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Aug
15
2010
AT-AT Day Afternoon By Patrick Boivin
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AT-AT Day Afternoon HD Short Film on Vimeo

Not entirely CG related but definitely worth a mention, the animated short film entitled AT-AT Day Afternoon by French Canadian animator and director Patrick Boivin who incidentally also created the CG short Iron Baby.


Making Of AT-AT Day Afternoon on Vimeo

The majority of the film is composited using elements from live action puppetry, where the wider shots are acheived through stop-motion.

The film looks to have been shot in full HD 1080p on a Digital SLR camera such as the Canon 5D MkII

Aug
15
2010
Iron Baby by Patrick Boivin
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Iron Baby Short Film on YouTube in HD

Loving the CG work (and the evil enemy bunnies!) on the excellent animated Iron Baby short by French Canadian animator and director Patrick Boivin The CG/FX was handled by Strob and his 3DS Max model of the Iron Baby is available to download from Turbosquid

Apr
26
2010
Own Avatar On Blu-ray Now!
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Avatar
Dir: James Cameron

Mar
31
2010
How To Train Your Dragon In UK Cinemas
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Dreamworks new animated feature film How To Train Your Dragon is out in UK cinemas today and will be available to watch in IMAX 3-D

Watch The How To Train Your Dragon Trailer in full Quicktime HD 1080

Should be a great one as it is currently getting some fantastic reviews.
IMDB currently 8.3/10! Rotten Tomatoes currently 97%!

Behind-the-scenes of How To Train Your Dragon on Making of.com (above)

Animation Mentor graduate Mike Stern worked on the film.
You can Follow Him Here On Twitter

Wee Brian who was one of the three animators on Aardman’s The Deadline also worked as an Animator.

Interesting Production Videos collated on the CGsociety Forums.

Animation World Network interview with Directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, also includes interview with Head of Character Animation Simon Otto entitled DreamWorks Unleashes the Dragons 

Mar
16
2010
Avatar Blu-ray UK Release Date
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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.

Feb
15
2010
UP Blu-ray UK Release
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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.

Dec
28
2009
District 9 Blu-ray Release
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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

Oct
12
2009
Coraline Blu-ray UK Release
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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.

Jul
27
2009
Monsters Inc. Released On Blu-ray
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Monsters Inc.
Dir: Pete Docter

Finally, released today in the UK, Monsters Inc. on Blu-ray.
Includes full DTS-HD uncompressed sound.

Mar
09
2009
Pixar’s New UP Trailer 3 and New Posters
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Pixar’s UP Trailer 3 on YouTube.


Screenshot From Pixar’s New UP Trailer. Character Based on Kirk Douglas?

Quite a few items in this post as Pixar ramps up marketing for the film. The first half of the trailer features scenes that have been shown in the previous trailers although, in the second half we are treated to some new unseen footage. The above screenshot illustrates the excellent use of Subsurface Scattering on the characters skin. Watch the UP Trailer 3 HD

UP Posters of Carl Fredricksen, Russell and Dug the Dog

Also, new out are three high resolution posters to promote the film. One for the main character Carl Fredricksen, one for the boy explorer Russell (who I hope doesn’t become too annoying) and the other for Dug the talking dog. You’ll see how they got around the talking part in the trailer. UP is the first Pixar film to be released in Disney Digital 3-D and will be released in UK theatres on 16th October 2009.

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