the part where the director, Andrew Stanton totally re-writes the ending (the switch between WALL.E and EVE) and due to his ‘gut feeling’ has the whole team doing their bit till all hours of the morning to get the film finished in time for the cinema release.
Screenshot From The Film Monsters Vs. Aliens
Dreamworks latest CG animated feature film Monsters Vs. Aliens
View the HD 1080p Quicktime Trailer 2
Kit Kat Ultimate Break CG Animation advert on YouTube
The extended length commercial is reminicant of Pixar’s Incredibles office scene in terms of excellent animation, lighting and character design. The ad was created by Akama Studio in Paris.
Screenshot From The Film UP
From what I have seen, UP looks amazing, especially as is it Pixar’s first feature film to be shown in Disney Digital 3-D View the Quicktime Trailer 2 in HD 1080p.
Lloyds TSB ‘Savvy Saver’ For the Journey Ad Part 11
Directed by Marc Craste and created by his team at Studio AKA The first time I saw the series of animations on TV I was in awe. Quirky animation, excellent character design, beautiful lighting and wonderful story telling all come together to make this a magical viewing experience. Animated by Studio AKA and freelance animator Boris Kossmehl
Fame and Fortune animated short on YouTube
Excellent animation created and sung by Nick Pitera at Ringling College of Art in Florida. Nick has deservedly landed an animation position at Pixar
Screenshot from the film.
Featurette on YouTube. Download 640×360 version
Behind the Scenes with more making of images and videos
Currently in post production is the new stop-motion film Coraline produced by Laika Entertainment (The name Laika incidentally, was named after the Russian cosmonaut dog) The film is written and directed by Henry Selick using his unique vision and style as with his other great movies The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach
Coraline is adapted from the novel by Neil Gaiman and follows the story of a curious young girl who unlocks a secret door in her family’s new home and discovers a more exciting alternate version of her life. Although it seems better at first, she must eventually have to return home and save her family.
Some people are saying “Why not do it in CG as it looks so refined?” Well my answer would be that we are seeing a different art form. We know the stop motion puppets and sets are ‘real’ and the suspension of belief is heightened. As the viewer, we are constantly reminded and drawn back to that fact throughout the film.
The film is due for a cinema release in the US on 6th February 2009 and on 8th May 2009 in UK.
Screenshot From Gore Zoid 3D Animation Click For Hi-Res Image
3D Gore Zoid Animation on YouTube
Added Sound FX and uploaded hi-res 3D Gore Zoid Animation to andywhiteley.com The animation was created using Maya, Mental Ray and Final Render. Composited in After Effects. See how I achieved flicker free global illumination and other methods including compositing techniques in the Making of 3D Gore Zoid section.
Screenshot From The Tale of Despereaux
Screenshot From The Film
Artwork From The Film
(Above) Low-Res YouTube Trailer. Download HD Trailer here
The Tale of Despereaux is adapted from the children’s book by American author Kate DiCamillo and is the first sole film project for the Framestore-CFC Feature Animation Division.
What first strikes you about the trailer is the cinematography and lighting. Although stylistically different to Pixar’s Ratatouille, it looks simply stunning with beautiful environment and character textures created in part by artist and CG Society moderator Leigh van der Byl
The original childrens story book is available from Amazon.
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
Poster For The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story documentary now showing in the UK on Sky Movies Family, Channel 305.
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